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Digestive System Crossword Puzzle Answers

For Students 6th - 9th
In this digestive system worksheet, learners are given the answers to a crossword puzzle with 21 clues pertaining to digestive system vocabulary terms.
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Goals of the Diversity of Life Unit

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students are introduced to the unit on the importance of diversity of life and the role that interdependence plays in our worlds. this is part of a multi-lesson unit on the diversity of life.
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When Germs Attack!

For Teachers 6th
Students explore the hidden world of microbes and how our bodies spring into action in response to diseases. This ten lesson unit presents data on several microbial diseases and the reaction of the body's immune system.
Activity
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Rubber Blubber Gloves

For Students 6th - 12th
Using gloves, shortening, tape, and a lot of ice, participants experience the feeling of having blubber. The experiment's eight steps follow an informative page about blubber and animals that have it.
Activity
American Museum of Natural History

Create a Coral Reef

For Students 6th - 12th
Scholars create a diorama to showcase a vibrant coral reef. Six steps walk pupils through setting up the diorama box, crafting four different types of marine life, and putting it all together. 
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Water Cycle Reading and Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Here is a great way to get pupils to express a scientific concept in a fun way. After hearing the story of Walter the Water drop and learning facts about the water cycle, the class will write a creative expository piece describing what...
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You Wouldn't Want to be a Mummy.

For Teachers 5th - 6th
How did ancient Egyptians create those fascinating mummies? Find out how and why the Egyptians mummified their dead. Slides contain easy-to-read, simple text that describes the basics about Egyptian beliefs and burial practices. Quiz...
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Endocrine System

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
In this endocrine system worksheet, young scholars match the correct gland found in the endocrine system to its hormone and target cell(s). They also describe the actions of each gland and hormone combined together.
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Anatomical Female Reproductive System

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students dissect internal female reproductive organs and take digital pictures that are exported onto a disc for use with power point technology.
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Jenny's Science Wordsearch

For Students 7th - 9th
In this biology worksheet, students identify and locate various vocabulary terms related to the science of biology and anatomy. There are 10 biology terms located in the word search.
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Skeletal System

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
  Students discuss the need for humans to have a skeletal system and what would happen if we did not have bones.  In this skeletal system lesson, students label each bone in the human skeletal system as a group, and then...
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Introduction to the Digestive System

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers describe the digestive system and simulate what happens to food as it passes through. They use an apple, tubing and hydrochloric acid to simulate the digestive process.
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Classification of Organisms

For Students 6th - 9th
In this classification worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle with 17 clues about vocabulary pertaining to the classification of organisms.
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Classification of Organisms Crossword Answers

For Students 6th - 9th
In this classification worksheet, students are provided with the answers to a crossword puzzle which has 17 clues pertaining to classification of organisms vocabulary.
Lesson Plan
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You Have Nerve!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the nervous system and how it communicates messages to and from the brain.
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The Laughing Brain 1: How We Laugh

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners to rate themselves on a scale from 1 to 10 (10 being the happiest) as to how happy they feel and write their rating on a sheet of paper. They explore gelotology (the science of laughter) and its benefits to our social, mental,...
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Japanese Culture--Comparing the Japanese Educational System to the American

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students study the Japanese educational system and compare and contrast it to the American system. They discuss a typical school day in America and what they believe a typical day is for a Japanese student. Next they write an editorial...
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Discovering the Structure of the Atom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Pupils investigate atomic and nuclear structure of matter by researching historical atomic theories. Students examine Rutherford's studies and discover that many scientific conclusions change over time as new data is collected.
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Virus Tracker

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders will simulate the spread of a virus such as HIV through a population by "sharing" (but not drinking) the water in a plastic cup with several classmates. Although invisible, the water in a few of the cups will already be...
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What Can I Do?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students understand situations that cause different feelings. In this conflict resolution lesson, students read a story and complete an e-sheet about making good choices during conflict. Students to discuss the choices in the story and...
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Heat Loss from a Fur-Insulated Animal

For Teachers 9th - 12th
How do animals adapt to weather changes? Provide your class with the ability to understand adaptations and body temperature as they participate in this hands on experiment, using fake fur and hot water. Pupils collect data and...
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Digestion and Nutrition

For Students 5th - 8th
Debunk the theory that a soda-and-candy diet is a nutritionally sound concept! Learners first read 2 paragraphs of background information covering essential nutrients, digestion, and homeostasis. Then, they use the information they...
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Water

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study different bodies of water and how they fit into the water cycle. They explain that materials exist in different states (solid, liquid and gas) and change from one to another, that there are systems, order, and...
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Fish Anatomy

For Teachers 2nd - 10th
Add a handy reference sheet about fish anatomy and functioning to your learners' biology or animal notebooks. Though this resource doesn't provide any practice, it makes a useful addition to any study of anatomy, biology, species, fish,...