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What Repair Proteins are Expressed in C-Ferns After Exposure to Varying Amounts of UV Radiation?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the life cycle of c-ferns. They complete experiments on the organisms exposing them to differnet amount of UV radiation. They collect data and analyze their results.
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Using the Scientific Method to Determine Which Conditions Best Favor Plant Growth

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine how the environment can affect biological processes. They identify the best conditions for the germination of bean seeds. They record and analyze their data. They write about their observations in an essay.
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Kimonos

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students create their own kimono design after researching the history, tradition, and techniques of kimono design and production. This art lesson can be connected easily to the Language Arts and/or Social Sciences.
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Agriculture, Weather, Economy and Indiana

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, in groups, investigate the role of weather in Indiana's farming economy. They make a prediction as to weather and its effect on the economy of Indiana. They present their data using a media presentation of data...
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Outlining Transportation#139

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine how people, products, and ideas travel. They create an outline using the proper format after completing a class brainstorming session about means of transportation.
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Couch Potatoes Around the World#138

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students identify potato chips as a consumer product and investigate what processes are needed to make the chips. They investigate where the potatoes are grown and harvested before being made into chips at a processing plant. They make a...
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What are Hunger and Malnutrition and Who Are the Hungry?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the main functions of food and how eating the right foods is important for a healthy lifestyle. Using the internet, they research those who are at the highest risk for hunger and how those countries are trying to solve...
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Science: The Water Cycle

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the various stages of the water cycle. In groups, they complete a hands-on activity by creating model water cycle. Students design posters representing each of the seven stages of the water cycle.
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Ethics and Reproductive Issues: The Dilemma of Choice

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research various websites to answer questions and take part in class discussion regarding Prenatal testing. Students listen to an audio file and complete student worksheet. Students discuss different roles of people and...
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Environmental Justice

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the problem of pollution and its effects on the environment. The use of questions for research stimulate thinking and advanced problem solving skills. The important skill of reflection is used to help students...
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Salat: Prayer in Muslim Life

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the meaning of prayer and provide their own definitions. They watch a video about Muslim prayer, discuss a fact sheet about it, and break into discussion groups. Students write about their own traditions and customs...
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Mitosis and Meiosis

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students model and differentiate between the processes of mitosis and meiosis. In partners, they use yarn and construction paper to create models for each of the phases of mitosis and meiosis then compare the chromosome numbers in each...
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Song Writing

For Students 9th
In this song writing worksheet, 9th graders read about the cadences, chords, tunes, and lyrics that are used in song writing. There are no questions associated with this worksheet.
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Ellis Island: The "Golden Door" to America

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write a narrative from the perspective of an immigration inspector or European immigrant. In this Immigration lesson, students read an online history of Ellis Island and evaluate its significance by writing answers to discussion...
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Here's An Instant Activity for April 7, 2003

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders practice their spelling skills with soft syllable endings. In this spelling lesson, 5th graders complete soft syllable interaction activity with their teacher. Students then write 16 le-ending and ly-ending word pairs to...
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Geography Made Fun with Technology

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students incorporate knowledge box into their classroom activities. In this technology integration lesson, students fill out a graphic organizer using Glossopedia to analyze a new subject.
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Women In Islam

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars identify the basic beliefs and practices within Islam. Using a specific country's culture, they discover the experiences of Muslim women differ between countries. They compare and contrast the rights and protections...
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Color Dots 3

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students make simple observations, test mixtures, and make generalized inferences from their observations. They observe bleeding of colored inks with water.
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Bats Of WI And PR

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the bats of Puerto Rico. They conduct research in order to find information to construct a powerpoint presentation. They create a dvd of the presentation and go on a tour to a local cave to see the environment where...
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PBS

Pbs: Toothpicks: Patterns in Geometric Shapes

For Students 3rd - 5th
How can you describe the pattern made by a growing triangular shape? This interactive exercise focuses on using what you know about pattern recognition and completing a table so you have data you can use to graph the coordinates on a...
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Writing Fix: Patterns for Making Meaning

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students read the book The Way Life Works: The Science Lover's Illustrated Guide to How Life Grows, Develops, Reproduces, and Gets Along by Mahlon Hoagland to examine the sixteen patterns of life presented in the book. As students study...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: What's Missing?

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Can you find the missing pattern in the "sona?" Explore missing patterns and growing patterns in this NCTM Math Challenges for Families activity. Discover how archaeologist and anthropologist use these mathematical patterns to learn...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Express Yourself With Patterns

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
During this lesson, the learners will use growing patterns to develop an algebraic expression with understanding. The students will also learn mathematical vocabulary with the use of the newly created expression.
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United Nations

United Nations: Cyber School Bus: What Makes Cities Grow?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This unit explores the factors that influence the growth of cities. Read more to understand the patterns of migration and settlement in cities.

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