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Ourselves

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use a website to name and compare external body parts of humans and other animals.
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Body Length Experiment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars measure the lengths of their bodies and various body parts to determine the relationship (or lack of one) between body part length and the length of the entire body. A spreadsheet program is suggested for data collection.
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What's on Your Plate?

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students demonstrate the path of food in the body. In this biology lesson plan, students conduct an experiment to determine how large the the digestive system is. They name the different organs involved in the digestive process.
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Nutrition 2: Good Food, Good Health

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore ways in which food provides energy and materials for our bodies.
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Human Impact on Water Quality

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify at least three common repercussions of developing water front property on water quality. They describe three sources of water pollution. They research the organism striped bass and observe it if striped bass is available.
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The Basics:Life Science

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore concepts in life science using segments drawn from Discovery Channel. In this life science lesson, students participate in discussions about the food chain. Middle schoolers create a poster to...
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Virginia Department of Education

The Germ Theory and Koch’s Postulates

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Explore the history of cholera and its effect on society with your biology class. Young biologists will then proceed to grow their own germs, prepared from live cultures, and follow the steps of the scientific method to generate data....
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Global Oneness Project

The Consciousness of Nature

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Scholars voice their opinions about animal consciousness with an article that challenges common ideas about nature. After reading the article, learners engage in a thoughtful discussion before writing out their arguments...
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Concord Consortium

Hydrogen Bonds: A Special Type of Attraction

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
How does hydrogen bonding explain ice crystals? An engaging interactive answers just that. Scholars explore how polar molecules interact and observe the changes as temperature fluctuates as well as the hydrogen bond attraction.
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Kansas Ponds, Lakes & Reservoirs

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars compare the ponds, lakes, and reservoirs of Kansas.  In this geography lesson plan, students use Google Earth to research the different ponds, lakes, and reservoirs in Kansas.  Young scholars will discover that...
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Exercise and Water

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discover the needs of their body by trying different types of aerobic exercise.  In this physical education lesson, 2nd graders analyze The Busy Body Book by glancing at the pictures inside and predicting what the...
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What Does Your "Homunculus" Look Like?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the density of touch receptors in various parts of the body. They discover how the body senses various stimuli, then maps a picture of the "homunculus" of the experimental subject.
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Water: Where in the Watershed?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students become connected to their watershed by exploring a local water body and mapping its features. They focus on how the local watershed fits into the larger scheme of the watershed.
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The Circulatory System

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students follow the path of blood from its entrance into the right atrium of the heart until it leave through the aorta to the rest of the body. They study the heart's structure and how it pumps blood using the included activities. They...
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Where Do All the Toxins Go?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners demonstrate how chemicals accumulate in fish fat. They study path ways of toxins in the fish's body and ways to prepare fish to avoid consuming the toxins. They examine U.S. and Canada regulations to protect the environment.
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TE Lesson: Out of Breath

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars study the parts of the human respiratory system while examining the gas exchange that takes place in the lungs. They make a model lung. They look at how the respiratory system is affected by spaceflight.

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