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To Eat or Not to Eat?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners identify various parts of plants and determine which parts people eat. They conduct a celery stalk experiment in which they determine the value and use of the stem, and how it helps the plant to meet its needs. Students use a...
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Simple Machines

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create a Power Point presentation to relate to their study of simple machines. They create a title page, a page introducing six simple machines, slides explaining real world use to each simple machine and import pictures...
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Patenting My Invention

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders learn the importance of a patent for a new invention. They use the internet to practice typing a classroom patent for a compound machine that their class invented. While on the website, 5th graders choose a month and...
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Life and Death Decisions

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students defend contrasting perspectives concerning the purpose of medicine and the issues surrounding euthanasia.
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What Did I Touch Today?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students investigate germs and how they travel. They graph the places in the classroom that have been touch by students to determine which five places have had the most contact. They write stories from a germ's point of view.
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Conflict and Debate

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers take a medical issue and explore it, debate it, and convince others of their point of view. They improve research skills and writing skills. Students are able to define a problem, debate it, and identify which is the best...
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Fast Food Survey Using Bar Graphs

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create a bar graph to pictorically represent the data collected from a survey of students. They use Excel to electronically create the graphs and data tallies. They then interpret their data using sentences to explain.
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How Do You Know A Panther Was Here?

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students research the signs that panthers leave. In this panther track instructional activity, students conduct Internet research into the signs that panthers leave such as tracks, scat, scrapes, and scratches. They make a...
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Technology at Work 2

For Teachers K - 5th
Students discover the positive and negative effects of technology. In this technology lesson, students give examples of technology advances from the past few years. Students get into groups and debate whether a particular item has hurt...
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Should Humans Be Cloned?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore links on the Internet to collect facts about cloning then prepare an essay on their findings. In this research writing lesson students examine how to include their opinions on what they have found in their research. 
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What Is Engineering Design

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the concepts related to the practice of designing and building large scale buildings. They conduct research using the internet and other resources in order to apply mathematics and architectural design principals in...
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Who is Rube Goldberg?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders practice technology skills while searching online for information about inventor, Rube Goldberg. They discuss Rube Goldberg's use of simple machines, and write journal entries about their findings.
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My Family Tradition

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students examine different family traditions to further explain social patterns. They complete a graphic organizer using educational software.
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Planets an Introduction

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate one planet, enter information into a database, and print the database sorting for each of the attributes.
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Heredity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers create their own baby pets based on the genes of the two parents.
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How Does A Seed Become A Plant?

For Teachers 1st
First graders evaluate what it takes for a seed to become a plant. They brainstorm what they know, discuss what they want to know and interact with a Plant WebQuest that indicates what they have learned. They also examine how we get the...
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Food and Nutrition

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discuss the benefits for maintaining good nutrition and a well balanced diet. They categorize foods into the correct food group, decide if a meal is balanced, and create a full day menu which demonstrates what they have...
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Introduction to Toxicology

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore the science of toxicology and the relationship between a toxic reaction (response) and amount of substance (dose). They observe two demonstrations illustrating the concept of dose-response.
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Population Density In Fish

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate how a population of fish multiplies in an ecosystem and the kinds of things that must be done to maintain a healthy population balance with other organisms that live there. They conduct an experiment to test the...
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Population Density

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use the scientific method to conduct an experiment and use varied methods to gather background information. They correctly use lab equipment and prepare tables and graphs that organize, conclude, and present their findings. ...
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Night Hike

For Teachers 5th - Higher Ed
Young scholars explore Upham Woods at night and investigate about the special adaptations of nocturnal animals. They identify three nocturnal animals and how they are adapted to the night. Students explain what night vision is and how it...
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Innovations in Obstetrics and Pediatrics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers study the history in obstetrics and pediatrics.  In this investigative instructional activity students research and present information about winners of the Nobel Prize. 
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Panther Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the Internet to fill out their scavenger hunt sheet.  In this research lesson students search the Internet for answers to the questions on the scavenger hunt worksheet. 
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Organisms and Habitats

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate biomes and the plants and animals that are native to particular biomes. They participate in a class discussion, conduct Internet research on a selected biome, and create a shoebox biome using their Internet...

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