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Enzyme Lab

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the effects of specific enzymes on samples of liver tissue, muscle tissue (chicken), apples, and potatoes.
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Migration Migraine

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students partipate in a demonstration in which they role play animals migrating between breeding and wintering habitats and encountering hazards at each end of the journey.
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Saris, Kimonos, Tagas and Smocks: Exploring Clothing Across Cultures

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore via the internet all types of clothing around the world. Students discuss that the way people dress is an important means of expressing identity. Students collaborate via Internet research the social purposes of clothing.
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Food Insecurity in a Global World: Perspectives from Africa (Lesson One)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars investigate food scarcity. For this global issues lesson, students examine food scarcity issues that have impacted the people of Eastern Africa. Young scholars use the information they gather to determine methods...
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Approximating Pi

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students approximate Pi using the lower and upper bound for the constant. In this algebra lesson, students work in groups of two to graph a circle and approximate Pi using the circumference. They repeat their estimation until they come...
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Biomes -- Part 1

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students use the internet to locate and gather information on the world's biomes. They compare and contrast biomes to ecosystems and describe the human effects on ecosystems. They answer questions to end the lesson.
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INDUSTRY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders create a final project called Industry X (which was previously researched in the unit) has plans to build in town. There is a special town meeting scheduled to discuss this matter and allow everyone to express their...
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Speed of a Forest Stream

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study stream speed.  In this stream speed lesson students complete an activity and formulate an opinion and study its effects.
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Safe Food: It's Your Job Too!: Health

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students get an overview of the importance of food safety and become familiar with common foodborne pathogens.
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The Tadpole and the Frog

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine the life cycle of the frog, and research frogs of the Nez Perce reservation and their requirements for survival. They observe the development of frog eggs and record their observations in science journals.
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Hot Air Balloon

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners view a video and discuss the mechanics of a hot air balloon. They, in groups, construct a functioning hot air balloon.
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Group Presentation Project

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students teach class by creating a presentation and activity for a section of the chapter on Marketing Plans and Market Segmentation. They work cooperatively in groups on different sections of the textbook chapter and use PowerPoint to...
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Native American Living Museum

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders complete a unit of lessons on Native Americans. They analyze Native American cultures, create a Native American artifact for a Living Museum, and develop a tour of the museum using a digital camera and a Powerpoint...
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We Are Family

For Teachers K
Students participate in a class discussion about their family structures. Students also discuss the family diversity of their peers and others in the world. They investigate family habits, family history, values and traditions their...
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The Law of Inertia

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers practice the 4 question strategy to form more questions and develop further experiments. The four questions are engage, explore, explain, and elaborate. They use the 4 question strategy on an investigation involving...
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From the Store to the Shopper

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Pupils explore the marketing process that companies use, including their advertising campaigns. As a class, they discuss how supermarkets develop new brands, determine how to package their goods, price them, and select the products....
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Behavior of Liquids and Gases

For Students 9th - 12th
In this liquids and gases worksheet, students review 9 vocabulary terms associated with liquids and gases by completing a crossword puzzle.
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Weather Prediction

For Students 9th - 12th
In this weather worksheet, high schoolers review vocabulary words and concepts associated with predicting the weather. Students understand what a meteorologist studies. This worksheet has 7 matching, 10 fill in the blank, and 5 short...
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Growing Tomatoes from Seed

For Teachers 4th - 6th
For this growing tomatoes worksheet, students experience and participate in the process of growing tomatoes over a three or four month span of time. Students follow six directives in producing tomato plants.
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Growing Tomatoes From Seed Activity

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this growing tomatoes worksheet, students plant tomato seeds in February, and follow their growth through the summer break. They observe and investigate the plant growth from seed to plant.
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Population and Urbanization

For Teachers 10th - 12th
In this population and urbanization worksheet, pupils match 15 terms with the appropriate descriptions and respond to 8 short answer questions regarding these sociological themes.
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Problem-Solving Decisions: Reasonable Answers

For Students 5th - 6th
In this problem solving worksheet, students answer 6 questions pertaining to a story problem about a tabletop scale model of the Nile River.
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Reaction Rates-Catalysis, Concentration, Surface Area, and Temperature

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students determine the meanings of concentration, surface area, and catalysis through an experiment. In this lesson about chemical reactions, students participate in an experiment. Students complete three different parts of the...
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RISKY BUSINESS--OR NOT!

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils learn about the importance and risk that stocks carry within a business. In this financial management lesson, students use role play and case scenario situations to decide what stocks are best for given companies. Based on the...