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Being a Host at This Party Is No Fun

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students define what it means to be a host of an infectious disease. In this host lesson plan, students explore and explain how a host relates to the Epidemiologic Triangle and read and discuss how the host works.
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Water-Holding Capacity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students design and conduct an experiment to compare the water-holding capacity of sand, soil, and moss. They measure the change in weight for each material after adding the same amount of water to each material.
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Exothermic Reactions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students experiment, observe, measure, and analyze what occurs during an exothermic reaction. They safely design an experiment, control variables, and properly dispose of materials.
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Endothermic or Exothermic That Is the Question

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students conduct an experiment to determine what happens to heat energy during a chemical reaction. They examine an endothermic reaction by observing a chemical reactions.
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Scientific Method "Lab Writeup"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils analyze and experience the scientific method. They discuss the various steps of the method, conduct various experiments, and write a three-paragraph essay regarding their conclusion.
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Types of Reactions (Demonstration)

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners visually observe chemical changes that occur when various solutions are combined. Teacher explains chemical reactions that are happening.
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Spider Activities, Experiments and Projects

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine seven spiders and put them into two or three groups based on their structural similarities. In groups, they create a cladogram proposing possible ancestral relationships. Students design an experiment related to their...
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Build Your Own Anemomter

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate how to measure the speed of wind. They do this by building their own anemometers. Students calculate the air speeds while using their own projects and make observations. They conduct a mathematical discussion after...
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Activity #7 Apple Color Change

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students compare the different rates of reaction between an apple covered with vitamin C and an apple with no vitamin C. They compare the different rates of reaction between an apple placed in the sun and one not exposed to the sun. ...
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Activity #5 Environmental Effects

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explain the implications of particle theory of The Law of Conservation of Matter for problems of pollution and waste disposal. They describe, in terms of atoms and molecules, what happens to materials when they are dissolved or...
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Microwave Introduction

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners take true and false pretest, and explore and practice basic principles of microwave cooking and how to use and care for it properly while preparing foods. Students watch teacher demonstration and then prepare their own bags of...
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TECH:Ornamental Metal (Manu)

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students create a small candle holder, utilizing some of the same tools, materials, and skills used by professional ironworkers. They list the careers and leisure activities that use these tools and materials.
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Demonstrating the Kinds of Energy

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students experiment with inner tubes, weights, flasks, and pistons to demonstrate the gas laws. In this molecular motion lesson, students demonstrate pressure as a force per area. They conduct an experiment to show the relationship...
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A Chemical Curiosity

For Students 5th - 7th
For this chemical change worksheet, students review physical changes such as evaporation and condensation before working with chemical change. They conduct an experiment with vinegar and baking soda before recording the chemical changes...
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Nerves

For Students 4th - 8th
In this nerves learning exercise, students complete an experiment involving paper, straws, toothpicks, and more to test their nerves. Students follow 13 sets of directions.
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Chemistry of Burning

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students look into the increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In this chemistry lesson, students look at the hydrocarbon molecule through a model and see what happens when energy is released. They watch as the water vapor leaves...
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Chemistry: Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Young scholars research on renewable and nonrenewable resources. In this chemistry instructional activity, students design and build solar panels. They evaluate their device and write a lab report.
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Friction Force

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate friction force on a variety of objects such as bricks and cardboard boxes. They use a force probe to collect data on the changes in force required to drag the objects across a variety of surface types.
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Hooke's Law

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students explore the relationship between the force applied to a spring and its stretch. They design and conduct an experiment to determine the stretch of spring with 15N of force without having an actual 15N mass.
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Hydrated Salt

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students plan, design, and carry out an experiment to determine an empirical formula for a hydrated salt X that tell students when all the water has been removed from hydrate crystals.
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Solar System

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create planet mobiles in order to reinforce concepts such as planet size, position in relation to the sun, and planet names.
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Check Out Lights and Shields with Beads

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore Ultraviolet detecting beads and conduct several investigations with them.  In this investigative lesson students participate in an experiment to see the harmful effects of UV light and discuss their findings. 
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Sky and Cloud Windows

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars monitor the weather, clouds, and sky. In this weather instructional activity, students create a sky and cloud window to focus their sky observations. They write observations in a notebook and include the date, time, cloud...
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Epidemiology: Graphing and Analyzing Health Data

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars graph data on fetal and infant mortality rates collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They identify trends in the data and propose potential causes for the trends.