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Probability or Ability?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students fill in a probability chart while attempting to catch candy with their non-dominant hands. They replicate the activity with a coin.
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Calendar & Weather Book

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders track weather patterns through the school year. They take daily readings and record them in a weather book.
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Just a Minute

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students recognize the importance of maintaining a healthy body in order to participate in a physical activity for one to five minutes.
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Will it Float?

For Teachers 1st
First graders discuss why some things sink and some float after dropping a variety of items into water.
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Geographic Effects on Precipitation, Water Vapor and Temperature

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the factors affecting climate using Live Access Server. In this geography lesson, students graph atmospheric data using Excel spreadsheet. They compare and contrast temperature, precipitation and water vapor of two...
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Coin Shake-Up

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students discuss problem and take turns in pairs, one tossing the coins while the other guesses whether the coins land with the same side up or different sides up. They record the results of each guess as same or different.
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Designing a Scientific Study

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students define an exploration question or hypothesis and design a scientific study to answer it. They conduct the experiment.
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Learning About Our Five Senses

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars study the sense of touch and various degrees of heat. They design a model that displays how the human hand reacts to heat using a touch sensor.
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Germany Rejects Spanish ‘Transfer Bid’ for Octopus

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explore the importance of Paul the octopus. In this World Cup lesson, 10th graders research the location of Germany and its cities on a map. Students read an article and answer questions.
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Comparing Apples and Oranges

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders, in groups, examine different types of apples and how they are different. They also taste the differences of each apple. They use this lesson to explore how to make observations.
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On Our Way to School

For Teachers 1st
First graders create a class graph that illustrates how they get to school and interpret data from the graph. They complete an assessment worksheet independently and answer questions about the graph shown.
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History of the English Language - Word Origins

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use on-line resources to research their own name, determine its language origin and meaning. They take an on-line quiz to determine their "naming-style."
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The Invention of the Printing Press

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are guided through a series of websites which teach about the history of printing, the invention of the printing press, the trials of Johann Gutenberg, and advancements in printing. This 20 question multiple choice quiz is...
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Seasons' Journey : Putting it All Together

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders complete a diagram of the revolution of the earth around the sun and write a one paragraph explanation of the factors that cause seasons.
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Seasons' Journey: As the World Turns

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the earth's revolution around the sun and the changes in weather that follow this motion.
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Show and Teach

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders write "how to" sequences for tasks so that another person can follow the sequence to perform the action. They write a "show and teach" once a month for evaluation.
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Changing Matter

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate the changing states of water.
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Seven Fat Cats

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to a read aloud of "Seven Fat Cats" matching rhyming, beginning, ending and vowel sounds.
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Beep, Beep, Vroom, Vroom

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice identifying, creating and labeling simple patterns. They recreate patterns in used in Stuart Murphy's book, Beep, Beep, Vroom, Vroom.
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Disguise! Disguise!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore how some animals disguise or camouflage themselves as a form of protection.
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Who's the Baddest?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students are introduced to the realm of social insects, their role in the environment and the biological features that make them unique.
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Effects of Seed Soaking on Germination

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explain the standard growth pattern of a monocot seedling and word process a finished essay.
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Composting

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders collect data from Bottle Biology compost columns and record using Excel spreadsheet.
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Circle the Earth - Explore Surface Types on a Journey around Earth

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students use CERES percent coverage surface data with a world map in locating landmasses and bodies of water at Earth's Equator.

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