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Sun and Moon Folktale
Students become familiar with characteristics of folktales by reading or listening to African folktale that explains why sun and moon live in the sky. Students then create their own folktales about the sun and moon or another aspect of...
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Standard 4 Review Sheet-Key Ideas Biology-The Living Environment
In this living environment worksheet, high schoolers answer a variety of questions about living organisms, the processes they go through to make food and break down food, absorb nutrients, and release toxins. They explain homeostasis,...
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The Blood Flow through the Heart and Body
Students discuss the importance of the circulatory system and how drugs and alcohol can affect our bodies. They interact with a CD ROM and then outline their bodies and label the parts of their heart and the blood vessels throughout the...
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Blood Business
Students identify the different kinds of blood. In this biology lesson, students investigate the antigens, agglutinins and Rh factor using their own blood. They use Punnett squares to predict blood type of offspring.
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Making a Brain: Aritifical Neural Network
Young scholars explore how the brain works. In this nervous system lesson, students create a network of "neurons" to simulate how the nervous system and the brain work together.
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Amylase
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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Why is Excretion Necessary for Life?
Students describe and explain the function of each part of the excretory system. They discuss how the body uses the excretory system and identify diseases of the system.
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Chancing it
Seventh graders examine different transplant types and estimate the possible outcomes. In this biology lesson students discuss donors and transplants then divide into groups and complete a worksheet.
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Human Reproduction
In this human reproduction worksheet, 9th graders explain why the testes are located on the outside of the body rather than the inside. Then they explain how often eggs are released in the female. Students also describe puberty.
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You Are What You Eat
Learners study the essential nutrients for our bodies. In this healthy choices instructional activity students complete several activities which includes research and a presentation.
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Protection, Support, and Locomotion
In this vertebrate skeleton activity, middle schoolers will read a paragraph about the function of bones, muscles, and skin. Then students will complete 6 short answer questions.
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Primary/Elementary Activity: Energy in Food
In this food energy worksheet, students rank the foods by the amount of energy they think the various food items have in them. Students then answer the 4 questions about food energy.
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Regulation of Sodium and Water Balance
In this regulation of sodium and water balance worksheet, students read notes about the three major hormones that are involved in regulating sodium and water balance in the body at the level of the kidney. Students view the given diagram...
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Keeping Healthy Lesson Plan
Students explore how muscles work. In this health lesson, students identify how the blood supplies muscles with oxygen. Students participate in an online activity to reinforce the concepts.
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How Cells Do Their Jobs
In this cells worksheet, students will review cell characteristics and structure and different types of cells and what role they play in the body. Students will investigate experimental results of the influence of sucrose on the...
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Effects of Alcohol Use
Fifth graders identify short and long term effects of alcohol use. In this effects of alcohol lesson plan, 5th graders participate in activities to understand what it feels like to have alcohol in their system. With the teacher they make...
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What is an Organism?
Sixth graders take a pre-test and summarize teacher's discussion of cells, tissues, organs in their notebooks. They read selections on organisms in their textbook and perform a dissection of a chicken drumstick with the thigh attached....
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Respiratory and Circulatory Research Project
Students use the Internet and books to research the respiratory and circulatory systems. They also write a report on different diseases and present to the class.
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"Virtual" Model United Nations Day
Students identify and analyze that Global Interdependence and Internationalism have become major themes in human activity in the areas of population, environment, the world economy, and the United Nations.
Students identify the...
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Testing the Waters
Eleventh graders examine a local body of water. In this science lesson, 11th graders collect water samples to test. Students analyze the data and make conclusions. Students create tables and graphs of the data.
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Enzymes
Tenth graders test their saliva for enzyme activity. In this enzyme activity, 10th graders conduct an experiment to test the enzymatic activity of their saliva. They relate the lack of certain digestive enzymes with alcoholism.
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Cardio-Vascular Endurance
Young scholars in a special education class work to improve their endurance. As a class, they complete the same exercises at the beginning of each class trying to increase the number of reps. They are also introduced to healthy eating...
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Muscle Match!
Students skip around the gym floor and try to match pictures of muscles and stretches. When they find a match they must run to the Muscle Mat and call out "Muscle Match!". The class then stops skipping and faces the Muscle Mat while the...
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United States & Canada: How Are We The Same? How Are We Different?
Students compare and contrast similarities and differences between Canada and the US. In this geography instructional activity, students read various articles and identify similarities and differences in economies, cultures,...