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Curated OER

Using a Sundial

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine the use of a sundial to tell apparent time. In this sundial lesson plan, students watch a teacher demonstration using a flashlight to create shadows. They discuss what happens to shadows of different objects as the...
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Curated OER

Reason for the Seasons

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students study the seasons of the Earth. For this seasons lesson, students study the science of the seasons on Earth by studying the tilt and axis of the Earth's orbit. Students read background information and four experimental...
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Curated OER

The Science of Sleep and Daily Rhythms: Sleeping in Space

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students write about strange places that they have slept. In this sleep science lesson students read about astronauts sleeping experience in space. They reflect on unusual places that they have slept and write about it.
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Curated OER

The Science of Sleep and Daily Rhythms

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students observe their own daily rhythms by going to bed earlier and seeing what happens to their day afterwards. For this sleep lesson plan, students experiment with their own sleep cycles and answer questions about what happened...
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Curated OER

Living Clocks

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars complete experiments to learn about their internal body clocks and physiological activities. In this internal body science lesson, students read "Body Clock Investigations" and complete a body temperature investigation.
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Curated OER

The Science of the Heart and Circulation

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students mode the transport of blood through the circulatory system with a water relay. In this circulation instructional activity, students measure amounts of water and transfer them from one container to another. They use this activity...
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Curated OER

Modeling Day and Night

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students complete a science experiment to study the role of night and day on sleep patterns. In this sleep patterns lesson, students brainstorm about night and day and the causes for the rotations on Earth. Students work in groups to...
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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: Bio Pirate Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Bio-Pirate, a novel by Michele Martin Bossley, is a science mystery about medical research materials that go missing. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, extensive teaching ideas and a short profile of the author.
Unit Plan
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Pocket Mouse Film With Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about selective pressure and how genes are involved in adaptations by watching this video on pocket mice. The video focuses on the research of Dr. Michael Nachman, "whose work in the field and in the lab has quantified the...
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Bio Interactive: Structure and Function of Telomeres

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the cutting edge research going on with telomeres. Find out what they are, how they replicate and their role in the aging process.
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The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

Abpi: Pharmaceutical Business

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the pharmaceutical business. Learn about everything from medicine research and development to human resource concerns for a drug manufacturing company. Some interactive illustrations and suggested...