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The Pendulum

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover and discuss relationships and functions between varying dependent variables and how they affect the period of the pendulum. They use graphing calculator to express the data collected in a graph, to analyze the graph,...
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Properties of Air

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in a demonstration lesson using bubbles in which they determine that air fills the bubbles. Next, they work in small groups as they they experiment with the properties of air at separate work stations. After...
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Levels of Organization

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars brainstorm a list of all the functions organisms carry out and how they carry them out. In groups, they are given the smallest and highest level of organization in organisms and are to fill in the missing spaces. To end...
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Aquatic Ecosystems

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders record information on aquatic ecosystems and create a labeled diagram of an ecosystem of their choice. They can choose from an ocean zone, estuary, river, lakes, or beaches. The student has to explain their biome of choice.
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Dell House Dig

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students experience an archaeological dig exploring off the shore of Black Hawk Island and Wisconsin River. They study in the same place where the infamous Dell House once stood. Dell House and its historical significance is reviewed...
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Activity Plan Mixed Ages: Exploring Play Dough

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students learn to prepare a play dough recipe in order to enhance their measurement, reading, and creative-thinking skills. In this lesson on making play dough, students measure and add the different ingredients, while simultaneously...
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Recipe For Recycling

For Students 4th - 6th
In this recycling activity worksheet, students follow a given "recipe" to make recycled paper using a blender, then create a picture, card or collage with the material.
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The Impact

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study inventions and the impact they have had on people.  In this investigative lesson students learn how inventions are created and take part in a design project that will allow them to solve problems. 
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Pre-K Appetizer

For Teachers Pre-K
Students understand there are healthy and not healthy food choices. In this food pyramid lesson, students learn to make healthy choices by playing a traffic light game. Students recognize raw foods from the farm may not be ready for...
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Safety wtih Animals

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students analyze animal feelings. In this personal health lesson, students examine the body language hints and sounds that dogs use to express their emotions.
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Charting Mold Growth

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students chart mold growth based on food supply. In this mold growth lesson plan, students chart micro-organism growth and the decline of the growth as food runs out.
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Rocks and Soil: What is the Land Made of?

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students identify rock classifications and rock cycles.  In this rocks and soils lesson students complete experiments on rocks and how they are symbols in the Bible. 
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Black Death

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine the diseases of Europeans in Medieval times. In this plagues lesson students examine plagues of the past and some new modern ones.
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Cell Reviews

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students draw cells, make a cell, and list organelles in plant and animal cells. In this cells lesson plan, students create edible cells.
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Habitats

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate animal habitats. In this habitats lesson, 1st graders visit the woods to identify examples of food, water, and shelter that animals use to survive.  Students complete a worksheet.
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Bacteria

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars study food borne illnesses and what foods are more likely to carry them.  In this investigative lesson plan students examine harmful bacteria. 
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The Human Body: Five Types of Human Cells

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the human body by completing a graphic organizer. In this living cells lesson, students analyze a human body cell's chart and discuss the parts of a cell and what they do for our bodies. Students complete a graphic...
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Hopi Agriculture

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discuss the farming practices of the past and present of the Hopi people and discuss the importance of corn. For this Hopi agriculture lesson plan, students also plant their own seeds of corn.
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The Bounty of Bernoulli

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners explain how Bernoulli's principle apply to some phenomena. In this physics lesson, students draw and explain the demonstrations shown in class. They research and design their own demo on Bernoulli's principle.
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Light at the Bottom of the Deep, Dark Ocean?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers participate in an inquiry activity. They relate the structure of an appendage to its function. They describe how a deepwater organism to its environment without bright light.
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Birds of a Feather: Parrots, Pigeons, Parakeets, and More

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the concepts related to the extinction of birds while conduct research using the internet and a variety of resources. The information is used in order to create a class presentation or set the context for class...
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Turn on Inventiveness

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students practice visualization through a fantasy trip and test their powers of observation by blindly identifying their own potatoes.
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Raw Materials

For Teachers K - 12th
Students participate in a nature hike and record the natural resources observed. They compare traditional and modern versions of everyday use items, and create graphic organizers that demonstrate the interconnectedness of resources.
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Waste, Then and Now

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discuss and compare the waste disposal habits of today with those of Native Americans of long ago.

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