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Plastics by the Numbers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate plastic resins and their uses. For this plastics lesson plan, students describe major plastic resins and what they are used for, they compare and contrast the properties of plastic resins and they list products that...
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Kinetics Review Sheet

For Students 9th - 12th
In this kinetics worksheet, students define 7 terms related to the energy of reactions, they find the average reaction rate in a reaction, they sketch an energy diagram for an endothermic reaction and they compare exothermic and...
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Diffusion of Molecules

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students conduct a series of experiments to observe factors that impact molecular movement. For this molecular chemistry lesson, students drop food coloring in water with different properties (hot, with ice, with alcohol) and observe how...
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Chemical Change and Physical Change

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders combine chemicals to create a chemical change. In this chemicals lesson plan, 6th graders will investigate characteristics of chemical change by combining chemicals. They will learn that color change is an indicator of...
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Planting Seeds Around the World

For Teachers 1st
First graders discuss the book The Lorax and research what living things need. In this environmental lesson, 1st graders investigate how humans affect the growth of plants. Students conduct an experiment with sunflowers.
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Hurricane Winds: A Spatial Hierarchy of Processes at Different Scales

For Students 6th - 8th
In this earth science lesson, students study a satellite image of hurricane Isabel and write answers to 5 questions that follow. They match predictions to the map locations.
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The New Organon

For Students 10th - 12th
In this online interactive history worksheet, learners respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Francis Bacon's The New Organon. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive worksheet. 
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Applied Science - Physics Pre-Lab

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students describe the science of physics. In this Physics lesson, students observe examples of physics within their classroom. Students create a definition for physics.
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California Crops

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore agriculture by researching the native food crops of California. Students define a list of agriculture vocabulary terms and analyze maps of California which explain which foods come from which area. Students write a...
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The Spectrum of a Star

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders identify stars based on their line spectra. In this astronomy lesson, 10th graders analyze spectrograph and determine the elements present in the star. They explain the relationship between temperature and star classes.
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Glaciers As Indicators of Global Climate Change

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students research about glacial ice melting on the four major spheres of the Earth. In this earth science lesson plan, students explain how this process relates to global warming. They create a presentation and share their findings with...
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The Future of Arctic Sea Ice

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research about the importance of sea ice to world climate and sea organisms. In this earth science lesson, students create a model of present and future Arctic sea ice communities. They discuss how ice melting affects...
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Winter Season

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students recognize the relationship between Earth's tilt and the Winter season. In this Winter instructional activity, students work in pairs to complete make frost and design snow goggles. Students experiment a hand lens to study the...
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The Sun Affects Earth

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read, write, and listen to information about the sun and its effects on the Earth.as it relates to its axis, orbit, rotate, and revolution.  In this solar system lesson, 3rd graders examine how the sun...
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Chemistry Review

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
In this chemistry overview worksheet, students review stoichiometry, states of matter, thermochemistry, gas laws, chemical bonding, molarity, chemical equilibria, and kinetics. This worksheet has 41 problems to solve.
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Conservation for the Ages

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use the Internet to research a topic about energy conservation. They summarize the research information in an original studenT book and visit a local elementary school to present their projects.
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Not a Drop to Drink

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils design an experiment to determine which liquid is water. In this chemistry instructional activity, students perform the experiment as outlined in their design. They record observation and formulate conclusion.
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The Causes of Differences in Density

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students explore how density changes. Students read an article on density. They observe a ball and ring demonstration and discuss the outcome. Students draw models of the demonstration and explain what happened.
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Testing for Catalase Activity

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
For this catalase worksheet, students read about how enzymes work in cells. Then students conduct an experiment to test for catalase activity in potatoes. This worksheet has 1 graph and 6 short answer questions.
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Investigating and Using Biomass Gases

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the definitions of biomas gasification and generate their own biomass gas.  In this renewable energy lesson plan students collect gases and roast a marshmallow. 
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Wonderful, Wild Weather

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students study the different types of weather, how it affect what they wear, and how it is related to the seasons. They compare the seasons and tell how they prepare for the change in seasons. They design a creative presentation about...
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Hydrates Worksheet

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemistry worksheet, students look for the concepts connected to hydrates and answer the variety of questions given for the assessment.
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Chemistry: Energy Resources and Transfers

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore the concepts of energy resources and energy transfers. In this chemistry lesson, students examine renewable and non-renewable energy sources as they view classroom demonstrations and discuss the concepts as well as their...
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Entropy

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this entropy worksheet, students calculate the change in entropy and rank absolute molar entropies. This worksheet has 12 problems to solve.

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