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Which Sex is It?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate the structures of flowers. In this determining the sex organs of a flower lesson plan, students dissect flowers with both male and female sex organs and identify each. They also identify the other parts of the flower...
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Blocks And Screws (or "screwy Contrivances")

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers, given a block of wood and a screw or nail, are asked to put that screw or nail into a block. They examine how many contrivances and other imperfections found in living things are best explained by the process of evolution.
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Tornadoes

For Teachers 5th - 8th
This PowerPoint can be used to introduce mini meteorologists to this extreme weather phenomenon. The imperfections of this resource include a link to a tornado recording that does not work, blurry graphics depicting the steps of tornado...
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Alas, All Human

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students define a scientist. In this ethics and science lesson, students read Asimov's Alas, All Human and write responses and discuss the possibilities of imperfection within science by scientists. Students discuss what steps should be...
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Moire Patterns

For Teachers 9th - 12th
By overlapping combs and window screening and by looking at a printed set of consecutively larger circles, learners observe Moire patterns, which provide a visual of what happens during wave interference. 
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Weather Lesson Five

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners define a weather forecast, make a forecast using a weather map, identify three prediction guidelines, and explain how computers help to make forecasts. Students make a 24-hour forecast for each of the thirteen states targeted.
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Introduction to Plant Reproduction

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Eight objectives pertaining to plant reproduction are stated and addressed in this presentation. Objectives include defining sexual and asexual reproduction, comparing monocots to dicots, explaining flower types, and more. Some of the...
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How Evolution Works

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the evolution of the eye and how a complex organ can evolve through natural selection. They research genetic variation, adaptation, and sexual selection. They analyze data to determine how beak length of Gal??pagos...
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Data Analysis and Measurement: Ahead, Above the Clouds

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore and discuss hurricanes, and examine how meteorologists, weather officers, and NASA researchers use measurement and data analysis to predict severe weather. They plot points on coordinate map, classify hurricanes...
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The Parts of a Perfect Flower

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the parts of a flower. In this flower structures lesson plan, students study a model of a flower and dissect a flower. They label each structure of the flower and observe the pollen grains and ovules under the dissecting...
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Light and Vision

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars explore how light affects vision. In this light instructional activity, students construct a shoe box model to represent an eye. Experiments are performed with various light sources. Young scholars draw conclusions about...
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Plant Reproduction Chapter #4

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The only way to employ a plant reproduction presentation void of pictures is to support it with actual sample flowers. Botany beginners learn about plant reproduction through an underdeveloped outline of flower structures, reproductive...
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Gross Motor Development

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in a game reflecting the solar system, stars, and rockets. They simulate how space invaders move and hit stars and rockets. They discuss how scientists study the stars and planets.
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Kingdom Fungi

For Students 7th - 9th
In this kingdom fungi activity, students write the name of the fungi division that is identified with each diagram. Then they describe why saprophytes are good for the environment and in what conditions fungi grows best. Students also...
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Sorting

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore how to sort and manage information.  In this organization lesson students complete an activity on sorting.
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Powdery Mildew Fungi: Classification and Ecology

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students use a written key or illustrated key to identify fungi on plant leaves into its genus based on sexual or asexual reproduction, host range diversity, and host-parasite relationships.

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