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Ozone Pollution: Smog Alert

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students simulate the development of smog. They discover how it forms naturally in nature. They read news articles about the ozone and pollution. They discuss what they can do to lower the pollution they generate.
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Women in Medicine: Past and Future

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the scientific enterprise in relation to the role of women in science as it has developed over the last 150 years.
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Growing Jack and the Beanstalk Plants

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate how plants grow by growing their own "beanstalk", (after reading "Jack and the Beanstalk") and record their observations daily in a science journal.
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Women in Medicine: Past and Future

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners explore scientific enterprise in relation to the role of women in science as it has developed over the past 150 years. They compare the careers of two women, 100 years apart.
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History and Oceanography

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the accomplishments in oceanography from 17th-19th century, construct a time line with the scientists in chronological order, and discuss the parallels of oceanographic contributions with those in other areas of science...
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Leeches and Spiders and Toads, Oh, My! The Emergence of Modern Medicine

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students explore the basic ideas and beliefs about medicine in the 18th and 19th centuries. They write a news account to be published in a "medical journal" developed by the class. Each "article" in the journal should be dated...
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Hydrology: Flood Mitigation

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders discuss the factors that affect flooding. In this environmental science lesson, 12th graders analyze rainfall data about flooding. They complete a scavenger hunt worksheet using the internet.
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Energy Content Of Foods And Fuels

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars engage in a study of food and how it used as fuel for the human body. They research how biological systems require energy and compare them to the physical science systems like machines. They compare and contrast what they...
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And Now, the Weather...

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students collect and analyze data.  In this middle school mathematics/science lesson, students collect temperature reading over a 24 hour period.  Students analyze the data for mean, median, maximum and minimum.
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Sharing Our World

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In this science related worksheet, students explore how we share the planet with a variety of different animals. Students then write the first letter of each of the five animals shown in the blanks next to each picture.
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Who Am I? Bird Species

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this science worksheet, students examine 16 detailed color pictures of bird species. Students identify each bird. There is no room to write the bird name on the paper and it is assumed that this is an oral activity. Answers are...
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Who Am I? Tropical Plants and Animals

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this science worksheet, students examine 16 detailed pictures of tropical plants and animals. Students identify each species. There is no room to write the name under the picture. It is assumed this is an oral activity, although...
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Who Am I?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
For this science worksheet, students examine 16 detailed pictures of different species of marine invertebrates. Students identify each species. There is no room to write the name under the picture. It is assumed this is an oral activity,...
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Who Am I? Reptiles and Amphibians

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this science worksheet, students examine 16 detailed pictures of reptiles and amphibians. Students identify each animal. Answers are given upside down at the bottom of the page.
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Who Am I?- Water Fowl

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this science fill in the blank worksheet, students label pictures of 16 water fowl. They check their work using the answers that are given at the bottom of the page.
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Who Am I? African Mammals

For Teachers 6th - 7th
In this science worksheet, young scholars examine 16 detailed pictures of different species of African mammals. Students identify each mammal. There is no room to write the name under the picture. It is assumed this is an oral activity,...
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Who Am I? Name These African Animals

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this science worksheet, students examine 16 detailed pictures of African animals. Students identify each species. There is no room to write the name under the picture. It is assumed this is an oral activity, although there are no...
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Who Am I? Name These Australian Animals

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this science worksheet, students examine 16 pictures of Australian animals. Students identify each animal. The answers are provided upside down at the bottom of the page.
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Spot the Differences

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
For this science and visual discrimination worksheet, young scholars examine 2 nearly identical pictures of a bluegill fish. Students tell or write the five differences between them.
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Carnivore or Herbivore: Dinosaurs

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this science worksheet, students examine 12 boxes, each with a different dinosaur, a species label and the letters C and H. Students circle the correct letter to note what each dinosaur eats- C for carnivore and H for herbivore.
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Spot the Differences: Great Blue Herons

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this science and visual discrimination worksheet, students spot 6 differences between the two pictures of the great blue heron.
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Spot the Differences: Gray-Crowned Crane

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this science and visual discrimination worksheet, students examine 2 nearly identical pictures of gray-crowned cranes. Students spot 5 differences between the pictures.
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Spot the Differences: Rock Pigeons

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this science and visual discrimination worksheet, students spot the 5 differences between two nearly identical pictures of rock pigeons.
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Quiz: Mammal Tracks

For Teachers 3rd
In this science worksheet, 3rd graders will focus on the tracks left by mammals. Students will respond to ten questions, writing in the number of toes that each animal has.

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