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Insects Are Helpful!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students see that insects do lots good and are very valuable to humans and nature. This is part of an ongoing effort to dispel fears of insects. They rotate through a series of centers that have examples of how insects contribute to our...
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Testing and Refining Aircraft Design

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students design and make a flying device. They work in small groups to brainstorm ideas for the design of their device. They choose an idea or combination of ideas to use for their design and create a sketch of their design. The students...
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Electricity Shortage

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students use the Internet to discover what electricity is and how it is made. They examine a site that discusses electricity and magnetism. They discover the ways electricity can be generated.
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Plants

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine how plants collect water and breathe. In groups, they participate in a variety of activities in which they discover how plants operate in terrariums. To end the lesson, they discuss why plants are important to the...
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Toying Around with a System

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders look at the system that could be present in common toys. They manipulate and identify parts that have to work together in order to form a system. When working or not students should comprehend how things go together.
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Measuring Electricity

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine electricity, what its uses are and how it works.  In this exploring electricity lesson students study voltage, resistance, current and OHM's law. 
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History and Development of the Microscope

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this microscope worksheet, students review how microscopes work and how early scientists figured out how microscopes could help them with their discoveries. This worksheet has 3 fill in the blank and 7 short answer questions.
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Labs on A Chip

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to DNA microarrays. They discuss how scientists and doctors use them and how they work. They complete a worksheet and discuss their findings.
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Static Electricity

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this static electricity worksheet, students read through 3 pages of text about static electricity and its components to learn about how electricity works.
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How is a Hot Dog Like a Shoe?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students create and explain analogies that reveal the depth of their understanding of new concepts.
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On the Surface Of Things

For Teachers 4th - 6th
The purpose of this unit is for students to engage in thinking about the links between science and art. We want to provide students with the opportunity to see original artifacts related to natural occurances.
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Using Words to Work Things Out

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students use appropriate words to resolve a conflict or a problem. For this appropriate words lesson plan, students participate in a role play, building a puzzle, and creating a good classroom environment and use words that are...
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Things That Make Us Want To Scream

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners create a drawing of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" and draw items that make them want to scream in this creative Art lesson for the Middle or High School classroom. The lesson includes resource links for artwork and background...
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Pilgrimage Extension Work

For Students Pre-K - 6th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to questions about Pilgrimages. Students respond to both questions about the reading as well as a personal reflection section.
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How To Make Faint Things Stand Out In a Bright World!

For Students 9th - 12th
In this averaging and pixel worksheet, learners solve 5 problems including finding the average value of 9 images given pixels, distinguishing between background 'noise' and the source and detecting faint sources in bright backgrounds.
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BBC Learning English: Working Abroad - Listening (Relationships)

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this ESL listening comprehension activity, students listen to a program on the BBC, though it is not specified which program. The activity contains 12 sentences and students write the numbers 1-12 next to them according to the order...
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The More Things Change...

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Pupils participate in a mock town hall meeting after researching issues relating to fishing rights. After reading The Lorax, they discuss the importance of conserving natural resources. In partners, they write a story of their own...
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How Body Parts Work

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this body parts worksheet, students draw a smiley face if the sentence correctly states a fact about a body part. Students draw a sad face if the sentence is incorrect. Students look at the pictures and list 3 body parts that are...
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Using Words to Work Things Out

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore appropriate ways to communicate feelings.  In this character development lesson, students listen to Hands are not for Hitting and several other books about expressing emotions appropriately.  Students observe...
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Things Aren't Always What They Seem

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students use video and the Internet to make predictions, draw conclusions, determine conflict and point of view while reading a short story. In this short story analysis lesson plan, students watch a related video and complete a...
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Ecosystems: What Are They and How Do They Work?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars explore the characteristics of major ecosystems, the interactions of the organisms within the systems, and the effects of humans on the system. Both living and non-living components are examined in this five lesson unit.
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The Way a Tree Works

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore nature by conducting botany experiments. In this plant life lesson, students define the necessary resources for a plant to thrive on our planet while defining scientific vocabulary terms. Students utilize different plant...
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How Far to Freedom?

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students research the life of William Parker to learn about the Underground Railroad. In this US history activity, students research William Parker and the Underground Railroad. Students research the Christiana Resistance and map routes...
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To Every Thing There Is A Season...

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use the artwork by Robert Harris to examine the four seasons. In groups, they identify the clothing worn in the artwork and create a dance which resembles the painting. They also practice reading a thermometer and identify...

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