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The Weight of Water

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine how salt water is more dense than fresh water through experimentation with eggs.
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Work, Lyddie! Work!

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students research links concerning early factory labor, child labor in today's world, and diseases on young laborers. They work on a loom, analyze a mill bell schedule, read a mill girl's diary, and write a poem or song exhibiting empathy.
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A Child's Journey through Medicine

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students experience a variety of activities that relate to human physiology and their functions. They create graphs and charts after testing their heart rates and blood pressure They conduct a survey of the student body and create ...
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Nerve Cell Informercials

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students research the structure and function of the nervous system. They prepare a model or representation of neural transmission. Students create an infomercial about nerve cells.
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Gas Exchange

For Students 9th - 12th
In this biology worksheet, students examine the process of respiration and specifically look at the biochemistry of gas exchange at the alveoli.
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Arthropods

For Students 9th - 12th
In this arthropods worksheet, students review the characteristics of arthropods by choosing from 15 terms to fill in the blank of 10 statements.
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Air Pollution

For Students 7th - 12th
In this air pollution worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle by reviewing the different types and sources of air pollution. This worksheet has 13 terms to place into the puzzle.
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Gas Law Practice Sheet

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this gas laws activity, students solve ten problems using the various gas laws such as Boyle's Law, Charles' Law, and the ideal gas law. Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationships between temperature, pressure and volume.
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Scientists Study Dinosaur "Mummy"

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students share ideas about how scientists know about dinosaurs, then read a news article about the recently found remains of a hadrosaur. In this dinosaur lesson plan, the teacher introduces the article with a class discussion and...
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Reptiles

For Students 9th - 10th
In this reptiles activity, students identify and label the different parts of reptiles. They complete 10 short answer questions after reading the information provided in the activity.
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Secondhand Smoke

For Students 6th - 9th
In this health science instructional activity, students complete 8 short answer questions after reading information on the "Health Effects of Exposure to Secondhand Smoke."
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Biology Word Search

For Students 8th - 9th
In this word search activity, students locate words related to the biology. The word list includes colon, esophagus, masseter, aorta, and pinnae.
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Reading in the Content Area-Leeches

For Teachers 6th
Learners practice the habits of good readers in the content area of science. While reading a brief article about leeches, they compare and contrast the material read with other information they have encountered.
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Animal Classification

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars classify animals. In this animal classification lesson, students identify characteristics from each of the 5 categories of vertebrates. Young scholars group animals by categories.
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Heimlich Maneuver

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students read Red Cross handouts on the Heimlich maneuver, then describe and explain all the steps in the Heimlich maneuver. They view a computer simulation of a choking victim, then practice the Heimlich maneuver skills with partners.
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Levels of Organization

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students brainstorm a list of all the functions organisms carry out and how they carry them out. In groups, they are given the smallest and highest level of organization in organisms and are to fill in the missing spaces. To end the...
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Frogs

For Students 2nd - 4th
Young learners are more motivated to practice skills when they are motivated. This reading passage about frogs provides a quick and easy way for learners to practice comprehension and vocabulary skills by answering the 10 questions.  
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Worksheet 7. Nouns and Verbs (Birds)

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this birds reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage about birds and respond to 8 multiple choice questions regarding the paragraph. Some questions have more than 1 correct answer.
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Living Tobacco Free

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore how smoking and tobacco are made of harmful substances.
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Divers's Decompression

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are exposed to the physics and physiology of scuba diving, study the principals applied in the U.S. Navy Decompression tables and work out typical decompression problems.
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Understanding Radon Detection

For Teachers 6th
In this understanding radon detection worksheet, 6th graders read 8 facts about radon, make observations about and draw pictures of hidden objects, use a chart of elements to answer questions about radon.
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ESL Holiday Lessons: World Asthma Day

For Students 6th - 10th
In this language skills instructional activity, students read an article about World Asthma Day. Students respond to 6 matching questions, 29 fill in the blank questions, 30 multiple choice questions, 12 word scramble ...
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Basic First Aid

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students listen to basic first aid information. In this first aid lesson, students discuss CPR, Choking, Severe Bleeding, and Shock. They research the steps and how they can help in an emergency situation. 
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Radical Reptiles

For Students 4th - 7th
In this reptiles learning exercise, learners read about reptiles and then answer 10 questions about what they just learned. The answers are on the last page.