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Give a Hoot - Don't Pollute at Black Bayou Lake

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders visit Black Bayou Lake refuge to observe the effects of land and water pollution. They photograph examples of pollution. They list the effects of land and water pollution. They write a persuasive letter to convince others...
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Forest Food Web

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students explore the elements of a forest ecosystem. They examine the elements needed to form a forest food web. Students construct and describe food webs that include nonliving elements of the ecosystem.
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Heat and Light Come From Various Sources

For Teachers 1st
First graders study heat and light and how they come from various sources. They list sources of heat and light and identify the different energy sources as heat, light, or both heat and light.
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Ammonium Nitrate- Stoichiometry

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students quantify the relationship between moles and mass. They comprehend that ammonium nitrate is used as a fertilizer and an explosive. Students study the chemistry of ammonium nitrate and consider the advantages and disadvantages of...
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Brine Shrimp Anatomy

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate the anatomy of the brine shrimp. They construct a model of the shrimp to demonstrate the anatomical parts of the shrimp. Students research the different factors that contribute to shrimp survival. Then they...
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Introduction to the Scientific Method

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students designs and conduct a scientific experiment that identifies the problem, distinguishes manipulated, responding and controlled variables, collects, analyzes and communicates data, and makes valid inferences and conclusions.
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Owl Pellet

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Young scholars discover an owl's diet. In this animal science instructional activity, students observe owl pellets, determining what the owl ate. Young scholars put together the owl's food chain, after determining the animals in the...
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Using an Observation Log to enhance studies in biology

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students choose a subject or setting that be suitable for them to observe for the entire school year. They are encouraged to pick a site that they have ready access to and that they believe be interested in.
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Ecology and The Endangered Species Act

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners listen to a lecture about the basics of Ecology. They take a field trip in which they observe a specific organism and their characteristics.
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Community and Ecosystems

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students complete a unit of lessons on ecosystems. They participate in online activities, create a diorama, write journal entries, and develop a Hyperstudio multimedia project on a selected ecosystem.
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The Mole

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars explore the concent of using the mole to solve problems related to counts small particles of matter. Students work individually and in groups to complete conversions of substances from moles to matter.
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Toxicology and Living Systems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate how toxic chemicals affect biological systems. They determine the toxic dose of a chemical that inhibits seed germination in a Brassica rapa. They investigate the effect of environmental tobacco smoke on human lung...
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Sampling Rocks

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine rocks. In this geology lesson, students collect rocks from the schoolyard and classify them by color, weight, and size. Students use a rock guide to identify each of the rocks.
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Collecting Compost

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students observe a composting box. In this soil lesson, students create a composting bin by using a bin, newspaper, worms, and food scraps. Students create a composting food web.
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A Closer Look at Wood

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars examine forests as a renewable resource and conservation practices.  In this conifers activity students complete a lab activity on the different types of wood. 
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Chewin' in the Chesapeake

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine a web page on food webs and select a habitat to research.  In this research lesson plan students identify the organisms found in the food web and present their findings to the class.
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Supermarkets, Sustenance and Sustainability

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students investigate jungles and the people who depend upon them.  In this sustainability lesson, students research wild life conservation and discover the importance of a jungle to Amazonian people.  Students create a group presentation...
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Invent a Critter

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students create a living animal that could survive in at least one specific region and use the digital desert library to gather information. In this invent a critter lesson, students draw a picture of their animal,  describe their animal...
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Roots of the Hawaiian Hotspot

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explain the processes of plate tectonics and volcanism that resulted in the formation of the Hawaiian Islands. They describe, compare, and contrast S waves and P waves. They explain how
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Applying Scientific Method to Analyzing

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students review the scientific method and basic lab skills, and practice how chemical employees work in teams to follow the scientific method. Students learn about various job requirements and responsibilities in the chemical industry.
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Using Sterile Techniques as a Tool in Studying Plant Diseases

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine the concept of sterile techniques. They realize that plant diseases can be identified and classified in various way. Students identify some of the diseases that attack the garden plants.
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Let's Create An Ecosystem

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders create ecosystems in a jar which they observe over the course of the school year.
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Mushroom Prints

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Learners create a mushroom spore design on paper while studying the facts on fungi.
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Farming 2: Packaging and Transport

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the special packaging and transport that many foods require to stay fresh during their journey from the farm to people's dinner tables.

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