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Prairie Predator and Prey
Fifth graders brainstorm a list of animals that live on the prairie, and classify them as predators and prey. They conduct interviews where they ask the animals what they need to look out for to sustain life on the prairie.
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What's a Capacitor?
Students explain concepts of charge storage, how a capacitor works and how DRAM uses capacitors to store memory. They construct a capacitor and use a multimeter with capacitance meter capability to measure the stored charge in the...
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Alphabet Game
Students recognize and orally name all of the letters of the alphabet when shown each letter individually. They pronounce words correctly when orally. Students decode words to orally speak the correct pronunciation. Students discuss...
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Galvanic vs. Titanic?
Young scholars discover how galvanic exchange has contributed tot he deterioration of the Titanic. They perform an experiment in which they predict which of 2 metals deteriorate when placed in a salt solution.
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Ohm's Law I
Students work to increase the intensity of a light bulb by testing batteries in series and parallel circuits. They analyze Ohm's Law, power, parallel and series circuits, and ways to measure voltage and current.
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What's All the Buzz About
Students participate in a game of charades to examine different animal behaviors. After reading an article, they discuss why bees waggle and how that behavior applies to humans. They research the behaviors of an animal of interest to...
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Electricity
Students explore electricity. After watching a PowerPoint presentation, students discuss the composition of electricity and how it is made. They participate in discovery activities by rotation through four activity stations set up on the...
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Reptile Crossword
In this science and language arts activity, students complete a 38 word crossword puzzle about reptiles. There is no word bank for this puzzle which has colorful graphics.
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Breaker Breaker
Students create a model of a circuit breaker to help them explain how friction causes heat, and how current is carried.
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Characteristics of Snakes and Turtles
Students compare and contrast snakes and turtles, then fill out an information sheet.
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Electromagnets
Students are introduced to the relationship between electricity and magnetism. Using a compass, they observe and record the effects of placing the object near magnetic fields and electric currents. They also experiment using a steel and...
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Capacitors
Students explain the concepts of charge storage and how a capacitor works. They construct a capacitor and measure the stored charge using the appropriate equipment and measurements. They also demonstrate capacitance and how it can be...
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Build a Simple Ammeter
Young scholars build and work with a simple ammeter to test theories on why solar cells connected in parallel produce more current that in series. Students use the ammeter to indicate the presence, direction, and strength of an electric...
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Examine Your Attitudes
Students complete a survey about their attitudes toward herps--reptiles and amphibians. They compare their findings, tally them, graph them, and administer the survey to others. Later, they create an education campaign to dispel myths...
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Species Charades
Students are introduced to a unit on endangered species. They study the diversity of endangered animals through a game of charades. After the game, students will discuss the animals that were acted out and why some of them are endangered.
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Animal Alphabet Book
Students identify each letter of the alphabet. They listen as the teacher reads an animal alphabet picture book. Students listen to the alphabet song. They create their own movements for the alphabet song. Students are asked to name...
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Now Hear This!
Students observe the differences between low- and high-frequency sounds. They research and compare the characteristics of various animals that rely on infrasonic sounds to communicate.
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"The Block": Romare Bearden's and Mine
Students study Bearden's style of collage and create their own collage that reflects their neighborhood. They are read "The Block" and poems about neighborhoods and write one about theirs.
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Todd Hido
Learners do many activities and study one of Todd Hido's photographs to investigate composition and a sense of place.
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What is Popular? Self Portraits in the Style of Roy Lichtenstein
Pupils examine and discuss art by Roy Lichtenstein and the Pop art movement. They discuss the phenomenon of popularity, list what is popular today, and create a piece of art using professional looking graphic design style.
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Testing Battery Combinations
Fourth graders examine the required combinations of plates and predict which combination will generate the most and least current and voltage. They use an ammeter and experiment with combinations of their own testing and record each...
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Students explore phonemes and short vowels. They identify /a/ (short a) sound in spoken words and learn a meaningful representation and a letter symbol for the sound. Students identify /a/ (short a) sound in words. They read "The Very...
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Surviving the Outback
Young scholars demonstrate the ability to perform locomotor and non-locomotor skills upon teacher request. They perform an obstacle course involving locomotor skills (walk, run, hop) and non-locomotor skills (bend) with full completion.
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Habitat for Sale
Learners are able to define habitat, and identify the four things that living things need to survive. They are able to describe how living things are adapted to their habitats.