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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Mystery Powder Investigation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
During this lesson, young scholars will work individually to identify a mystery powder. Students will have the opportunity to test known powders with different substances and record observations. Young scholars will develop a plan that...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Fable and Trickster Tales Around the World

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
The lessons presented in this website "introduce children to folk tales" and how these folktales are changed and affected by generational and cultural values. Includes several links to further related information on folktales, fables,...
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Other

Catching Sunshine

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Teachers can enroll their class in this online 'Science-athon.' Students design and build a solar collector, and over a period of several days, collect data and enter it into an online database.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating the Difference in Geology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this inquiry based field investigation, students will be observing our school campus's topography, soil, and plants and comparing them with the Fertile sand dunes' topography, soil, and plants. They will make detailed observations and...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Every Picture Has a Story

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Smithsonian Education presents "Every Picture Has a Story". Teachers can download this comprehensive teaching package in which students examine some of the millions of photographs in the Smithsonian. This amazing teaching package comes...
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University of California

University of California at Berkeley: Understanding Science: Mystery Boxes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
An interesting instructional activity where students collaborate to create a visual image of what the inside of a sealed box looks like. The box has a marble or other type of sphere inside it, as well as partitions and/or ramps. Students...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: How Old Is That Thing on That Rock?

For Teachers K - 1st
Students using magnifying glasses to observe collected fossils, and then make inferences and hypotheses about the age of the specimens.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Igneous Rocks Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use samples of four different types of igneous rocks to observe differences in texture, color, and grain size, and then make inferences about the relative cooling histories and silica content associated with each magma type.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Deep Crisis: Salmon Counting

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
In this lesson, students can explore the techniques of census and population counting by inferring numbers of a virtual population illustrated within a rectangular sampling grid, and observing the accuracy of the technique in relation to...
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McREL International

Mc Rel: Glue Polymer (Whelmer #15 Learning Activity)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
An easy to do activity that investigates the basic principles behind chemical bonding. The activity is written in lesson plan format that meets NSES standards.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Emily Dickinson & Poetic Imagination: "Leap, Plashless"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces students to Emily Dickinson's poetry which often reveals a child-like fascination with the natural world. Students examine how she writes perceptively of butterflies, birds, and bats and uses lucid metaphors to...
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CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Scientific Laws and Theories

For Students 6th - 8th
Differentiate between scientific laws and theories. Identify examples of scientific theories and use evidence to support them.
Interactive
Quia

Quia: Nature of Science Scientific Method Concentration

For Students 3rd - 8th
Play a game of concentration by matching terms used in the scientific method to their proper description.
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Quia

Quia: Nature of Science Scientific Method Flashcards

For Students 3rd - 8th
Review the nature of science with on-line flash cards.
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Quia

Quia: Nature of Science

For Students 9th - 10th
Find games and flashcards that students can use to learn the words associated with the scientific method.

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