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Science: Food Quiz

For Students 4th - 6th
In this science:  food quiz worksheet, students answer 20 questions, not interactively, about food, then scroll down to check their answers.
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The Food Pyramid

For Teachers K - 5th
Students determine that humans need food to function properly. In this nutrition lesson, students discuss the food categories used in the food pyramid by charting the foods eaten in one day.
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Caribbean Garden

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students investigate plant life by creating an art project.  In this arts and crafts lesson, students identify several different native Caribbean plants such as guava, ginger, mahogany and hibiscus.  Students create plants similar to...
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Limu and ME!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore limu. In this cross curiculum botany and art project, students view a limu-picking film and then collect several species of limu. Students follow a sequence of instructions using limu, card stock and wax paper to create...
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Making an Edible Coral Polyp

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study anatomy. For this coral reef lesson, students recreate the anatomy of a coral polyp using edible materials. They work in pairs following step-by-step instructions given by the teacher. This lesson includes a list of...
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Strawberry DNA Extraction

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the DNA of strawberries. In this science instructional activity, students extract the DNA of strawberries. Students complete a lab report.
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Fatty Food

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore nutrition by participating in a balanced diet activity. In this eating habits lesson, students analyze their own diets and discuss the foods they have eaten that day. Learners utilize grocery bags, scissors, Ziploc bags...
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Yeast Power!

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine how not all microorganisms are bad and that some can actually be beneficial.  In this yeast lesson students complete an experiment with yeast and answer questions.
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Recycling Activities

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explain the importance of recycling. For this environmental science lesson, students classify materials as recyclable or not. They make posters that promote the benefits of recycling.
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Mold

For Teachers K - 12th
Students explore mold, the different types and the health risks that they pose.  In this mycelium lesson students grow different molds and see which type of foods mold the fastest. 
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Acids and Bases

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study acid and bases and how they fall on the pH scale. In this solutions lesson plan students complete a lob activity using litmus then fill out a data table.
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Drosophila Melanogaster

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students collect their own flies and construct crosses, then compare them to the data from lesson two.
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Population Dynamics of Growth of Drosophila

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars experiment with Drosophila to determine if density of female flies, food sources, temperature and light affect the population dynamics of growth. Students graph their data and compare their results to the number of human...
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Population Dynamics of Growth of Drosophila

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate population dynamics such as variation in density of females, composition of food sources an environmental factors such as light and temperature on Drosophila. They then relate their findings to human populations and...
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Using A Story: Miko the Monkey

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this ESL reading worksheet, students complete 3 pages of exercises and activities pertaining to monkeys. Students take a quiz about monkeys, label pictures, fill in words in a story and complete a word search. The complete story text...
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Worm Composting: Vermiculture

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students compost in a limited space and describe the decomposing process. Students convert unwanted, organic matter, particularly food scraps and paper into fertile soil.
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Color Recognition

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars envision how space observatories make use of monochromatic filters to collect data on the color of objects in space. They see the actual colors of objects when they are in monochromatic light.
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Waste, Then and Now

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discuss and compare the waste disposal habits of today with those of Native Americans of long ago.
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All Wrapped Up

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students work in teams to identify and sort types of packaging used in food production. They consider ways to reduce the environmental impact of packaging and reflect how consumer choices play a role in trash production.
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Pennies for Pits

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders use the edible and nonedible parts of various fruits to determine percentages. Using measurements and appropriate tools are part of the lesson.
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Magneto-hydrodynamic Drives

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how electric and magnetic fields can be used to force water out of a chamber to move a vehicle forward.
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Ecosystems

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create an ecosystem for red wiggler worms to observe as they work on a complete unit.
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Training Table Race

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate the role of the carbohydrates food group in sports performance. The difference between simple and complex carbohydrates, and the performance of cardiovascular activities form the focus of the lesson.
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Commercial Uses of the Rainforest

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students go on a scanvenger hunt to find products (from a provided worksheet) that have ingredients that come from the rainforest. They then decide if the products are really needed by consumers and make a display of them.

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