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The Desert Biome

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create a visual presentation of the characteristics of a biome. Working in small groups, students use traditional and online resources to gather data concerning biomes. Students use their information to create a bulletin board...
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Talking About Clouds

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this weather worksheet, students read a selection about the water cycle and cloud identification. Then the students fill in the missing words in 5 sentences and write the name of 5 cloud types while describing the clouds.
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Water - the (Nearly) Universal Solvent

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this solvent learning exercise, students explore why water is considered a universal solvent. Students explore what can change dissolving rates. This learning exercise has 8 matching, 3 short answer, 11 fill in the blank, and 4...
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Clothes Cloze

For Students 4th - 6th
In this clothing cloze activity worksheet, students read a 5 paragraph selection and fill in the blanks in the piece with words from the provided word bank.
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Mapping a Temperature Field

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students measure and graph temperatures. In this temperature field lesson plan students use a map to measure and plot field values and construct isolines and interpret the results.
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Observing Sea Ice

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students study and observe types of sea ice found in Alaska. In this sea ice lesson, students use the student network for observing weather to study the different types of sea ice. Students study sea ice depicted in Alaskan art.
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Veggie Quesadilla Recipe: Possessive Nouns

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars identify nouns and pair them with a possessive noun. In this possessive noun lesson, students read a recipe and identify the nouns. Then, young scholars pair each noun with a possessive noun and use them in a sentence.
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Cracked Marbles

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders determine how weathering, specifically ice, snow, and freezing water change the Earth's surface and rocks. After completing the investigations, they explain how heating and cooling expand and contract marbles until cracks...
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Energy Worksheet

For Students 10th - 12th
For this energy worksheet, learners calculate the enthalpy of chemical reactions to answer 9 problems. They determine whether the reaction is exothermic or endothermic.
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Gay-Lussac's Law

For Students 11th - 12th
In this Gay-Lussac's Law worksheet, students determine the pressure change when a constant volume of gas is heated. Then they identify what the pressure is at standard temperature. Students also determine and calculate the final pressure...
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Advanced Matching - Car Parts

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
For this car parts worksheet, students draw a line from the various car parts to the definitions. There are 14 words to define on this worksheet.
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Keeping Warm

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders measure the temperature of water using a thermometer. They record the temperatures of water on a chart. Students use the temperature data to determine which materials are the best conductors of heat. They discuss their...
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Physical vs. Chemical Change Lab

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students recognize both a physical and chemical change in different substances. They determine which particles actually changed into different substances, and explain if it represented a physical or a chemical change.
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Graphical Determination of Density

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students determine the density of metal shot by a graphical method using significant digits in making measurements and calculations. Students graph a seris of laboratory measurements and determine density from a mass verses volume graph.
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School Building Survey

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students research information in their school.  In this school building lesson students answer questions about their school to see how it was made, how it operates and what the energy costs are. 
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Personal Resources

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars evaluate thought and action regarding care of ourselves and our possessions. They develop a positive approach to life and a mature sense of self-worth and value. They develop a an appreciation and a voice for...
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Kitchen Electrophoresis

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students investigate and explain the differences active transport versus passive transport. This lesson includes an individual and group activity. The basic steps of electrophores is the focus of inquiry. Identification of the pure...
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Population Dynamics of Growth of Drosophila

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners experiment with Drosophila to determine if density of female flies, food sources, temperature and light affect the population dynamics of growth. Students graph their data and compare their results to the number of human...
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Population Dynamics of Growth of Drosophila

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate population dynamics such as variation in density of females, composition of food sources an environmental factors such as light and temperature on Drosophila. They then relate their findings to human populations and...
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Rain Making - Understanding the Formation of Rain

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students read and conduct and experiment to learn about rain formation. In this water forms instructional activity, students read about the formation of rain and its purposes. Students then complete a rain experiment activity.
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Yogurt Production

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work together to complete an experiment making yogurt. They test different temperatures and different amount of ingredients. They record and analyze their data.
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Which Colors Absorb the Most Energy?

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Young scholars measure the temperatures over time of different colored envelopes in order to explore the different rates at which each color absorbs energy from a heat lamp. They record their data and graph their results.
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Boy, Is That Buoyant!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders see that salt increases the density of water and creates a condition wherein objects are more buoyant than would be expected under normal conditions. They describe the relationship between heat energy, evaporation and...
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Causal Patterns in Air Pressure Phenomena

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students consider the relationship between pressure and temperature. They observe a demonstration and explore the relationship between heat and volume when pressure remains constant. Students discuss relational causality and consider...

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