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PICTURE PERFECT PYRAMID

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers create a model of the USDA's Food Pyramid Guide, using shoe boxes. They bring an assortment of shoe boxes from home. Students are given a copy of the "Food Guide Pyramid." They wrap boxes for the bread group in white,...
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Sour Milk Experiment

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students experiment with milk to understand the importance of pasteurization. In this pasteurization lesson, students learn background knowledge about bacteria in milk and the process of pasteurization. They complete an experiment to see...
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A Hidden Beauty

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Expose the beautiful mystery of bulbs as young botanists learn all about these fascinating plants. They glean information from a short text before observing actual bulbs (consider an onion), and comparing their findings with predictions....
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Profit From Pumpkins

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders cut open a pumpkin. In this math lesson plan, 3rd graders complete the worksheet "From Seed to Pumpkin" and then clean out their pumpkins to see how many seeds are in it.
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Seeds, Miraculous Seed

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners investigate relationships between plants and animals and how living things change during their lives. In this life cycle instructional activity, students split different types of seeds apart to see the beginning life stages of...
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Allelopathy Experiments

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore how allelopathy works in plants. In this botany instructional activity, students explain how this phenomenon affect other organisms. They read and analyze an article about allelopathy and discuss its flaws.
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My Little Seed House

For Teachers 1st
First graders read a story. In this seeds instructional activity, 1st graders read The Tiny Seed and make their own seed house. Students write down their observations and complete a worksheet.
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Seeds & Germination

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students study the types and parts of seeds and how they have evolved.  In this germination lesson students complete experiments that show the effects of variables role in seed germination. 
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Germination Inhibitors

For Students 7th - 9th
In germination experiment worksheet, students conduct the following lab activity. Students determine the effects of another tomato on germinating seeds. Students answer the following questions to analyze their experiment.
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Readers Who Struggle Can Learn From Wonderful Teacher/Student Created On-Level Reading Projects

For Teachers K - 1st
Students create their own books. In this book making lesson, students pick a subject and take photographs of it. They use these photographs to write their own story using their sight words. 
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We’ve Bean Growing: Anatomy of Germination

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students identify the main parts of a seed. In this biology lesson, students explain the factors needed for the seed to grow. They record observations everyday and report findings to class.
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It's All About the Roots

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the process of hydroponic agriculture. They grow beans in different hydroponic solutions, compare results and graph their observations.
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What Plants Need in Order to Survive and Grow: Air

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students conduct an experiment to determine whether plants need air in order to survive and grow. They discuss natural resources, analyze slides, and observe and record data from the experiment.
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Pea Soup Ponds

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students perform an experiment where they learn how water can be polluted by algal bloom. They grow algae with different concentrations of fertilizers or nutrients and analyze their results.
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Monarch Migration

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate the life cycle of the Monarch butterfly. They experiment with various tools to simulate the mouth parts of insects, conduct research, record their observations of butterflies hatching, write a play, complete...
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Claymation in the Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students design an appropriate and usable storyboard and then create a claymation video. They take digital photographs frame by frame, then assemble the stop-motion movie using video software.
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Educational Subjects

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this interactive vocabulary worksheet, students read the description of educational subjects and select the subject which the sentence is describing. There are 10 questions to complete.
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Populations and Life Cycles

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore biology by researching ocean statistics. In this data analysis lesson plan, students conduct a snail examination experiment utilizing live pouch snails. Students collect data about the snails over the course of six weeks...
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Plants And Pollination

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe sexual reproduction in plants, including the process of pollination, how insects assist in pollination, and how pollination differs from fertilization. They also explore the importance of honey bees to Arizona agriculture.
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Phytoplankton and Ocean Color

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders identify function of phytoplankton in the biospere by conducting experiments and simulations and reading for information. They detect the presence of phytoplankton in bodies of water by examining ocean in satellite images...
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I Know What I Am... but, What Are You? (Classifying Living Things)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners examine how to classify living things by effects, environment, and activity. They explore various websites, develop a list of facts they learn about classifications, and participate in a distance online learning session with the...
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Seed Sensation

For Teachers K
Students explore seeds through dissecting, sorting, comparing and contrasting. They draw their observations of both a closed and open seed and then they label the parts of a seed. They brainstorm where seeds come from. They compare seeds...
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Safe Or Sorry-- Risky And Non- Risky Lunch Box Choices

For Students 4th - 5th
In this health worksheet, students discover that some foods are safe to have in a lunch box at room temperature, and some foods are risky and need a cold pack. Students sort common foods as risky (and tell the reason why) or safe....
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Energy Alternatives Explorations

For Students 6th - 8th
In this energy alternatives explorations worksheet, students explore alternative energy sources by using the linked web resources to answer 8 questions about different resources and identify the ones that would work in their community.

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