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Testing for Chemicals in Soils
Students use sight, touch and chemical test kits to evaluate and classify soil types. They determine the organic content, soil pH, conduct visual analysis and nutrient tests of a variety of soil samples from various sources.
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CD Snowman
Young scholars design and produce snowmen. In this winter lesson, students use CD's to create 3 dimensional snowmen. Young scholars discuss the senses of sight and touch as well as compare their craft snowmen to a real snowman.
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Soil Properties
Students explore the porosity of soil. In this soil lesson plan, students conduct an experiment which shows the porosity of different types of soil. They use sand, silt, and clay to see how soil particles are more or less aerated and...
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REFLECTIONS OF SCIENCE
Students discover the different types of mirrors, their properties and some of their applications. They have already been introduced to some of the properties of light and have already experienced some of the different types of mirrors...
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Drafting
Students engage in the writing process. In this drafting instructional activity, students research different types of genres to find which they enjoy reading and writing. They review the drama in a story and discuss different story...
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Periodic Table
In this periodic table worksheet, students are given 12 terms and must match the terms to their appropriate definition. Topics include types of bonds, types of elements, and types of ions.
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Child Abuse
Students discuss child abuse, broadly define and identify various types of child abuse, identify signs of child abuse, and list and discuss local area resources available for victim assistance.
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Mission 3: Electrical Safety
In these recognizing electrical safety in the kitchen, bathroom, living room, outdoors, and in a storm worksheets, students read for information, identify electrical appliances, types of light switches, list possible dangers for each...
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Insulators and Conductors
Students conduct an experiment in which they create open and closed circuits. In this insulators and conductors lesson, students review open and closed circuits and then get in groups to make both kinds of circuit. ...
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How Can We Tell The Hardness of Rocks?
Students complete a lab activity. In this hardness of rocks lesson, students observe and touch various rock samples. Students determine if they can make a scratch mark on any of the rock samples and use the Internet to learn...
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Hoop Jumper
Young scholars get practice jumping using three different types of jumping patterns.
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Sound: What is Sound and how does it travel?
Students learn that vibration makes different types of sounds. In this sound lesson, students perform experiments to understand vibrations and high and low pitch sounds. Students learn that sound travels differently through different...
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Magnetism
Second graders conduct a variety of inquiry based learning activities. In this magnetism lesson, 2nd graders explore magnets with a partner, they learn the terms attract and repel, examine the poles of a magnet, and complete other...
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Unemployment
Twelfth graders evaluate the state of the economy and develop a definition for unemployment. In groups, they read an article about how the economy affects society and discuss how it affects them. Individually, they research the types...
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Classification of Matter
In this matter worksheet, students compare the different types of matter, including the states of matter. Students review the metric system. This worksheet has 12 matching, 18 fill in the blank, and 4 short answer questions.
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2010 Electricity 10
For this electricity worksheet, students answer 17 multiple choice questions about electricity, how it is measured, the types of currents, the types of meters and circuits. Students also answer multiple choice questions about protein...
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Circuits- Lock-out/ Tag-out
In this circuits worksheet, students answer eight questions about different types of circuits, grounding cables to reduce electric shock, circuit breakers and locking and tagging a disconnect device.
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Magnetism: What is a Magnetic Field?
Students make a compass. In this magnetism instructional activity, students use the Internet to research magnetic fields and perform an experiment to find the magnetic fields around different magnets. Students use the...
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Exploring Forest Objects
Young scholars explore the forest. In this ecosystems instructional activity, students rotate through sensory activity centers, brainstorm, and read about temperate forests.
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Bouncing off the Walls
Third graders compare the bouncing height of different types of balls. In this science lesson, 3rd graders explain the importance of repeated experimentation in science. They record their result and share them with the class.
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Household Pests
Identify methods that prevent food-borne illnesses and contamination. National Standard 14.4.1 Identify food-borne illness Identify types of food-borne illness and their symptoms: botulism, e-coli, hepatitis, salmonella, staphylococci...
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Drama: Working Together
Young scholars participate in a host of activities designed to encourage creativity, collaboration, and cooperation. They experience walking in different ways, greeting various types of people, and mirroring, where one student duplicates...
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Thirstin's Groundwater Movement Activity
Students examine how ground water flows through different materials. In groups, they identify the different types of rocks in various aquifers. To end the lesson, they pretend to be water as others pretend to be rocks and try to make...