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Rainforest Vocabulary Words: Week 1

For Students 7th - 8th
In these rainforest vocabulary worksheets, read the definitions and the matching terms for the following rainforest vocabulary terms: decomposers, deforestation, epiphytes, extinct, environment, pollute, vegetation, ecology, climate,...
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One Kid Can Make A Difference

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students make a pledge to make three positive choices for 30 days and track their progress. In this positive choices lesson plan, students discuss ways in which they can be healthier, protect the environment, be respectful, and more....
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Beams Word Search

For Students 4th - 6th
In this word search worksheet, students search for 32 hidden words found vertically, horizontally, backwards or diagonally. Words are words encountered during visits to "The Jefferson Labs."
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Oxidation and Combustion: Chemical Reactions in Fire

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the art and science of pyrotechnics.  In this chemistry and computer lesson plan, students learn about the chemical basis of fire and structure of fireworks.  Students then apply their knowledge in creating virtual...
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Making Good Decisions

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the consequences of behaviors and what the concept of trade offs are.  In this good decision lesson students read an article and answer questions on making good decisions. 
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Controlling Chemical Reactions

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students study chemical reactions and how to speed up or slow down one.  In this experimental instructional activity students participate in an activity that allows them to observe chemical reactions. 
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Space Vocabulary Quiz

For Students 4th - 5th
In this space vocabulary worksheet, students draw lines to match 14 vocabulary words pertaining to space with their definitions.
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Fan 3: Sort and Color!

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the concept of recycling. In this environmental stewardship lesson, students discover how to recycle and compost. Students complete an activity that requires them to sort recyclable items.
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Physical Principles in Living Systems

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders experiment with white light, plane mirrors, and curved mirrors in order to demonstrate the physical principles of living systems. In this physical principles lesson plan, 7th graders take 3 days to discover what happens...
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Lenses and Telescopes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine telescope construction. In this telescope lesson, students examine the lenses used in telescopes by exploring with convex and concave lenses.
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Cost Effective Egg Drop

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create cost effective ways to protect an egg. In this cost conscious lesson plan, students complete an egg drop activity while spending the least amount of money possible.
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Sky and Cloud Windows

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students monitor the weather, clouds, and sky. In this weather lesson, students create a sky and cloud window to focus their sky observations. They write observations in a notebook and include the date, time, cloud cover, types of...
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Biodiesel Combustion and Its Influences in NOx Emissions

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders evaluate the physical mechanisms that cause a change in NOx emissions. In this combustion lesson plan, 10th graders participate in a research project. Students create a presentation of their findings. 
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Chemistry: Knowledge Quiz

For Students 7th - 8th
In this chemistry quiz instructional activity, learners complete a set of 10 multiple choice questions covering a variety of chemistry concepts.
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Solar System: Let's Take a Trip

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders consider outer space. For this introductory solar system lesson, 3rd graders complete a KWL chart and listen to the story The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System, by Joanna Cole & Bruce Degen. They will...
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Phases of the Moon: Cooperative Learning

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine the phases of the moon. In this moon phase lesson, 3rd graders listen to a read aloud of The Moon Seems to Change by Franklyn M. Branley and discuss the phases of the moon. They complete a moon phase calendar and...
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Lesson 6: Paniolo Country Grazers in the Dry Forest

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore grazing animals in a dry forest. In this science lesson, students act out the role of a grazer in the dry forest. Students cut their growing lawn and observe what happens after being cut. Students explore differences...
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Electromagnetic Wave Spectrum

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine electromagnetic wave spectrum. In this science instructional activity, 5th graders discuss the aspects of the electromagnetic wave spectrum and complete a worksheet identifying the parts of the spectrum.
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Immersion Presents Monterey Bay

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study Monterey Bay. In this Monterey Bay lesson, students create a model of upwelling around Monterey Bay. Students simulate surface water movement relative to prevailing winds.
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Liquids and Solids

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students describe the properties of solids and liquids, and explain how a semiconductor works.  In this atom lesson plan students demonstrate the bonding properties of carbon and silicon.
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Falling Motion

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students design and conduct an experiment on Galileo's Rule of Falling Bodies. In this physics lesson, students collect and analyze data. They create a presentation and share it with the class.
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Earth Science

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore how water and waves erode the earth. For this erosion lesson students determine the processes of wave erosion and building.
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How Warm is the Water?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research how surface sea temperature changes throughout the year. They draw a time series of sea surface temperatures for each month of the year and a depth profile for a summer and winter month using an OceanExplorer Profiler...
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Fallout!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students plot the locations of fallout from two disasters that polluted much of the world's air. They plot the ash fallout from the 1980 Mt. St. Helen's eruption to see what the wind patterns in the United States look like overall. Next...

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