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Comparing Mitosis with Meiosis

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Life science learners view an online animated mini textbook comparing two types of cell division. Working in groups, they use a digital microscope to capture images of cells in different stages of mitosis and meiosis. Then they create an...
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Succession: Patterns in the Field and in Seeds

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Have you been wondering how to use that natural trail at or near your school? This activity gets kids outside with a purpose: learn about ecological succession through field observations and collecting seed and soil samples. The resource...
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Keeping Up Good Health

For Students K - 2nd
During a discussion on sweating with your little ones, this resource should come in handy. Little learners place a check mark next to an activity pictured on the worksheet that would induce sweating. There are seven pictures to choose...
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Seeds & Germination

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Young scholars study the types and parts of seeds and how they have evolved.  In this germination lesson students complete experiments that show the effects of variables role in seed germination. 
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Rainforest Food Chain

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students investigate a rainforest food chain. In this ecology lesson, students are shown pictures of plants and list what animals might eat the plants. Students continue to think of what other animals might eat those animals. Students...
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Allelopathy Experiments

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore how allelopathy works in plants. In this botany lesson plan, students explain how this phenomenon affect other organisms. They read and analyze an article about allelopathy and discuss its flaws.
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Animals, Soil, Trees

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders describe the various kinds of soils and how plants and animals are affected by them. They describe the baic needs of plants, scoring at least a 3 or 4 on a 4-point rubic. Students are able to predict and/or infer what...
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Tank Trials - Measuring Germination

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students observe and measure seed germination. In this life science lesson, students use 'tanks' to observe a set of seeds as they germinate and begin growing, make predictions, and record their data. Lesson includes background teacher...
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Monarch Migration

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate the life cycle of the Monarch butterfly. They experiment with various tools to simulate the mouth parts of insects, conduct research, record their observations of butterflies hatching, write a play, complete...
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Population Growth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students grow duckweed, observe what happens when an organism population is allowed to grow without predation or competition, view videos about invasive species, and develop a proposal for controlling the growth of an invasive species in...
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I Know What I Am... but, What Are You? (Classifying Living Things)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners examine how to classify living things by effects, environment, and activity. They explore various websites, develop a list of facts they learn about classifications, and participate in a distance online learning session with the...
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Fun with Plants Flower Power

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students understand the parts of the flower. In this flower lesson, students perform experiments to see where seeds come from. Students complete a data sheet about the experiment. Students understand the terms pistil and stamen.
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Exploring Forest Objects

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the forest. In this ecosystems lesson, students rotate through sensory activity centers, brainstorm, and read about temperate forests.
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Finding Fungi in the World Around Us

For Teachers 4th - 8th
These lesson ideas will help your students explore the diversity of Kingdom Fungi.
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Plants

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine how plants collect water and breathe. In groups, they participate in a variety of activities in which they discover how plants operate in terrariums. To end the lesson, they discuss why plants are important to the...
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Why Is An Apple Like A Suitcase?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars examine a variety of fruit to discover that each has seeds. Through experimentation, they discover the role that fruit and seeds play in a plant's life cycle.
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What Plants Need in Order to Survive and Grow: Air

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students conduct an experiment to determine whether plants need air in order to survive and grow. They discuss natural resources, analyze slides, and observe and record data from the experiment.
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Ecosystems

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders create a closed ecosystem and place it where is it visible to others in the school. They label it with posters describing the interdependence of living things in the ecosystem. They discuss what might happen to the...
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Genetics and Heredity: The Next Generation

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders work in teams to order events of DNA transcription and translation protein synthesis. In the second lesson plan, they put the steps of mitosis and meiosis in order using a concept map poster. They use modeling clay to...
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The Chemistry of Fertilizers

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars use a series of hands-on labs and activities, practice problems, discussions and writing assignments, students investigate about fertilizer chemistry as they break compounds into ions, make a fertilizer and test various...
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"Garden Springs Gardeners"

For Teachers 1st
First graders ponder the question of how plants help their lives. They observe and compare properties of several different plants. Differentiate between living organisms and nonliving objects.
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Mosquito Life Cycles

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students gather mosquito eggs to record the mosquito life cycle using drawings, descriptions, and any other appropriate means. In small groups, they analyze and describe the process of complete metamorphosis. They classify mosquitoes...
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The Bottom Line

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders assume the role of stockholders in a fictitious biotech company. After investigating the cloning of pets, the effects of cloning on the health and well being of the cloned animal, and the ethical issues involved, groups...
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Populations and Life Cycles

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore biology by researching ocean statistics. In this data analysis lesson, students conduct a snail examination experiment utilizing live pouch snails. Students collect data about the snails over the course of six weeks and...

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