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Bugsicles (A Frozen Insect Larva You can Find!)

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore how animals survive in the winder. After attending a gall-collecting field trip, students place them in a freezer. Once frozen, the students open the gall flay larva and observe it as the larva revives. Students...
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Skates

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students gain understanding of structure, characteristics, and basic needs of living things and their role in world, identify parts of skate, observe details of skate's body and skate egg case, and identify unique characteristics of skates.
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Teachers

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this teacher learning exercise, students read about the role and job of a teacher. Students then write about why teachers are important.
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Breaking News English: Sparrow Shot in Domino-Record Challenge

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Sparrow Shot in Domino-Record Challenge," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Heavy Duty

For Teachers K
Students examine various items in order to realize the weight difference between train, vehicles and humans. They realize that trains are heavy and cannot stop quickly.
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Living with Manatees

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars research the lives of manatees and how humans are contributing to their survival. They visit a variety of websites including a webcam.
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Take a Dip: The Water in Our Lives

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students explore the function of storm drains and the importance of keeping them clean of debris. They obtain permission from local authorities and perform community service painting stenciled messages near existing storm drains.
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Animals

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss the term "endangered". They identify the reasons some animals are in danger of being wiped out. They discover ways humans can help the species survive.
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Venom!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the nature of venom. They conduct an experiment to demonstrate how proteins such as venoms can be denatured using raw eggs, beakers, heated water, and compresses.
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Roots Need Oxygen

For Teachers K - 6th
Young scholars investigate the growth of plants in soil with oxygen and soil without oxygen. They discuss what roots need to survive, and chart the growth of two plants to analyze the difference between plain soil and soil with two...
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Bovine Oversteps Boundaries

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students listen to story of Grady, the Silo Cow, review vocabulary in story, look at newspaper headlines and discuss purpose of headlines, determine what makes a good headline, create three headlines of their own for story of Grady, and...
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Native Chili Planting

For Teachers K
Students discover the process of planting chili. After comparing two types of seeds students plant and with the use of a digital camera, record the seed progress. When ready for transplant, students take young plants to a retirement...
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Termite Lab

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine insect behavior in a lab activity. Students explore the idea of chemical specificity and the reactions of termites to a chemical found in their trail pheromone. Students watch a demonstration with termites before...
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Introduction to the Dictionary

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore how to use a dictionary. They discuss how the dictionary is organized and how to locate words in the dictionary and students use the dictionary to locate words.
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Science: Plate Tectonics, Faults, and Volcanoes

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders conduct Internet research on plate tectonics, faluts, and volcanoes. In groups, they compile information related to teacher-provided questions. Students write papers detailing their findings and make oral presentations...
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What Do You Do With A Butterfly Garden?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders build a butterfly garden and perform caretaker duties. They volunteer to perform authentic tasks related to their personal interests. Students research butterfly gardens to determine what plants are necessary for the...
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Curse of T. Rex

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students debate ownership by researchers and commercial dealers of fossils found on public land. They research and collect information on collecting, buying, and selling fossils from public land. They suggest ways to enable the...
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WHERE IS AGRICULTURE?

For Teachers K - 1st
The students will identify many of the things in their lives that come from agriculture.See if someone involved in production agriculture will "adopt" your class. Students can correspond with the farmer or rancher's family. This will...
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A DAY WITHOUT AG

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students consider and discuss the meaning of the word "agriculture" and how agriculture affects their lives every day. Students identify the various ways that agriculture touches their personal lives. Students use worksheets to list all...
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Make Sense of Nature

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students participate in this program that heightens their awareness and curiosity of nature as well as their sense of adventure and exploring new surroundings. They identify and choose an object from nature after exploring it with other...
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Conserving Marine Life

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students discuss the different threats to various marine life. Through research, groups examine threats to specific marine life, evaluate the situation, and develop possible solutions to help marine life regain stability. Conservation...
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Water Quality Monitoring

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils comprehend the four parameters of water quality. They perform tests for salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH and clarity or turbidity. Students comprehend why scientists and environmental managers monitor water uality and aquatic...
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Math Maven's Mysteries

For Students 4th - 5th
In these story problem worksheets, students read the story problem of 'The Case of the Mysterious Money Trail.' Students then use the information from the story to help them solve the problem. Students find a number pattern using...
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Slimy cells

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study the parts of a cell.  In this chemistry instructional activity students complete an activity in which they make as much slime as they want. 

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