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It's About Time

Effects of Plate Tectonics

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Explore our world from within as you lead young scientists on a thrilling adventure. Pupils examine the location of plate boundaries to determine earthquake and volcano distribution around the globe and explore the cause of hot spots in...
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It's About Time

Electricity and Your Community

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Young scientists read and interpret a data table about energy generation around the world. Next, they use the Internet to investigate energy generation in their own state, and, finally, pupils read a passage and answer questions about it. 
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Channel Islands Film

Island Rotation: Lesson Plan 2

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Why are Torrey pines only found in La Jolla, California and on Santa Rosa Island? Class members examine images of Torrey pines from these two locations, noting the similarities and differences, and then develop a demonstration model that...
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American Museum of Natural History

Make Your Own Dino Stationary

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Scholars follow five steps to create dinosaur-themed stationery using basic computer skills.
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American Museum of Natural History

T. Rex Roar Mixer

For Students 6th - 12th
Scholars predict the sound of a tyrannosaurus rex roar with a mixing board equipped with audio from crocodiles, chickens, loon, macaw, peccary, sea lion, and bison.
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Curated OER

Prehistory: Our Ancestors Emerge

For Students 8th - 12th
In this prehsitory instructional activity, students read a 3-page article about antropological finds and then respond to 2 short answer questions based on the article.
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Curated OER

Quiz: Dinosaurs

For Teachers 3rd
In this science worksheet, 3rd graders will respond to questions pertaining to dinosaurs. Students will answer ten questions consisting of true/false, and multiple choice.
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Curated OER

Name Match

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this name match worksheet, students match up ten species to their description or history by drawing a line between one to the other.
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Curated OER

Cladograms and Genetics

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this genetics worksheet, students compare the human amino acid sequence with the five animals given. Students used cladograms to complete 11 short answer questions.
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Curated OER

How Much Is a Billion?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students get a sense of how big a billion really is. This is necessary in order to explain deep time.
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Curated OER

Dogs & Darwin

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders construct and conduct a laboratory experiment illustrating the transfer of mutations. They compare and contrast natural selection in organisms with long and short reproductive cycles.
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Curated OER

Wegener and Plate Tectonics: A Hands-On Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners are introduced to and experiment with the basic concepts of plate tectonic theory as well as assess the history of the theory of plate tectonics. They explain and illustrate the basic concepts through diagrams and models of...
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Curated OER

Seedless Plants- Ferns- Enrichment Worksheet

For Students 10th - 11th
In this seedless plants enrichment instructional activity, student read about the history of ferns, their habitat, size, and structure. They draw a fern and label its parts including the fronds, pinnae, sorus, and rhizome.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Botany Scavenger Hunt Where's the Ginkgo?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners use a science journal to log plants that are native to Alabama. In this plant lesson plan, students identify characteristics, describe environments, and classify the plants that they find.
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Human Prehistory

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students discuss the history of humans.  In this human history lesson, students describe how the placement of the continents changed and where the humans began and traveled to. They discuss interaction with Neanderthals and dogs. 
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Curated OER

Rock of Ages

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students are given a classification table and samples from their location. They locate their samples on the classification table using the characteristics used in rock identification.
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Curated OER

Megabeasts

For Students 3rd - 7th
Create larger-than-life insects for the classroom. Bugs are usually pretty small, but during the Jurassic period they were huge. Kids use diagramming and scale conversion to enlarge a modern day insect so that it is as big as its ancient...
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Curated OER

Human Evolution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate hominid evolution to learn the difference between a relative and an ancestor. They study the emergence of bipedalism and the related physical adaptations and cultural ramifications, and chart patterns of hominid...
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Curated OER

Archaeology Volunteers

For Students 4th - 5th
In this archaeology learning exercise, students read about 4 tasks involving archaeologists. Students also answer 3 questions about the reading.
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Carbon Dioxide Emissions

For Students 7th - 12th
For this emissions worksheet, students will study a graph comparing biological and industrial carbon dioxide emissions over the years and another graph showing the geographic regions of carbon dioxide emissions. Using this information,...
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Rocks on Parade!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders describe and classify rock samples. In this rock lesson, 3rd graders make inferences about rock samples by observing and measuring them. This lesson contains 5 different stations for the students to go to. 
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Curated OER

Life Has A History

For Students 6th - 9th
For this biology worksheet, students identify and match various classes of species found today. Then they explain why biodiversity exists today on earth and define evolution. Students also describe who a paleontologist is and what they do.
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Curated OER

Gone But Not Forgotten

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine animals and organisms that have become extinct and their similarities to living organisms.  In this extinction lesson students divide into groups and research extinct animals.
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Curated OER

Absolute Ages of Rocks

For Students 7th - 10th
In this age of rocks worksheet, students answer five matching questions about terms related to the decay of atoms. They use a strip of paper to simulate half life of atoms and determine the total amount of time it took to deplete the paper.

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