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Changing Circuits

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students participate in an online activity to explain how to make bulbs brighter or dimmer in a series circuit by changing the number or type of components.
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Keeping Warm

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students place words describing a range from cold to hot on a scale. Using those words, they identify places on Earth which are cold, hot, freezing or boiling. They practice using and reading a thermometer with three different beakers...
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Moving and Growing

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners work with a partner to brainstorm a list of as many human body parts as possible. Using that list, they circle any one of those that are bones. They are shown a model of the human skeleton and practice locating various bones. ...
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Keeping Healthy

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students review what the heart does and why the muscles in the body need oxygen. As a class, they measure their pulse rate while they are resting and after they have jogged for three minutes. They are helped by their teacher to convert...
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Grouping and Changing Materials

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students feel and observe different types of materials. Using the internet, they sort objects based on the materials they are made from and justify their reasons for putting it in a certain category. They identify objects that could...
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Using electricity

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars explore how a switch can be used to break a circut. Students construct a simple series circuit and use it for a purpose. Young scholars read the "The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch,or one of the "Katie Morag" stories which...
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Changing Sounds

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students identify how the pitch of an instrument can be altered. They complete a worksheet by labeling several images in order of pitch and then fill a bottle with water to create a sound that matches a pitch on a drawn card.
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Gases Around Us

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners participate in a whole class discussion about solids, liquids, and gases. Students get involved in a teacher-directed experiment related to solids, liquids, and gases. Learners complete worksheet, writing the names of the parts...
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Circuits And Conductors

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students predict the common classroom items, such as paper clips, chalk, keys, or erasers, that will be good conductors in a circuit. They build circuits using a variety of circuit diagrams to test their predictions.
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Earth's Recyclers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work together in groups to report on different topics related to decomposition. They answer questions and share their answers with the class. They discuss any topic that is unclear.
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Can You Beat Jet Lag?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the health condition of jet lag. Using mealworms, they test the effect of light on the development of them into adults. They answer discussion questions and examine the relationship of age and one's activity level.
Interactive
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Ecology Vocabulary

For Students 5th - 8th
In this ecology worksheet, students read the vocabulary words and then categorize a species found in a field, meadow, or fencerow in their state or region. Students complete 6 problems.
Interactive
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Bluebirds Ecology Vocabulary Exercise

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this bluebirds worksheet, students categorize bluebird species found in their state and define vocabulary related to it. Students complete 6 vocabulary words.
Worksheet
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Water and the Earth

For Students 4th - 5th
In this water and Earth learning exercise, students read a 2 page article on water and the Earth, name the clouds in 2 pictures and then list 4 sources of water in nature.
Worksheet
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Super Scientists Code

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students use the key code on the right to unscramble each of the scientists. They also match each of the scientists found to their correct description.
Interactive
New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Animals Life Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
The New York Times Learning Network has developed interactive & printable crossword puzzles. The theme of this puzzle is Animals: Life Cycle.
Website
Utah Education Network

Uen: Themepark: Cycles

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a large collection of resources on cycles of nature and the Earth. There is a constant exchange of the elements between air, earth, water, plants, and animals. Most biological processes wind up back where they started. These...
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Other

Reproduction in Plants and Animals

For Students 2nd - 4th
Reproduction in Plants and Animals. The ability to produce more organism similar to themselves is a very important characteristic of all living organisms. The process by which they do so is known as reproduction. [0:21]
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Channel 4 Learning

Channel 4 Learning: Science Essentials: Life Cycles

For Students 3rd - 7th
Learn about the life cycles of plants and animals then demonstrate what you know with activities, a quiz, and related resources.
Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Life Cycles of Plants and Animals

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
This lesson activity helps students learn that things change over time and how both plants and animals change in their life cycles. They will demonstrate what they've learned on a Venn diagram and a t-chart.
Interactive
Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Lifecycles of Animals and Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
This segment covers the lifecycles of various plants and animals. Illustrations begin with the production of a gamete and describe the processes that occur throughout the lifespan of living creatures.
Interactive
BBC

Bbc Schools: Ks2 Bitesize: Science: The Living World

For Students 3rd - 6th
This landing page includes learning modules on the following topics of: animals, plants, microorganisms, life cycles and reproductions, food chains, habits, humans and the environment, adaptation, inheritance, and evolution.
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Globio

Glossopedia: Plants

For Students 3rd - 8th
Plants are one of the two major Kingdoms of living creatures on the Earth. They are the only beings which produce their own food. Additionally, plants are necessary for animals to live. Plant anatomy, life cycle, reproduction and the...
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Life Cycles

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Through this unit, children learn that plants and animals reproduce as part of their life cycle and that in every life cycle there are distinct processes and stages. They should begin to understand how...