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Possible Causes

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students review any materials from two previous lessons on emissions. As a class, they use a graphic organizer to review their stakeholder's hypothesis. They identify possible causes of global warming and discover how to solve this problem.
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Change slander to remorse: Unscripted Scenes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students hypothesize about the content of unscripted moments, search for evidence in the actual text to support their hypothesis, and explore how this hypothesis would affect characterization.
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Superbugs: An Evolving Concern

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students investigate the growth of bacteria in the presence of antibiotics. They write a hypothesis, conduct an experiment to test their hypothesis, analyze the results of their bacterial growth experiment, and describe the results on a...
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Medicine Show

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students gather anecdotal evidence about various herbal remedies' abilities to cure ailments, develop hypotheses from these observations, and design scientifically valid experiments that could prove their suppositions.
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Can You Crack Them?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students test the strength of the arch in eggs. Then form hypothesis for how to increase their strength.
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Thinking It Through: Discrepant Events

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students practice their skills of forming hypotheses by conducting various experiments.
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Destructive Decay

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students determine the destructive nature of plaque acid in their mouths. They use the scientific method for proving a hypothesis.
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Tracking a Hurricane

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students use knowledge of what satellite imagery tells to create a descriptive hypothesis of the ground phenomenon during a hurricane.
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Hokule'a: the Scientific Method in Action

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students, in groups, research the four main theories of Polynesian settlement. They review these hypotheses, research any conducted experiments and present their findings to the class in a creative way.
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Water Quality And pH

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students determine the pH level of water and its effect on aquatic plants and brine shrimp eggs. This is a three part instructional activity that leads the student through the development of an understanding of water pH. They form a...
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"I am Not Well": Unspoken Endings and Unscripted Scenes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners analyze Act 4, scene 1 from the play, Merchant of Venice. They hypothesize the content of an unscripted moment and response, look for evidence in the text to support their hypothesis, rewrite the scene, and perform it for the...
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Earth & Space Science: Holding it Together

For Teachers K - 6th
Students estimate how many drops of water can fit onto the surface of a penny and then test their hypothesis to find out. They also experiment with bubbles.
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Hickory Dickory Dock: The Biological Clock

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students investigate the effect of day length on animal migrations. They view a Powerpoint presentation, identify their own personal migrations and cues, answer discussion questions, and test a hypothesis about seasons.
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Flying the Friendly Skies

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students investigate aerodynamics by comparing and contrasting the flight of two gliders. They make prediction and observation charts and test a variety of hypotheses using paper gliders.
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Warm and Cold Air

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine what happens to air when it is heated or cooled. They conduct an experiment using bottles and balloons, record and discuss their observations, and write a hypothesis.
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Design your own Water Temperature Experiment

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners use Robolab sensors and software to design an experiment that incorporates the use of temperature probes. They conduct the experiment, complete a lab sheet, evaluate the results and then consider if their hypothesis requires...
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Introduction to Light Sensors

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students work together to analyze the information from a light sensor. They develop their own hypothesis and analyze the data they have collected. They answer discussion questions to end the lesson.
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Connections Between World Events, Geography and the Human Quest for Knowledge

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students examine the relationship between innovations in geography and world events. Using maps, they report different information from a spatial perspective. They develop hypothesis about how man's quest for knowledge has impacted the...
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Water Testing

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students work together to design their own experiment to test developed hypothesis about the minerals in water. As a class, they discuss the main components of water quality and describe the chemistry behind the hardness assay. They...
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Wright Brothers Centennial: Impact of Technological Advance

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the impact of powered flight on the North Carolina coast. After reading news articles, they explain how the first flight affected community pride. They develop a hypothesis about the long-term economic impacts to...
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Using Magnetotactic Bacteria to Study Natural Selection

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students demonstrate that living organisms may possess incredible adaptations which enable them to survive. They observe bacteria that are able to orient themselves using the Earth's magnetic field and formulate a hypothesis as to how...
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Orientation of the Earth in Space

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students hypothesize the location of the sun in the sky at diferent times of day and at different latitudes. They perform several experiments to provide evidence for their hypothesis. Experiments including observing the sun's position at...
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Insect Communication and Harmful Insects

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders use children's literature in order to create an interesting context for the lesson. The concept of insect communication is investigated in order for students to form educated hypothesis guesses.
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Geologic Puzzles: Morrison Formation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners make observations and present interpretations based on their observations and on their prior knowledge. They use images to answer questions and make formulate hypotheses.

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