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Sow Bug Habitats

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers conduct an experiment to determine what type of environment sow bugs prefer. They use petri dishes with partially wet paper towels to assess whether they prefer wet or dry habitats.
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"Weather Watch"

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students investigate components of weather and the climate in areas around the country. They analyze data from the University of Michigan weather website, complete a weather watch worksheet, and graph weather data.
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Insect Collection

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate about various biological aspects of life, while examining desert insect species. They see the diverse range of species that live in the desert, despite the apparent lack of life in the desert. students tocomprehend...
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Sharks

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify and analyze the many types of sharks that can be found in the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. They also identify what the sharks eat for food, their habitats, and their constuction to the environment and the food...
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Creature Creation

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to a read aloud of a fictional story about a frog. They compare the characteristics of the main character with a real frog. They work with two partners to create a creature; one student draw the head, one the body,...
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"To Terraform or Not to Terraform?"

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students analyze an article written by an engineer at NASA proposing colonizing Mars with human explorers on the fastest track possible. They are invited to react to the article through several activities.
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TE Activity: Built to Last?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders test the shelters that were built in a prior activity. They determine the level of durability and water resistance of these shelters through a scientific investigation.
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The Analemma

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students describe the relationship between the tilt of Earth's axis and its yearly orbit around the sun, by learning about analemmas. They determine what they can do to show that the sun's position doesn't change, and they find ways to...
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How Long Would It Take To Travel To the Stars?

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students consider the amount of time that it would take to get to the star, Sirius using various modes of transportation, some practical and some whimsical. The practicality of physically going to another star system is explored in this...
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Weather Reporter

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the components of a weather map, mark cities on the map and place the appropriate temperatures and weather conditions occurring in the cities on the weather map created.
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Getting To Know the Activists Among Us

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss what it means to be an "activist." They identify various types of activist organizations and brainstorm the names of local people and organizations that might fit these categories. They research one of these...
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Cotton Ball Lamb

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students are encouraged to recognize animal and the sounds they make. They create a hands-on craft, story-telling and song. Students share each creation with their classmates.
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The Giant Cell

For Teachers 6th - 8th
After actively participating in a unit on cells, the students act out and become the organelles. They will act out and explain the functions of what each of the organelles do for the cell.
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What's Up with Waste?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders design a brochure that identifies types of solid waste that are often improperly disposed, explains the effects of this disposal and proposes a solution to the problem. The read humorous books, define vocabulary words and...
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Cell Community

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders use technology to review cell structure and function. In this cells less, 7th graders review the parts and functions of a cell, and use photography/video and PowerPoint to enhance their explorations.
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Biodiversity Trust Games

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students make a tight shoulder-to-shoulder circle. They are asked to turn to his or her right. Students squeeze in tight, they are explained that on the count of three, everyone slowly sits down. Once they are successfully seated,...

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