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Problems with Rivers
Students explore the PNI model. In this river pollution lesson, students use the PNI (positive-negative-interesting) problem solving model to analyze 5 scenarios.
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Energy Flow - How Much Biomass do Plants Produce?
Learners explore the concept of biomass. In this plant instructional activity, students conduct a scientific investigation that requires them to observe plant growth and biomass.
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Weather Myths
Fourth graders relate myths to weather phenomenon. They write and illustrated a weather myth and present it to the class.
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Genetics, Heredity, Environment
High schoolers are introduced to the concept of genetics. In groups, they discover how traits are passed down from generation to generation. To end the lesson, they determine which trait they got from each parent and review how a cell...
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Sounds You See, Hear, and Feel
Students explore and create sound wave vibrations using musical instruments and common objects. They compare/contrast and describe actions that cause sound wave vibrations that can be seen, heard, and felt.
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S-O-I-L Soil
Fifth graders research soil, its nutrients, and plant growth. In this soil lesson, 5th graders create soil journals, trace flowers, and include nutrient information on each petal. Students read an excerpt from "McBroom Tells the Truth."...