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Curated OER

The Effects of Agricultural Fertilizer Runoff Upon Aquatic Ecosystems

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students measure the toxic levels of runoff and discuss the effects it would have on the aquatic system. In this runoff lesson plan, students answer questions to how runoff would affect the animals in an aquatic system.
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Curated OER

Fossil Evidence for Plate Tectonics

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars draw maps of counties that were important to the discovery of plate tectonic theory.  In this plate tectonics lesson plan students excavate constructed fossil sites from matching coastlines and discuss the possible...
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Curated OER

Seine for Bugs

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students make their own seine net to catch fish in the water. In this seine let lesson plan, students follow directions to make the net and then use it in the water.
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Curated OER

What are the Different Kinds of Fossils?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine different types of fossils. In this fossil lesson, students investigate the attributes of mold fossils, trace fossils, cast fossils, and true form fossils. Students create their own fossil samples.
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Curated OER

Your Expedition of Discovery

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students study GPS and see how it is used to determine points on the Earths surface.  In this expedition lesson students use GPS to find given coordinates. 
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Curated OER

Freshwater Macroinvertebrates

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify and count Macroinvertebrates at a Hydrology website.  In this macroinvertebrates lesson students collect, sort and identify Macroinvertebrates.
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Drawing Fish

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Young scholars practice creating art by imitating the camouflage of fish. In this animal characteristic lesson, students identify certain fish and their ability to change colors in order to survive in the wild. Young scholars utilize...
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Curated OER

Group Foraging

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners explore co-operation by researching ocean life. In this fish science lesson, students identify many vocabulary terms associated with oceanography and discuss what group foraging means among fish. Learners utilize paints and...
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Curated OER

Seed Germination

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners explore plants and the scientific method. In this plant growth lesson plan, students follow the steps in the scientific method to perform a seed germination experiment as a whole class. Learners work in a group to create their...
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Curated OER

Adhesion of Caulks to Surface - Testing Product Quality

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students investigate quality products. In this Physical Science lesson plan, students will test three different types of caulking. The students are looking for the caulk with the best adhesion after two days of curing.
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Curated OER

Amylase

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners examine what amylase is and its history.  In this digestive activity students study the effect amylase has on starch and how temperature affects the rate of activity.
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Curated OER

Lactose & Lactase

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the characteristics of lactose and lactase.  In this enzyme activity students study the lactose in milk and its rate of dissolution.
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Curated OER

Newton's Laws of Motion

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students investigate the effect of thin films to surface friction. For this physics lesson, students calculate the coefficient of friction using mathematical formulas. They discuss its importance in their everyday lives.
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Curated OER

E3 Ret Lesson Plan

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore friction. In this physics lesson plan, students will cover metal blocks with film to determine the changes caused by static and kinetic friction.
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BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Enzyme Substrate Complex

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the properties of enzymes and the concept of enzyme-substrate specificity, and how a substrate molecule binds to an enzyme to form an enzyme-substrate complex. An overview of enzyme-substrate reactions is also presented.
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Enzyme Substrate Docking

For Students 9th - 10th
View this simulation to observe the docking process for a substrate and an enzyme.
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Other

Watercolor painting.com: Watercolor Paper: Your Substrate of Choice

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out the history behind paper and how it came to be used for painting. Specifications for finding the perfect watercolor paper are revealed.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: How Enzymes Work

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this biology lab, students use pineapple juice as an enzyme, and jello as a substrate to illustrate an enzyme/substrate complex.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Active Site: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson shows that an active site is the space on an enzyme where a substrate would attach. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Active Site."
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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Enxymes

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on enzyme-catalysed reactions and the effect of temperature, substrate concentration, and pH on the reaction rate. It provides a link to an assessment.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: What Factors Influence How Efficiently the Work of a Cell Is Carried Out?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this biology simulation, students discover what factors influence the action of enzymes on cellular work. Students will first explore the action of enzymes through a simulation in which their hands are the enzyme "toothpickase" and...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Enzyme Function: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will describe how an enzyme is used to turn substrate into product. It is 4 of 5 in the series titled "Enzyme Function."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Active Site: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson shows that an active site is the space on an enzyme where a substrate would attach. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Active Site."
Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Important Factors That Influence Enzyme Activity

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what is meant by enzyme activity and the factors that impact on their ability to function. Looks at temperature, pH value, substrate concentration, enzyme concentration, the presence of inhibitors, and allosteric factors that...

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