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Clouds and Your Weather

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders identify clouds and the weather associated with them. They use informational articles and personal weather observations to learn about the relationships between weather fronts and clouds.
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Fuel Mystery Dis-Solved

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students describe how temperature and surface area exposure affect the rate at which fuel is consumed. They explain why engineers want to know about the properties of a fuel when designing rockets. They create a bar graph of result data.
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GPS Art

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students design their own logo or picture and use a handheld GPS receiver to map it out. They write out a word or graphic on a field or playground, walk the path, and log GPS data. The results display their "art" on their GPS receiver...
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Crayon Resist Fall Leaves

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create examples of fall leaves using crayons, paints, and white paper in this fall Art lesson for the early-elementary classroom. Emphasis is placed upon a class lecture/discussion about why leaves change color prior to the...
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Ellen Ochoa

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students identify who Ellen Ochoa was and how she has accomplished many things in her life, such as, inventions. They demonstrate their knowledge of the invention process by creating their own invention while using problem solving skills.
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Chick Embryology

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate techniques that can be used to observe the development of the chick embryo. They explore the environment in which the chick develops and how it can be manipulated.
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Are Seeds in Danger?

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discuss uses and disposal of common household chemicals. They select a household chemical to test for impact on plant germination. Students decide how they want to set up a seed germination project. They design their plan,...
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Centrifugal Force and Mandy Sue Day

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the story Mandy Sue Day and investigate centrifugal force. They demonstrate the concept of centrifugal force, use analytical thinking and they conduct an experiment using centrifugal force. Students discuss the...
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Introduction to Toxicology

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners explore the science of toxicology and the relationship between a toxic reaction (response) and amount of substance (dose). They observe two demonstrations illustrating the concept of dose-response.
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Heat And Heat Transfer

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students role play molecules in a container as the container is heated to develop a definition of heat and temperature. They also observe demonstrations of conduction, convection, radiation, and phase transfer. Using these observations...
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Acid-Base Indicator Paper

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are able to prepare and use pH indicators in paper form. They find out the color of the indicator paper plus test solution may change with time. Students use red cabbage to use for the indicator.
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Activity #15 The Snowy Christmas Tree

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students weigh out the proper amount of silver nitrate and prepare the silver nitrate solution. They observe what occurs when pure copper is added to silver nitrate solution. Pupils determine whether the change in the appearance of...
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Activity #19 Oxygen For Yeast

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students observe and record what occurs when yeast is added to hydrogen peroxide. They indicate why a chemical reaction (decompostion) must have occurred during the experiement. Pupils explain why yeast was used. Students comprehend the...
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Images of Our Changing Earth

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify and explain that remote sensing can detect changes on the Earth's surface that occur over time, and name at least three: urbanization, deforestation, and succession. They select a global change issue to investigate and...
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What Makes A Community Sustainable

For Students 9th - 12th
In this environment activity, high schoolers read three different case studies in order to apply them to the categories of finding the best possible choices to make for helping a community flourish.
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Agriculture Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, learners find the words that are related to the finding of terms and information about agriculture for ten questions. The answers are on page 3.
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Making a Periscope

For Students 4th - 5th
In this designing a periscope worksheet, students follow the directions to collect materials and make a periscope. Students answer 5 questions.
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Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this literacy and graphic organizer worksheet, students read a short fable entitled, "The Ant and the Dove." They fill in 2 cause and effect graphic organizers with relationships from the paragraph.
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Ralph Nader

For Students 4th - 6th
In this online interactive Ralph Nader worksheet, students respond to 15 fill in the blank and multiple choice questions regarding the information included in the provided paragraphs.
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Build a Bubble-Powered Rocket

For Students 5th - 8th
In this law of action and reaction worksheet, students build a bubble powered rocket using a film canister, paper and effervescing tablets to create bubbles inside the canister of the rocket. The pressure inside causes the canister to...
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Do Plants Need Sunlight?

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students investigate whether plants need sunlight to survive. In this plant lesson, students experiment with plants to learn about chlorophyll that plants get from light sources.
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Safe Subs

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate ways to reduce use of hazardous materials. In this safe substitutes lesson, students review hazardous wastes used in many homes and possible safe substitutes for these harmful chemicals. Students write and decorate...
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Introducing Working Animals

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students identify ways humans and animals work together. In this animal welfare lesson, students read the text Hanni and Beth: Safe and Sound and define the term "working animals." Students investigate working animals by visiting various...
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What's Up? Clouds and Your Weather

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders identify clouds and the weather that is associated with them.  In this weather lesson students work in groups and design their own weather map.

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