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Food Forensics: A Case of Mistaken Identity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners develop an experiment to test a hypothesis. They use their knowledge of antigen-antibody specificity to develop a hypothesis. Students articulate that the antibody-antigen specificity is one part of the immune system. They...
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Cranes, Crosswalks, and Big Gulps

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners watch a video and answer questions based on wildlife jobs. For this wildlife lesson plan, students learn that biologists don't just play with animals but that there is a lot of study involved.
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Starch lines - manipulatives

For Teachers K
Students actively explore lines in art, and intuitively create an art object using an unusual media.
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Inquiring Minds Want To Know

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders conduct a scientific experiment that help them explain the concept of nature versus nurture.
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On the Move

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore different pathways and consequences of pollutant transport via the weather and water cycles. They observe and record weather information and produce their own weather report for the class.
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Describe the Perfect Pathogen

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners develop a pathogen based upon their knowledge of pathogens and after presenting it to the class, they then suggest ways that the pathogen might be combated. Next they identify possible physical or behavioral changes in a...
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Critical Analysis of Evolution

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders discuss anomalies in nature and science. They discuss times that anomalies led to the collection of data that explained the phenomena and contributed to changing scientific understandings. Students work in groups to...
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Recreating Chinese Bronze Vessels

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners are shown how to make Chinese Bronze Vessels using coil or slab-built clay ceramic techniques. They are given an overview of the history of Chinese Bronze Vessels and given examples. Students are shown photographs, and they take...
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Circulatory and Respiratory Systems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners are taken to a shady location and they seat in a large circle. They are given three questions each. Students research and answer the three questions. They summarize the circulatory and respiratory system and relate how they...
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Chucky Chickadee: Bird and Breakfast Meet the Winter Friends

For Teachers K - 1st
Students compare and contrast the attributes of winter birds. In this winter bird lesson, students examine the physical attributes of Black-capped Chickadees, Cardinals, Blue Jays, Flickers, Juncos, Nuthatches, and Tufted Titmouses as...
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What Do I Want To Be When I Grow Up?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students divide careers into clusters.  In this vocational technology activity, students prepare a PowerPoint presentation of one of the six career clusters.  Working in small groups, students organize a variety of careers into...
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Phases of Matter

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders practice using correct vocabulary and apply content knowledge related to phases of matter when answering questions about situations or observations from everyday life.
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Measurement

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders measure specified distances when given perpendicular lines. For this measurement lesson plan, 5th graders draw the lines themselves.
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Monomer and Polymer Chemistry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars explain monomer/polymer chemistry of starches and sugars.
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Let's Measure

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice measuring different objects. They discover the concepts of ratio and proportion and practice converting numbers into the correct unit. They read stories as well to help them with the concepts.
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Simple Machines Webquest

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore simple machines through a Webquest with Internet resources provided for research of simple machines. They create a report, with pictures, in Word, and finally, invent their own simple machine for presentation.
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National Park Project

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students develop a descriptive and informative brochure for a National Park. They focus on the history and geology of the park, environmental concerns, and visitor actions that could eliminate the environmental concerns.
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Cells

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students research both plant and animal cell characteristics. They draw the parts of each cell and as groups present their research.
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Ecological Integrity in Canada's National Parks

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders complete OAGEE Geo-Kit activity. They define and discuss ecological integrity and how it applies to Canada's National Parks. They research ecozone for a national park and use that information to complete a poster.
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A Bird's Eye View of the Caribbean: Art, Folklore, and Music

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine the Caribbean in terms of its music, art, and folklore. As a class, they listen to a folktale and discuss the difference between telling a story and reading a story. In groups, they write their own folktale and share...
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Where Should We Land?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discuss the difference between major landforms as a class. In groups, they rate the landforms based on the needs of the community that wish to settle there. They also discuss the push and pull factors of the colonists that made...
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Urbanization and Native Hawaiian Plants

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders research plants native to the Hawaiian Islands. Using the plants, they identify its purpose in the watershed and ways to help protect them from extinction. They survey a area of land and discover ways in which to bring...
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Ways to Prevent the Spread of Pathogens

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discuss the ways to prevent the spread of pathogens. In groups, they use the internet to research the ways to prevent disease from spreading. They use this information to create a poster and share the information with the...
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Aristotelian and Newtonian Motion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers use a quotation from Einstein as a reference to categorize their descriptions as either Newtonian or Aristotelian. They discuss the idealized nature of the Newtonian approach. Students describe the events they observe...