Students conduct an experiment that allows them to assess individual differences in random DNA sequences and apply those differences when solving a forensic problem. After discussing the polymerase chain reaction and its use to identify...

In this energy consumption worksheet, students use on line resources to explore the energy use by different countries around the world. Students compare the amount of light emitted by different countries and their carbon dioxide...

Learners define bioplastics and identify its uses.  In this bioplastics lesson, students compare and contrast styrofoam to starch peanuts after careful examination.  Learners understand what biodegradeable means.

Students practice reasonable decision making and anticipate the consequences of their choices.  For this consequences lesson students discuss trade offs and how to solve problems.

For this writing transitions worksheet, students sharpen their writing skills as they read several examples and they rewrite 7 sentences using therefore, consequently, as a result, thus, and for this reason appropriately.

Students practice the skill of decision making and anticipate the consequences of their choices.  In this consequences lesson students complete several worksheets.

Learners experience how groups influence the behavior of their members through rules and expectations. They examine social groups in their lives which influence their behavior and expectations.

Students research where balloons go when they fly away, the consequences of their escape, and suggest alternative possibilities for preventing balloon escapes in real life. They identify humorous stories and discuss the qualities that...

The tension builds as learners experiment in your classroom. The 17th installment in a 24-part series has scholars investigate the concept of surface tension. After discovering characteristics of surface tension, they add a compound...

Students complete experiments on antibiotics and antimicrobials. In groups, they explain how antibiotics affect the evolution of microorganisms. They test various types of bacteria to discover how much resistance they have to antibiotics.

Third graders examine how the European Union countries conserve their soil. In groups, they describe ways in which humans can destroy soil and create a plan in which they can be involved to conserve soil in their community. They make...

Eighth graders research the importance of diet and its relationship to disease. They examine their own attitudes about the foods they eat.

Students examine the roles in which animals play in the pollination of plants. They recognize that flowers have male and female sexes. Students describe cross pollination and propose reasons for cross pollination through narration of a...

Students explore the consequences of their actions. In this personal choices activity, students practice balancing different interests involved in compromise. This activity includes downloadable materials and 2 extension activities.

Learners examine the consequences of behaviors and what the concept of trade offs are.  In this good decision lesson students read an article and answer questions on making good decisions. 

Learners use a science journal to log plants that are native to Alabama. In this plant lesson plan, students identify characteristics, describe environments, and classify the plants that they find.

Students practice balancing different interests involved in social problems.  In this informative lesson students are given social problems and come up with realistic solutions based on the advantages and disadvantages of each. 

Students convert measurements from one unit to another. In this math lesson, students study the environmental consequences of oil spills. They replicate an oil spill event by modeling and scaling.

Students review the factors of production and how they are used to make the products they buy. In groups, they participate in different scenerios in which they discover the amount of power they have to affect change buy purchasing the...

Students examine the changing practices of aquaculture. They discuss the short term and long term consequences stemming from fish farming.

Third graders research changes the Army Corps made in Everglades, focus on the human impact on the environment, design graphic organizers, summary statements, develop a Florida map of the Everglades region and give a presentation about...

Students examine how cattle have evolved through natural selection and selective breeding.  In this natural selection lesson plan students compare and contrast natural and artificial selection.