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Living in Hurricane Country

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine how hurricanes grow and their strength levels through an interactive program. They define terms associated with hurricanes and how the public is affected by the storms.
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Power, Work and the Waterwheel

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use a two-liter bottle, dowel rod and index cards to design and construct a water wheel. They then calculate the power created and measure the work done by the water wheel in Watts and Joules.
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Water

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine water, its function and how much you should consume.  In this water lesson students study water and why it is important, how much you should drink and what its functions are in your body. 
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Cell Respiration

For Students 6th - 12th
In this biology worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle with 17 questions about the processes involved in cellular respiration.
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Cell Structure And Function

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this biology worksheet, students respond to 13 multiple choice questions related to cell structure and function. They identify which are microfilamets and which have a cell wall. Students also describe what chloroplasts are and their...
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Resources

For Students 7th - 12th
In this resources activity, students review renewable and nonrenewable resources. Students also review how resources can be conserved. This activity has 7 terms in a crossword puzzle, 3 true or false, and 10 short answer questions.
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Human Activity and the Environment

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students review and analyze graphs and tables as a group. They develop their graph and data analysis skills by converting data tables from Human Activity and the Environment into graphs.
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Rivers Cloze Activity

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this cloze activity worksheet, students use their reading comprehension skills to fill in the 16 blanks in a 1-page reading selection about rivers. A word bank in provided.
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Local Traffic Survey

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars conduct a traffic survey and interpret their data and use graphs and charts to display their results.
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England's Cabinet

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students investigate the UK Parliament, its Prime Minister, members, and duties. They decide which posts would make up a cabinet to run their school. They compare this to the posts needed to run the country and select a cabinet for...
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social studies: Life in Colonial America

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the trials and tribulations early colonial life and note its successes. Through literature, Internet research, and interactive software, they engage in various activities to evaluate early social and cultural development.
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Tracking Ozone

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students track an ozone event in Groton, CT. They compare weather changes and the subsequent ozone levels. Also, they make comparisons and determinations about ozone levels.
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Emissions Trading

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students produce manufactured good, barter for sales, encounter government officials, make choices about emissions, trade carbon credits and share findings in order to understand how carbon trading could affect industry from an economic...
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Animal Encounters

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use their visualizing and interpreting skills to produce original writings and artwork.
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Deerfield Debates Its Future: The Colonial Revival

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students analyze why the Colonial Revival came as a response to cultural changes caused by technological development, industrial growth, and changing populations in Deerfield and the Connecticut River Valley.
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Ancient and Modern Diets

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners investigate the ancient Egyptian diet and compare it to the contemporary American diet.
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Urban Impact on Chollas Creek (California): A Field Study

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students, in groups, take samples from a creek and keep a field journal on their samples. They also perform tests on their samples.
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Idaho

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this Idaho reading comprehension activity, students read a 2-page selection regarding the state and they answer 10 true or false questions pertaining to the selection.
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BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore how to build a bridge and test how much weight it can support.
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University of Alberta

University of Alberta: The Canadian Northern Railway

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a brief history of of the development the Canadian Northern Railway that was built in western Canada, and completed in 1915. The site also provides primary source resources in the the form of photographs, excerpts, figures and maps.
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Sophia: Passive Transport: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces the process of passive transport, explaining that it is a form of transport that does not require energy, and moves molecules down their concentration gradient. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Passive Transport."
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Sophia: Active Transport: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces the process of active transport, explaining that it is a form of transport that requires energy, and moves molecules against their concentration gradient. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Active Transport."
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Sophia: Active Transport: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces the process of active transport, explaining that it is a form of transport that requires energy, and moves molecules against their concentration gradient. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Active Transport."
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Sophia: Active Transport: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces the process of active transport, explaining that it is a form of transport that requires energy, and moves molecules against their concentration gradient. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Active Transport."