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SOUND VIBRATIONS

For Teachers K - 2nd
Student designs a test that uses their sense of hearing to judge the effectiveness of different solids to transmit sound vibrations. Students experience vibrations using several of their senses.
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Putting It on the Map

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider the purpose of various types of maps and their different uses throughout history. They create their own maps and reflect on the map-making process.
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Chromatography

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students experiment to explore chromatography and its uses.
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Bridge Construction

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students build a model of a bridge and test the amount of weight it support. They identify different types of bridges: suspension, arch, girder, truss, cantilever, cable-stayed and moveable.
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Leaf Magic

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders adopt a deciduous tree in September, and begin regular observations of their tree. They create a timeline to show how leaves change color and conduct a science experiment to illustrate color change.
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HYPOTHESIZE THIS!

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students predict, measure, collect, and analyze data to investigate heat loss in water and in air.
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Ecosystem Energizers

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders see how the flow of energy through an ecosystem made up of producers, consumers, and decomposers carries out the processes of life and that some energy dissipates as heat and is not recycled.
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Necessary Nitrogen

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view a video that presents the biogeochemical cycle of nitrogen. They compare types of soils and consider how different fertilizers affect soil composition.
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Reinforcement Lesson in Place Value

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners order digits to create the highest or lowest possible number. They roll a die, and determine where to place the number according to their place value, ordering the numbers to create the highest or lowest number.
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Fruit Cup DNA Extraction From Kiwi

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students extract DNA from kiwi using household equipment and supplies.
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Taste and Smell

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners experiment with sense of smell, and how it relates to sense of taste.
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Pregnancy

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars discuss facts and myths associates with pregnancy and how conception can and cannot occur. They study fetal development and review terminology. They play a review game.
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Reproductive System: Lesson 6 & 7

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students participate in a class discussion "game" in order to help them determine how to take care of themselves and keep their bodies healthy, as well as develop a healthy, mature attitude.
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Round Robin Suspense

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars, in groups, write suspense stories. At the end of a timed period, they pass the story to the next student to continue it. At the last writing session, the papers are returned to the originators and they share the stories...
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The Reunion

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners dramatize a postwar reunion between people who held opposing views during the U.S. Civil War.
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Greetings from Maya Angelou

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the life and works of Maya Angelou. They complete a Webquest, read poems, listen to a reading by Maya Angelou, answer discussion questions, and write a poem, short story, or essay based on a newspaper article.
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Oregon Trail Cooking

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students compare differences between cooked and fresh greens. They realize how simplicity of recipe makes for easy travel on the Oregon Trail.
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From Above

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire and report information from a spacial perspective.
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Trade Creates Opportunities

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how trade can create economic opportunities and can be a impetus for social change. They research the "Asian Tigers" and design a class presentation.
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The Home Front

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students describe the effects of World War II on the Home Front, including rationing, female employment, and the end of the Great Depression. They interview someone who was at home during World War II and ask them how the war affected...
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What's Happening?

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Young scholars participate in a grammar game. They identify verbs, adverbs and phrases. They complete a quiz at the end of the instructional activity to determine how much practice they still need.
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Where Does the Water Go?

For Teachers K - 8th
Students examine how water travels in and out of houses through pipes. They discover how water is treated and discuss the importance of the treatment centers. They participate in an experiment with different size piping and water.
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Making a Water Filter

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the process of water treatment. They listen to the book, "The Magic School Bus Visits the Waterworks," design a plan for a water treatment system, construct a water filter using various materials, and test the...
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Structure of the Earth

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders define atmosphere and hydrosphere, explore through experimentation how the atmosphere was formed, and describe the layers of the Earth's atmosphere and their distances.

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