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Quiz Questions - Cells
In this cells activity, students read and choose the multiple choice answers to 20 questions involving cells, microscopes, and the life process of Growth.
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Plant Structure and Function
With a few minor formatting changes, the plant parts and processes resource here would make a great study guide, quiz, or self assessment. Currently, it is a bit confusing, but changing some lettering to numbering would clear up any...
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Peanut Anatomy
Students explore the peanut plant. In this peanut instructional activity, students discuss the needs and parts of regular plants. They research peanut plants to see why they are unique.
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How are People Changing the Climate: Basics
In this climate change worksheet, students answer a series of questions about climate change. Students have multiple choice options for six online quiz questions
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Arbor Day Vocabulary Quiz
In this Arbor Day vocabulary worksheet, students draw lines to match ten words pertaining to trees to their definitions. Some prior knowledge or research is assumed.
Science 4 Inquiry
Plant Structures Lab Stations
In China, hibiscus is known as the shoe flower because it is used to polish shoes, while in Hawaii, it is honored as the state flower. Young scientists learn about the structure and function of flowers. They dissect hibiscus flowers,...
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Section One: What is Biodiversity?
Four intriguing and scientific activities invite learners to explore the natural resources of their town. The activities cover concepts such as genetic traits, organizing species in a taxonomy, the differences between different species...
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Salinity
Students take a provided ocean Trivia Quiz in order to start a discussion of the ocean. They then perform an experiment on how the amount of salt in the ocean affects it and varies from ocean to ocean.
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Bacteria: Friend or Foe?
Students examine a variety of environmental and industrial roles of bacteria. explore where bacteria can be found and distinguish bacteria from other organisms.
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Review of Trees
In this math activity, students answer 50 multiple choice and true and false questions on trees, functions and algorithms. They interpret binary and mystery trees.
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Tree Friends
Students are introduced to tree structure and use. They identify their special tree using all senses except sight. Students identify six different internal parts within a cross section of tree trunk (bark, phloem, xylem, cambium,...
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Cell 7 Plant v Animal Cells
Young scholars differentiate between plant and animal cells. They identify the structures central to plant cells. They complete a Venn Diagram listing the differences between animal and plant cells.
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Using Present Perfect Continuous
In this present perfect continuous verbs worksheet, learners fill in the blanks in 20 sentences with 1 of the verbs ending in -ing listed in the word bank. Students also write their own sentences using have or has and present continuous...
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Introduction to Ecology
Eighth graders identify the living and nonliving components of an ecosystem. In this ecology instructional activity, 8th graders explain the role each organism plays. They participate in class discussion and answer a quiz at the end of...
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Ecology
Sixth graders are introduced to online research and beginning PowerPoint presentations that are integrated. They pass a plant and photosynthesis. Students locate information on a self selected animal online. They give a PowerPoint...
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Cell Cookies
Fifth graders, in groups, create a plant or animal cell out of cookies, frosting, and candy pieces.
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Fancy a Walk?
Students examine the causes and effects of vertigo. In this personal health lesson, students watch 2 Red Cross video segments that feature a walkway in Spain. Students discuss vertigo and respond to discussion questions about the video...
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Science Experiment Using Lima Beans
Fourth graders tie together elements about the world and their environment. Students incorporate styles of higher order thinking skills. Students measure skills of observations, conclusions, inferences and predictions.
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Beaver Ecology
Students explore the lives of bgeahvers. They identify the physical and behavioral adaptations that help beavers survive in their environment. Students compare and contrast how beavers influence the ecology of both forest and aquatic...
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It's A Jungle Out There -Tempera
Sixth graders explore master paintings by Rousseau. They explain how the artist creates depth by overlapping images. They design and create an "imaginary" tropical landscape for a tempera painting.
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Food Chains
In this chemistry learning exercise, students watch a movie about food chains and use it to respond to each of the questions stated. They use the list of works in the word banks to assist them in matching the correct term to its...
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Penguin Parents are Cool
Fourth graders explore the lives of penguins and the relationship between them and their parents. They compare and contrast penguin populations in various areas of the world as well as their nesting sites. After constructing a penguin...