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Food Preservation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the variety of food preservation methods available today. In groups, they participate in an experiment to determine the conditions that encourage or stop the growth of bacteria. To end the lessons, they discuss...
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Outer Space

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this space worksheet, learners write a sentence for each picture. The pictures show a space shuttle, an astronaut, and a planet.
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Transfer of Thermal Energy

For Students 7th - 12th
In this thermal energy worksheet, students will explore different ways heat is transferred including conduction and convection. Students will look at how insulators work and how room temperature can affect heat transfer. This worksheet...
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Electricity Sources

For Students 6th - 12th
For this electricity worksheet, students review the different types of energy sources including fossil fuels, solar, wind, and nuclear energy. This worksheet has 10 fill in the blank questions.
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Factor Labeling

For Students 7th - 12th
In this factoring worksheet, learners express numbers as a 3 significant digit number in scientific notation. Students practice converting mass, volume, and length. This worksheet has 3 problems to solve.
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The Benthic Drugstore

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine active chemicals that are in marine invertebrates and how they act to fight diseases.  In this marine lesson students identify three pharmacologically-active chemicals, describe their disease fighting action and infer...
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Potato Ways

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students analyze the packaging process. In this consumer awareness instructional activity, students analyze the process of packaging a potato and identify positive and negative ways of packaging. Students study statistics on an overhead...
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Throwing Precaution to the Wind Validity of the Precautionary Principle for Solving Climate Change

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students study climate change and come up with possible remedies for it.  In this global warming instructional activity students complete and activity and watch a video on climate change.
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You Do It and You Clean It Up

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore pollution.  In this pollution lesson students participate in activities to help them better understand industrial pollution.
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How Many Types of Rice Are There?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate the cultivation and variation of rice around the world.  For this food lesson, 6th graders read about the process of bringing rice from a farm to your dinner plate and which types of rice grow in which...
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Microbiology Design Challenge

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers discover dangers to human health by researching what's in our drinking water.  In this water purification instructional activity, students discuss the conditions of water in undeveloped countries and why it is unsafe to...
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Birdseed Mining

For Teachers K - 12th
Students explore the meaning of mining. In this Science/Math activity, students engage in a small group activity to sort and calculate the value of seeds/beads.  Additionally, they are made aware of environmental damages which will...
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Product Packaging Conundrum

For Students 5th - 6th
In this product packaging conundrum worksheet, learners research product packaging to select materials and design for packaging a model of the school mascot.  This page has numerous links to helpful web resources.
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Proportions in Flight

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders calculate wingspan and the body length of the birds and understand how they relate to how the bird flies. In this wingspan lesson plan, 6th graders also calculate their own "wing span" with their arms.
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Quantitative Determination of the Composition of Water-based Paints and the Correlation of Paint Properties to Pain Composition

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students perform a series of tests on water-based paints. In this chemistry lesson, students identify their different functions. They calculate paint density and fractional concentrations.
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Biotech in a Bag

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners carry out a series of experiments using self-locking plastic baggies. Each experiment demonstrates a phenomenon or principle of biotechnology.
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Natural Catastrophic Phenomena

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine the ways natural phenomena are monitored to avoid disasters. They find out about instruments used in measuring disasters and prediction of future events from data.
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Ancient Atomic Theories

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Studdnts research ancient texts and compare ancient Greek atomic theories, as used in the production of silver, to modern theories.
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Water Sources in Cape Verde and West Africa

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners analyze the importance of a fresh water supply in Cape Verde, researching five methods of obtaining and conserving water there. Students create and present displays demonstrating their understanding of the methods of water...
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The Benthic Drugstore

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify at least three pharmacologically- active chemicals derived from marine invertebrates. They describe the disease-fighting action of at least three pharmacologically-active chemicals derived from marine invertebrates.
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DNA Fingerprinting: You Be the Judge!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use their knowledge of DNA fingerprinting to evaluate the use fingerprints in courts, and will address the ethics of establishing a national database of fingerprints.
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Adventures With Super-Absorbers and Substance Solubility

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Young scholars understand the concepts of absorption, swellability and solubility and recognize that science is all around us in our everyday lives and is fun to explore.
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Fiber Optics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the uses of optical fibers, are exposed to the principles of refraction and total internal reflection, solve problems relating to the design of fiber optic cables, and compare them to copper transmission lines.
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Coastal Weather Issues: Planning for a Hurricane

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders utilize internet resources to gather, analyze, and interpret hurricane data. They develop a public information booklet that be used as a guide for the community to use when preparing for a hurricane.

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