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Bacteria's Role in Food

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students grow bacteria cultures on agar in petri dishes and do a plate count. They participate in a yogurt making lab to see how bacteria produce lactic acid. They prepare a recipe and identify fungi, fermentation and the role of...
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Measuring Temperature

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine how to determine temperature on a thermometer. They read and discuss an informational handout, discuss examples of Fahrenheit and Celsius scales, and complete a worksheet.
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Sub-Sahara Africa

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers listen to a lecture on the geography of sub-Sahara Africa. They then make a poster that illustrates the various landforms and climates that can be found in Africa. Students listen to a lecture on the diversity of African...
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Cricket Weather

For Students 4th
In this collecting data worksheet, 4th graders use the data collected on crickets chirps and the temperature to make a line graph by following 4 directives.
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WS 1.9 Review-Calculations

For Students 10th - 12th
In this calculations review learning exercise, students convert from one metric unit to another, they identify significant figures in numbers, they find density of substances, and they solve problems using dimensional analysis.
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Appliance Energy Use and Cost

For Students 7th - 10th
In this energy usage learning exercise, students use a chart comparing the average monthly kilowatt-hour use of different household appliances to complete 4 short answer questions.
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Worksheet 2/7 on Nouns

For Students 4th - 6th
In this adding nouns to sentences worksheet, learners use nouns in a word bank to fill in the missing nouns and complete the passage, "Tortoise of the Galapagos Islands". Students add 31 nouns.
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The Stellar Magnitude Scale

For Students 7th - 9th
In this stellar magnitude scale worksheet, students use a scale showing the magnitude of objects in the sky to answer 5 questions about the brightness of the moon, the planets and stars.
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Power and Auroras

For Students 9th - 11th
In this power and auroras worksheet, students read about the relationship between power, work and energy and how the power of auroras are measured by the light they produce. Students use a data chart of the Great Aurora of 2003 to answer...
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Benford's Law

For Students 9th - 12th
In this Benford's Law learning exercise, high schoolers read about the first digit frequency of numbers. Students solve 3 problems about sunspot numbers, solar wind magnetism and the depth of the latest earthquakes by using on line sites...
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The Drake Equation

For Students 9th - 11th
In this Drake Equation worksheet, students read about how scientists can estimate the number of intelligent civilizations that may exist in our galaxy. Students answer 7 questions about the Drake Equation and they use the internet to...
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Exploring the Big Bang with the LHC

For Students 9th - 12th
In this Big Bang Theory worksheet, learners read about how scientists simulate the original Big Bang conditions using atom smashers. Students solve 4 problems given about the Big Bang. They find the average collision energy of particles...
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The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explain the greenhouse effect. In this global warming lesson, students participate in an activity where they experience how greenhouses gases work and how they contribute to global warming. Learners complete a diagram...
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Do You Know Bamboo?

For Teachers K
Students understand the properties of Bamboo and what it can be used for. In this bamboo lesson, students with bamboo and compare and contrast to wood. Students share their findings.
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Friday the 13th

For Students 9th - 11th
In this algebra worksheet, learners rewrite words into algebra and algebra in to words. They write out Roman Numeral and scientific notations. There are 13 questions with an answer key.
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Dorm Problem

For Students 10th - 11th
In this algebra worksheet, students solve a word problem figuring out how many rooms there are in dorm with an odd number.  This worksheet contains an answer key.
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Proportions and Percents

For Students 9th
In this Algebra I instructional activity, 9th graders use proportions to solve problems involving percents.  The one page instructional activity contains a combination of ten multiple choice and free response problems.  Answers...
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The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

For Students 7th - 10th
In this literature learning exercise, students respond to 2 short answer and essay questions about Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the selection at the bottom of the page.
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Celebrate the Constitution

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the process of writing our Constitution through an interactive program. They are to put themselves in the place of the statesmen and predict how they felt at the time. They compare the founding fathers.
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Serial Dilutions Made Easy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students improve their skills and comprehend the particular application for which serial dilutions are a tool. Serial dilutions are often used in microbiology, biotechnology, and in chemistry classes, to name just a few.
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Flying Against The Wind

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discuss the various actions of non-Jewish Germans during World War II. Through various readings and activities, they explore the rejection of Nazi ideology and how many German citizens worked to help Jewish citizens during...
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Homophones Activities 1-5

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this language arts worksheet, students discover that homophones are words that sound alike. Students complete 5 activities with homophones: matching words to pictures, completing sentences, explaining differences between words and...
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Food Energy

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this food energy worksheet, students review calories and how calories are determined. Students calculate how much thermal energy it would take to raise certain volumes of water a certain number of degrees. This worksheet has 3 word...
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Problem Solving Strategies

For Students 7th - 8th
For this problem solving strategies worksheet, students solve and complete 5 different word problems that include logic and the process of elimination. First, they determine the number of questions asked to determine a selected number....

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