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Sugar Bush Sap Production - Human Environmental Impact on Sap Sand
Eleventh graders compare the amount of sugar sand present in tree sap. In this environmental science instructional activity, 11th graders measure different tree circumference. They prepare a report and share findings in class.
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Insect Classification
Students compare and contrast the visible structures of three insects based on photographs. They differentiate characteristics of crane flies, ants, and wasps then create a simple classification system.
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Science: What Happens to Create the Lode?
Students understand how mineral deposits are formed and why they are not evenly dispersed. They create and describe three different precipitates from four solutions simulating mineral ore deposit formation in sedimentary rock.
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I Have the Solution!
Students explain how to make solutions with specific concentration. For this chemistry lesson, students differentiate acids and bases. They calculate molarity of solutions.
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Teaching about the Chemistry of Oxygen Solubility
Learners explore solubility of gases in water, Henry's Law, LeChatelier's Principal, and supersaturation of gases in water.
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Urban Impact on Chollas Creek (California): A Field Study
Students, in groups, take samples from a creek and keep a field journal on their samples. They also perform tests on their samples.
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Solar
Students study solar energy. In this renewable energy instructional activity students complete several lab activities using different controls and variables.
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A Solution for Moles
Students calculate the concentration of different solutions. In this chemistry lesson, students explain what a solution is. They explain ways to change the concentration of a solution.
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Martian Mummies
Pupils participate in "Raiders of the Future", a role play about futuristic scientists sending a spaceship to Mars for research and exploration. They collect geological samples for analysis, discover the ruins of an ancient civilization...
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Australian Ecology and Bushfires
Eighth graders discuss the different types of ecosystem. In this earth science lesson, 8th graders explain the benefits and harm of fire. They research articles about bush fires or controlled burn instance and share it with the class.
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Where My Peeps At?
Young scholars conduct a series of activity that demonstrates Charles' and Boyle's Law. In this chemistry lesson, students determine the relationship among pressure, volume and temperature. They solve problems using mathematical equation.
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The Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements
Pupils study the different types of metals. In this investigative lesson plan students watch a demonstration on the effects of temperature on atoms and take a tour through baone matter.
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Blood, I Presume?
Students explain the value of blood in trials. In this DNA lesson students work together to collect and share information and ideas that they come up with after learning how to distinguish blood from other stains.