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Habitats
Learners investigate the habitats of living things and the cycle of the food chain. In this scientific inquiry online lesson, students examine the habitats of plants and animals as well as the food chain as they sort pictures of living...
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Solids and Liquids
Students investigate what happens to solids and liquids when they change from one form to another. In this states of matter instructional activity, students work in groups on a virtual experiment that requires them to collect data...
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Moving and Growing
Students learn to understand the role of both skeletons and exoskeletons. In this instructional activity on exoskeletons, students locate and label bones on diagram of a human skeleton, and observe and discuss bones of chicken and fish....
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Keeping Warm
Students investigate how different types of objects act as thermal insulators. In this online lesson plan, students hypothesize how particular objects act as insulators and then complete the online activity to determine which materials...
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Growing Plants
Students explore plants and recognize that they are living things that require light and water to grow. In this online plant biology instructional activity, students identify, name and match the parts of plants. Extension activities and...
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Pushes and Pulls
Students examine different types of movement and causes that may affect those movements. In this online interactive forces and motion lesson, students use toy cars to observe push and pull and then make predictions and collect data...
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Gases Around Us
Students investigate gases and liquids. In this states of matter online lesson plan, students examine how evaporation plays a part in the transition of liquids into gases as they watch a kettle of water boil and then work in small groups...
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Life Cycles
Students identify and explain the parts of a flower and their role in the life cycle of flowering plants. In this online plant biology instructional activity, students explore the processes of pollination, seed dispersal, and...
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Junkyard Wars: Air Movers
Students study Rube Goldberg machines. In this investigative activity students design and build a machine that uses several steps to move an aluminum can.
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Our Energy
Fifth graders research energy sources used in the United States. In this energy sources activity, 5th graders work in teams to research various energy sources. Students complete a worksheet for the research and make a short video of a...
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Power Generation
High schoolers examine energy issues. In this environmental stewardship lesson, students discuss nuclear power options. High schoolers also discuss energy consumption and create energy reduction guides for students their own age. Many...
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Discovering Friction
Students watch a demonstration that introduces them to the idea that friction is a force that impedes motion when two surfaces are in contact. They work in groups to experiment with frictional force using a coffee cup on which they alter...
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Corrosion/Conservation/Preservation
High schoolers examine the reasons why metal corrodes in regard to metal artifacts. In groups, they discover the affects of salt water on metal and compare the type of corrosion found on iron. They also research the types of metal...
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Bounce!
Students investigate the relationship between potential and kinetic energy. For this energy lesson students investigate the height a ball will bounce when dropped from various heights.
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Electrolysis of Water
Ninth graders examine the electrolysis of water by completing an experiment. In this water lesson students will explain how hydrogen can be extracted from water and how energy flows through an electrolysis system.
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Energy Efficiency Ambassadors
Students compare two products that provide the same function but require different amounts of energy. In this energy efficiency lesson students research and demonstrate energy efficiency in action and how it applies to...