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Where is Shirley the Elephant?
Young animal lovers engage in a instructional activity that's all about elephants. They access an elephant sanctuary website and read a story about Shirley the elephant. They perform a series of activities based upon that story, and also...
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Cosmic Chemistry: An Elemental Question
Space scientists investigate the cosmic phenomena in order to search for answers to possible origins of the solar system. They consider the concepts of elements and isotopes. Data is analyzed looking at tje abundance of elements...
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Kinetics of acetone iodination
For this chemistry worksheet, students examine the given concept in order to apply in the laboratory setting. The sheet includes in depth background information.
Teach Engineering
Energy Resources and Systems
We've talked a lot about energy, but where does energy come from? Pupils brainstorm different energy sources through a class discussion to kick off the 14th installment of a 25-part Energy Systems and Solutions unit. They then research...
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Review Set
The topics covered in these multiple choice questions are about atomic structure and bonding, state configurations, pressure and solution concentration, and energy graphs. This is a midterm review which could be used with the whole...
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Seed Transport
Students explore botany by completing KWL worksheets. In this seed transportation lesson, students define a list of vocabulary terms associated with botany and seedlings before completing worksheets based on assigned text. Students...
Global Change
Impact of Climate Change on the Desert Pupfish
A fish that lives in the desert? You and your class can meet the desert pupfish as they examine its habitat, the role humans play in diminishing water supplies, and how climate change might impact this fishy friend. There are four short...
Science 4 Inquiry
The Yin and Yang of Photosynthesis: Day vs. Night
Floating fragments of elodea can grow even without roots. Young scientists use eldoea plants to observe the oxygen production from photosynthesis. They study the difference between having access to high amounts of light and low amounts...
Mathematics Vision Project
Quadratic Equations
Through a variety of physical and theoretical situations, learners are led through the development of some of the deepest concepts in high school mathematics. Complex numbers, the fundamental theorem of algebra and rational exponents...
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Tulip Graphing
Students create a graph of tulip growth. For this data analysis lesson, students plant tulip bulbs and use graph paper to begin graphing data on the growth of the tulip.
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Population Study and Applications Using PTC Paper
Students study human population traits. In this science lesson plan, students gain an understanding of the terms dominant, recessive, haploid (monoploid), diploid, genotype, phenotype, scientific sampling, and scientific modeling as they...
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Graphing Sunspot Cycles
Students explore sunspots and then graph them to analyze the data. In this sunspot cycles lesson plan students complete an activity sheet and complete questions.
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Heat and electrical resistance (Middle, Science)
Students work in teams to create electrical resistance when studying heat and thermal energy.
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There Is A Lady In The Room
Students use magnifiers to observe the characteristics of ladybugs. From recorded observations and gathered data, they construct patterns and graphs of their favorite ladybugs. Children listen to a book on The Grouchy Ladybug and...
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Water Quality in the Greenhills Stream
Seventh graders conduct year long study of water quality over different seasons using variety of probes, including D.O., pH, conductivity and temperature, that are attached to portable technology. Students select three data points in...
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Using the Very, Very Simple Climate Model in the Classroom
Pupils study the relationship between the average global temperature and carbon dioxide emissions. In this weather lesson students develop a test scenario using a model then read and interpret graphs of data.
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Science and Technology
Learners research inventions that have been created. In this historical technology lesson plan, students read the Harcourt Brace social studies textbook and discuss how inventors used graphs to display data. Learners create a table to...
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Endangered Animals
Students listen to a teacher led lecture on jaguars, their habitats, and how they became endangered. Using a specified web site, they choose an endangered animal to research. After gathering information, students participate in...
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Coordinate Graphs
Young scholars use coordinate graphs in order to identify objects and their locations. They are shown how to plot the x and y coordinates and then are given values to be plotted during guided and independent practice. Students are...
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Genetic Variations in Hand Span Size
Students study genes. In this biology lesson plan, students measure their handspan size to determine if one pair or many pairs of genes control that trait.
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Scientific Method and Graphing
Seventh graders use the scientific method to determine how many seeds are in a watermelon.
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An Interdisciplinary Deer and Human Population Study
Students answer the question, "What environmental problems arise due to animal and human overpopulation and what might need to be done to combat these problems?" They play games, graph data and write proposals about the question.
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Weather Graph
For this graphing worksheet, 3rd graders study a line graph pertaining to weather. Students respond to 8 short answer questions using the information that is presented in the graph.
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Who's Coming to Lunch: A Study of Mold Growth
Students participate in an experiment to determine where fungi and molds are formed, and create graphs documenting fungal growth.