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Fire Safety

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners discuss how to behave if there is a fire.  In this fire prevention and awareness lesson, students review fire safety, review the procedures for leaving a house or building on fire and make rescue dogs.
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The Water Cycle

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students conduct experiments involving different parts of the water cycle. In this water cycle lesson plan, students conduct five simple experiments to demonstrate how the water cycle works. The results of each experiment is discussed as...
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Water-Holding Capacity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers design and conduct an experiment to compare the water-holding capacity of sand, soil, and moss. They measure the change in weight for each material after adding the same amount of water to each material.
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Raw Seafood ~ On the Half Shell

For Teachers 7th - 12th
The topic is fascinating, but there is not much for learners to do here. Food borne illness has always been a problem for humans to face, and here, data from the Center for Disease Control is analyzed. Learners look at the number of...
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Backpacking - Lesson 7 - How to Build a Campfire

For Teachers 9th - 12th
For some, building a campfire is the best part about going backpacking. Learn what it takes to build a good campfire. Read the regulations about having campfire outdoors and make sure to follow the safety tips to prevent forest...
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Water-our Precious Resource

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students complete a unit of lessons on water as a limited resource. They conduct Internet research, record information in electronic journals, utilize spreadsheets, conserve water and record the results, and conduct water safety tests on...
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Nuffield Foundation

Monitoring Water Pollution with Invertebrate Indicator Species

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Healthy invertebrates mean healthy ponds. An outdoor activity has scholars collect samples of invertebrates from local lakes or ponds. They identify and count different species and use the information to estimate the level of pollution...
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Food Safety Lab

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars determine the optimal living conditions for yeast and apply these results to microbes in food. In this microbiology lab lesson, students observe the reaction of yeast to elevated temperatures. They relate these results to...
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Water Microbes and Human Health Exercise

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this water microbes and human health worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle given 11 clues about different water born illnesses caused by microbes.
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Kenan Fellows

Let's Learn About Stewardship and River Basins

For Teachers 8th
What does it mean to be a good steward? Middle school environmentalists learn to care for their state's waterways through research, a guest speaker, and poster activity. Groups must locate and learn more about a river basin and the human...
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Kenan Fellows

Use of Dichotomous Keys to Identify Stream Organisms

For Teachers 8th - 12th
What kind of organisms are living in the stream? After an explanation on how to use a dichotomous key, groups of three to four use the keys to identify macroinvertebrates from a local freshwater stream. Using the the concept of...
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Rat Round Up

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students build a device that captures and carries a pet rat safely back to its cage with out "harming" the rat or themselves. They build and experiment with wind-up or battery operated rat cat toys after predicting the outcome of their...
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2001 U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad Part III

For Students 9th - 12th
Here is a comprehensive method for assessing chemistry learners' knowledge; have them approach two laboratory problems, plan their methods of solving each, and then actually carry out the experiments to find the answers. Both the...
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Heat, Temperature, and Conduction

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
How does heat move from one item to another, even when the items are in different states of matter? Pupils experiment with adding washers to hot water and adding hot washers to room temperature water to observe the heat transfer. 
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On The Job Safety

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the importance of job safety and identify ways to remain safe on the job. Working in small groups, students explore the laws that ensure on the job safety. They role play several safety situations. This lesson plan is...
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Electricity Safety Video

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss Picture 1 - Electrical Applicances. They discuss their prior knowledge of electricity and then listen to a video. They then answer the questions on the worksheet called, "Lesson 1 Electricity Safety Video" and share...
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Solar Water Heater Kit

For Students 5th - 8th
In this earth science worksheet, students identify and experiment how hot water gets in a solar water heater. Then they respond to four short answer questions that follow related to the experiment.
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Contaminated Drinking Water

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students discover whether their senses can detect unsafe drinking water. In the water activity lesson, students follow procedures to determine whether their bodies can detect contaminated water.
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

Wind and Water Wheels

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify wind and water as natural resources that create energy. In this natural resources and energy use lesson plan, students work in groups to construct a pinwheel, then explore the effects of wind and water on the pinwheel....
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Life and Death Situations in Swimming

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students practice dealing with different water emergencies such as: "survival floating," and using a life preserver to pull others to safety.
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Ocean in a Bottle

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students investigate pollution in water. In this pollution lesson plan, students participate in an experiment to simulate water pollution. Students observe how the water reacts to the "pollution."
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Problems at Cliffs of the Neuse

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners assume the roles of members of the Cliffs of the Neuse Sate Park and must develop an action plan in response to a complaint about possible water quality problems and associated human illnesses. Students conduct research on the...
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Celebrating Earth Day

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore environmental safety by planting seeds outside their classroom. In this Earth Day lesson, students identify the different ways to recycle and conserve resources on Earth while facilitating recycling bins around campus....
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TE Lesson: Renewable Energy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners examine renewable energy sources such as solar, water, and wind. They experiment to determine how renewable energy is transformed into electricity. They investigate the role of engineers who work in the field of renewable energy.

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