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Finding Fungi in the World Around Us

For Teachers 4th - 8th
These lesson ideas will help your students explore the diversity of Kingdom Fungi.
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CONNECTIONS

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students study the interdependence of an ecosystem that allows it to sustain itself. They examine the Western lowland gorillas for an example.
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Sizing Up the Supersize Croc

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine and compare traits of humans and crocodiles.  In this crocodile lesson students use a ratio to estimate the height of a person and compare that to a crocodile. 
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The Wonders of Bacteria

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the evolution and features of bacteria through a series of activities. In this biology lesson, students collect data and graph bacterial growth. They design a brochure about bacteria's role in society.
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Human Conditioned Responses

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a demonstration designed to illustrate how easily and quickly a person can be conditioned to respond to external stimuli. Students look at numerous ways in which conditioned behavior affects their day to day...
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Biology Word Search

For Students 8th - 9th
In this word search worksheet, students locate words related to the biology. The word list includes colon, esophagus, masseter, aorta, and pinnae.
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Body Systems

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this body systems lesson, young scholars work in small groups conduct research to become an 'expert' on one of the 7 body systems. Students present their findings to the class via power point, poster, or song.
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Catering Middle-School Science: Monomers, Polymers, and Macromolecules

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners investigate foods. In this biology lesson plan, students will conduct testing on different types of foods as they learn about different molecules that make them up. Learners will also learn about the shapes of the molecules.
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Teaching Science to English Language Learners

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Use these hands on lesson plans to make science more accessible for English Language Learners in your classroom.
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Worm Watching

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners examine the role earthworms play in building soils. They discuss worms and what they do with soil, make predictions and draw pictures, and observe their worms in soil over a two week period.
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Pandemic

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine contagious diseases. They explore different types of bacteria and the illnesses they cause.
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Getting Up the Nerve

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars examine the basics of the nervous system through an interactive program. They discover how the brain is linked to muscle movement. They can test cells through the interactive program to see how it reacts to different stimuli.
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States of Matter and Chemical/Physical Changes Stations

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students break into four groups, starting at different stations. Each station should take about 10 minutes depending on prior knowledge of the topic. They then rotate when everyone is finished to the next station and discuss answers of...
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Seashell Homes

For Teachers K - 4th
Pupils listen to a story about seashells. They discuss shelled animals. Learners describe the function of seashell. Pupils relate the function of a seashell to their own dwelling. They differentiate between shelled animals that make...
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Amazing Arthropods

For Students 4th - 6th
In this amazing arthropods worksheet, students read for information and assess comprehension. In this true and false, fill in the bank, multiple choice and short answer worksheet, students write answers to ten questions.
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Our Friends or Foes

For Students 6th
In this living organisms worksheet, 6th graders choose the multiple choice answer to 10 questions. Students then read and answer 10 statements as true or false and fill in the blanks to 5 statements.
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Homeostasis

For Students 9th - 12th
In this homeostasis learning exercise, students answer twelve questions about positive and negative feedback loops and how they effect homeostasis.
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Prokaryote Coloring

For Students 7th - 9th
In this prokaryote learning exercise, students answer ten questions about prokaryote cells and they color a diagram of a simple bacteria cell and its structures.
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Eukaryotic Cell Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
In this biology learning exercise, students complete 20 fill in the blank questions about eukaryotic cells. They identify the parts and functions of cell organelles.
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Human Anatomy- How Do We Move?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners explore the human anatomy. In this respiratory system lesson, students conduct an experiment to simulate the capacity of human lungs. 
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The Nervous System

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students investigate the nervous system.  In this anatomy lesson, students identify and define vocabulary related to the nervous system. Students role play the parts of a nervous system and perform an experiment measuring and...
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Worm Composting

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss worm composting. In this decomposition instructional activity, 2nd graders look at the anatomy of the worm and how it eats food. They have their own worm bin and review what foods can and can not be given to the...
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What is Coral?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discuss what they know about coral reefs and are introduced to the importance of preserving coral reefs. In this coral reef lesson plan, students make connections between coral ecology in the classroom and in the real...
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Yeast and Respiration

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars explore oxygen properties by conducting a cell experiment in class. For this respiration lesson, students discuss the process of breathing and how oxygen is inhaled before carbon dioxide is exhaled. Young scholars utilize...

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