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How Does Your Soil Stack Up?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the soil in their local area and create a soil profile. They record observations in the field and the classroom. They create their own display of the soil profile as well.
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Soccer - Lesson 11 - Mini-games

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Start putting all the skills learned so far in this soccer unit together. Play mini-games, which means, just two or three players on a team. This way the players can practice all their skills and not be standing around waiting for the...
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Sarah Plain and Tall

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars read the story, dividing it into chapters per day until complete. They respond to the ad, just as Sarah, Plain and Tall did and use the correct parts of a letter used including a return address, greeting, body, closing and...
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Officer Buckle and Gloria

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students write a class letter to a local policeman asking him to come and talk to the class and create a list of safety tips as a class. Students research information on police dogs: type of dogs used, where they come form, how they are...
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Activities from the Society for the History of Psychology Website

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The Society for the History of Psychology provides a list of teaching activities designed to acquaint learners with the various fields of psychology and introduce them to prominent psychologists. Details for several of the activities are...
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The Animals

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in a virtual field trip to the San Diego Zoo and complete various computer lab excercises to expand their understanding.
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Bronx Zoo

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students prepare for a field trip to the Bronx Zoo. They use maps and descriptions of animal exhibits to give and interpret directions on how to navigate the zoo. They play games, participate in pairwork and whole class discussion.
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Populations

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Take your ecology aces out in the field to practice population counts and model the benefits of camouflage. Though not particularly exciting, these activites and the assessments that are also included are practical and applicable to your...
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Career Choices: Interests, Values, and Skills

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Have your class write down their career interests and conduct research into the different types of jobs they can have in a field. They will use critical thinking skills in order to begin thinking about making a career choice. They are...
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How Do Cells Reproduce?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Beginning biologists prepare a sugar solution for yeast cells to live in, and divide it into two different jars. Samples from each jar are viewed with a microscope, and then one jar is placed in a warm environment and the other a cold...
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Career Education for Early Elementary Grades

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
It's never too early to connect children with the real world meaning of their work. A series of four one-hour sessions, plus a field trip, make up this unit on college and career readiness for first and second graders. After viewing a...
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Word Problems Involving Time

For Students 3rd - 6th
Ten short word problems are provided for learners to practice identifying elapsed time. The presentation is slightly confusing, but you could consider cutting out each problem and providing one a day as a bell-ringer. 
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Exploring Magnetism and Electricity

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners explore Faraday's Law. In this electromagnetism lesson, students investigate Michael Faraday. Learners discover the history of the electromagnet. Students examine the parts of an electromagnet.
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Swords, Arrows, and Eggs

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students enjoy hands-on learning experiences. In this current events lesson, students may visit the Lulworth Castle, Roald Dahl Museum, Glasgow Science Centre, Salts Mill, or the Sherwood Forest online or in-person to discover details of...
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Out and About: The History of Medicine

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Learners investigate the history of medicine. In this medicine lesson, students may visit the Thackray Medical Museum, the Old Operating Theatre, or the Edward Jenner Museum in Britain online or in-person to discover details about...
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Studying a Piece of an Ecosystem

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students carry out an outdoor land study in which they identify organisms living in the soil, and any other animals living within the site. Groups also examine abiotic factors. They respond to a series of questions concerning their data...
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Skateboards, Rocket Balloons and Newton's Laws of Motion

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students investigate forces. In this laws of motion lesson, students visit the Glasgow Science Center or Techniquest to participate in activities related to the Newton's law of motion.
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Who Could Ask for Mores?

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students enjoy hands-on learning experiences. In this Victorian Britain lesson, students may visit the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Shambellie House Museum of Costume, or the Museum of Costume of Bath online or in-person to discover...
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Albedo Transect Research (Field Trip Day 1)

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students explore how Albedo research is designed and conducted by interviewing the researchers at one of their research sites. They relate Albedo and it's relationship to the Arctic environment as well as assess how a small change in a...
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Researching Local Knowledge Field Trip

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students study the interdependence between living things and their environment.
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A Field Guide for Student Identification

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create and use a dichotomus guide to identify cartoon monsters and use this skill to further their ability to scientifically classify organisms.
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Data Analysis Field Trip

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students study the structure and behavior of ice.
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Children in the Fields: The Life of the Hispanic Child Laborer During California's Agriculture Explosion

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the agriculture explosion in California in the late 1800's to the early 1930's. They analyze primary source material putting themselves into the shoes of a child laborer. They also gain an understanding of...
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Intertidal Field Trip

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore an intertidal zone. In this science lesson, students travel to an intertidal zone. Students collect data and create species accumulation curves.

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