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Fantastic Foods
Students explore the health benefits of dark chocolate. They research other foods which they consider to be both healthy and delicious for a "classroom pantry."
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Food Wars
Students investigate the debate whether schools should regulate the amount or type of food and drink students consume. They write and present position papers after reading an online NY Times article.
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Testing Fats in Food
Middle schoolers consider the fats found in foods. In this science lesson plan, students test the presence of fat in foods and become more aware of their daily diets.
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Food Chains
For this chemistry worksheet, students watch a movie about food chains and use it to respond to each of the questions stated. They use the list of works in the word banks to assist them in matching the correct term to its description.
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Food Webs
Students recognize interdependence in a food web by using yarn and notecards to create a food web and discussing what would happen if one of the organisms from a certain trophic level is removed.
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The Food Web Word Search
In this food web word puzzle worksheet, students examine the 24 words and names in the word bank and locate them in the word search puzzle.
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Food Chains
In this food chains graphic organizer worksheet, students read a word bank and record the 6 animal names where they belong in the organizer.
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Carrot Sticks or French Fries?
Students investigate the influence of fast food brand names on food choices and analyze the factors that contribute to branding preferences. They write an opinion essay on the corporate responsibility to influence food choices.
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Sizing Up Servings
Learners learn the definition of a suggested serving size and re-define their daily food intake in terms of these recommended amounts.
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Who Gives a Hoot?
Students look at owl migration and its impact on the environment and the food chain after reading an article from The New York Times. Students then apply this information to and research different food chain situations for other species...
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Saved by a Shark
Learners explore the marine ecosystem and the importance of sharks. In this shark lesson, students look at photos of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary and discuss the animals that live there. They discuss which animals...
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Fun With Food
Students participate in hands-on scientific experiments relying solely on household kitchen materials.
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The Mangroves
Mangroves are a nursery for a variety salt-water organisms. Learners explore the mangrove ecosystem through audio, video, and/or images, to see the organisms that live in this environment and make food chains pertaining to this...
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GED: Vocabulary: Life Science
In this GED vocabulary worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle given 10 clues about genetics and cloning, food chains, vaccines, the brain and the nervous system and organisms. Students are given a word bank to use to complete...
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Plants Crossword
In this plants worksheet, students solve a crossword puzzle. Students have a word bank to use and are given sentences as clues.
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Growing Pains
Students compare common food items with the parts of a plant. They grow their own plants to assess the difficulties in assisting a plant's growth and reproduction.
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Ecosystem Concept Map
How do ecosystems change? How do organisms keep their ecosystem going? Learners use a word bank to fill in 12 blanks that describe the functionality of ecosystems.
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Maintaining Plant Genebanks
Students examine the use, costs, and the need for plant gene banks. The rationale for gaining ownership over scientific information and the implications of the developing nations' reliance on biotechnology is explored in this...
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Beach Life: Spanish Banks Field Trip
Students discover beach life. In this beach life lesson, students visit a beach to find plant and animal species that live there. They discuss the life cycle and needs of some of these animals through a variety of activities.
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Ecosystem Word Search
In this ecosystems word search worksheet students find 22 words and mark them in the puzzle. This is a clever leaf shaped puzzle with a word bank.
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Arctic Animals
In this word search puzzle instructional activity learners find 16 words. All pertain to animal life in the Arctic region. There is a word bank for this whale shaped puzzle.
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Jellyfish Crossword
In this jellyfish worksheet, students read 10 clues that pertain to jellyfish. Students find the word in the word bank that best fits each clue and complete a crossword puzzle.
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Growing Up in the Atlantic Rainforest
In this science worksheet, students read and study pictures about the life cycle of a butterfly. Students then answer 10 questions about the passage. There is a word bank.
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The Purpose of Each Part of a Plant
Beginning botanists can sketch the parts of a plant in individual boxes, or better yet, they can tape or glue actual plant parts in them. Beside each box are a few sentences with selected words left out. From the word bank at the bottom...