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Plastic Wrap

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars compare the price and quality of different kinds of plastic kitchen wraps and then rank them from best to worst. They take into account how well it comes out of the roll, if it seals well, it is tangles, how much weight...
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Every Breath You Take

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners study acids and bases and the uses of indicators. They interpret the actions of an indicator to conclude that bromothymol blue turns yellow in the presence of a weak acid.
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Inquiring Minds

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students demonstrate understanding of the scientific inquiry. They identify the major components of the scientific process.
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Cody's Science Education Zone

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students observe a scientific experiment and pose a hypothesis. In this scientific inquiry lesson, students make predictions about the combination of alcohol in water and how it will affect a floating ice cube.
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Student Designed Investigations Part 3 – Collecting Data and Drawing Conclusions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars explore how living things adapt to their environment. In this science lesson plan, students conduct scientific investigations to examine animal adaptations.
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Defining the Difference Between Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine microscopic life by conducting a scientific investigation. In this cell analysis lesson, students define the prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and discuss their word origins. Students view each type of cell on slides...
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Measuring Permeability of Soil, Sand and Gravel

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers investigate the different materials in their environment.  In this geology lesson, students collaborate in groups to examine the differences in sand, soil and gravel.  Middle schoolers utilize a magnifying...
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Measuring Natural Objects

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students predict the measurement of objects. In this measurement activity, students estimate the measurements of objects in a lab. Students measure irregular objects and generate scientific observations.
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Magnetism

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore physical science by participating in a class science activity. In this magnet attribute lesson, students define a list of scientific vocabulary terms associated with magnets and participate in hands on magnet activities....
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Focusing on Lenses

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore scientific observations by examining the parts of a microscope. In this optics lesson, students discuss the importance of a focal point and focal distance when utilizing an optical device such as a microscope. Students...
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Habitat Choice in Woodbugs

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students investigate woodbugs. In this scientific investigation activity, students explore the steps scientists take when conducting an investigation using live specimens. Students explore habitat preferences for woodbugs in various...
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Scientific Measurement Exercise

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students measure irregularly shaped bones, once using a variety of measurement methods and tools, and then again using standard conventions and metric tape measures. They explore firsthand that standardizing data collection makes...
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Farming Fantastic Friends

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders demonstrate scientific inquiry to design and perform an experiment involving Grow Creatures. They participate in a class discussion, and in small groups design an experiment that determines how to change the materials to...
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The Designed World

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners study the classification system used in a library. For this sorting and classification lesson, students visit their library and define the classification system in place. Learners discuss the sorting method and then come up with...
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Sticky Adaptations A Lesson on Natural Selection

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Now you see it, now you don't! The stick bug exhibits the ability to disappear into a wooded environment. Why does this adaptation manifest in some species, but not in others? Life science high schoolers explore animal adaptations in...
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Open-Ended Scientific Method Lab

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students inspect a given problem and come up with a hypothesis. In this investigative lesson students come up with a hypothesis for a problem, test each hypothesis and evaluate how successful each one was. 
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Supersonic Dream

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore how fuel use affects the mass of different planes during flight and graph their results. They determine the per person fuel cost of a transatlantic flight for seven airplanes
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Fertilized Death Water

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the effect of chemicals on Platyhelminthes and planaria development. They observe the growth and development of planaria and investigate what fertilizer can do to living organisms when it is introduced into their...
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Peanut Processes

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students use the senses are to make observations about phenomena. They use a peanut and its shell as the object of a series of observations. In addition, they complete a drawing with their written observations to use as a guide to choose...
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Fun with Flowers

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students make observations of flowers. In this life science lesson, students look at flowers, then draw and color their favorite flowers. Lesson includes extension activities.
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Baggie Science

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe and describe a chemical reaction. For this chemistry lesson, students record observations of the materials they will be using, then follow a written procedure to perform the experiment in a baggie and record their...
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Cooperative Learning Experience Through the Flipping Lid Demo

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students create a cartoon illustrating a lab demonstration. In this lab safety lesson, the teacher demonstrates a small methane explosion to demonstrate the importance of safety in a laboratory setting, then students work in groups to...
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Which Tape is Stickiest?

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students conduct an experiment to determine which style of tape will stick the best.  In this controlled experiment lesson, students predict which tape will stick best to a marble that rolls over it, then they conduct the experiment...
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And the Survey Says...

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders evaluate whether a certain argument is valid or invalid. In this science instructional activity, 8th graders discuss the importance of using unbiased evidence. They design an experiment that they can test in school.

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