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It Wasn't a Bullet

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore U.S. history by researching disease in class. In this Civil War injury lesson, students identify the different causes of death most soldiers faced while fighting in the war. Students role-play and write a diary entry as...
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The Electric Sieve

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine different mixtures and how they can be separated.  In this electric sieve lesson students complete an activity that allows them to separate mixtures.
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Complete the Story

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this story learning exercise, students fill in the blanks to a story about going to the doctor with words from a word bank. Students fill in 12 blanks total.
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Plant Detectives

For Teachers K - 2nd
Exploration of the school grounds and thought images are used to demonstrate the many uses of plants.
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Getting Under Your Skin

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students design advertisements that promote and explain the science of new transdermal drug therapies to the general public.
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Rx Rainforest:

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers identify plant diversity in the rainforest and the role that animals and habitats play in scientific research. They differentiate between natural habitat and laboratory research and work collaboratively to produce a...
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Asian, African, or Australian Inventors & Inventions

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the inventors or inventions from Asia, Africa, and Australia.
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Investigating Acidity

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students classify liquids as an acid, base or neutral. They use purple cabbage juice as an indicator to test several liquids in order to group them as acids, bases or neutrals.
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What Can We Learn From the X Chromosome?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners read about the X and Y chromosomes in humans and complete a worksheet.
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Plant Parts and Their Diseases

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers see how certain plants are very important to us. They explain that healthy plants are important to keep people healthy. They study the major parts of a plant (root, stems, leaves, flowers, fruit and seeds) and their basic...
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Plants / Animals Seen by Lewis & Clark

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students conduct research to find references to plants or animals and their uses by Lewis & Clark's Corps of Discovery by using materials available such as journals, books, internet sources, library materials. Groups create a...
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Error Correction

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are given an example of a biography and they are to find the mistakes. They are to use proofreading marks to mark the errors.
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The Challenge to Deliver Insulin

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate these fundamental chemical and cellular processes. They recognize the long-term danger that comes from a diet of fast food, chips, and soda, realize that avoiding diabetes is their responsibility, and establish...
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Million Dollar Machine

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore their self-awareness. They discuss the words unique, extraordinary and irreplaceable and their strengths and weaknesses. They write five things their bodies or Million Dollar Machines can do and investigate their blood...
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Build Your Own Anemomter

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate how to measure the speed of wind. They do this by building their own anemometers. Students calculate the air speeds while using their own projects and make observations. They conduct a mathematical discussion after...
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Summarization Time

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students write summaries in this lesson. They read "Stellaluna" by Jaell Cannon independently and answer story map questions: who, what, when, where, and why. They then take the answers to these questions and write an individual summary.
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Discussion Questions for Amber Bechtel's Essay on AIDS in South Africa

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read an essay by Amber Bechtel on the situation of AIDS in South Africa. After reading, they participate in a class discussion answering questions posed by their teacher. To end the lesson, they reflect on the situation in the...
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Natural Resources

For Students 6th - 8th
In this environment worksheet, students are given information and write an environmental story. The information includes the making and reading of a map.
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ToxMystery Lesson Plan 1: Introduction to Common Household Chemical Hazards

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Pupils participate in ToxMystery, a computer game, where they discover potential environmental health hazards in rooms of a common household. In this lesson on household safety, students first brainstorm possible hazards in the...
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Comprehension: The Poison Dart Frog

For Students 5th
In this comprehension:  the poison dart frog worksheet, 5th graders read the page-long passage, then answer five comprehension questions about it.
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Stay Well

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars complete a three part activity lesson to identify elements of longevity in life expectancies and health. In this life expectancies lesson, students read background information about life expectancy data, and visit links to...
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Plants and People Project

For Students Pre-K - 6th
In this plants and people project worksheet, students use the interactive index to look up a specific plant to explore plants found in North America and their uses.  This page includes several links to web resources.
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Idioms

For Students 4th - 6th
In this idioms worksheet, students use context clues provided to determine the meaning of idioms shown in bold-faced type in a set of 12 sentences. An answer key is included.
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee: Vocabulary

For Students 8th - Higher Ed
In this vocabulary skills worksheet, students review the listed terms and figures related to Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. Students may also access an online quiz on the selection using the link at the bottom of the page.

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