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Art: Mirror Of History

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students show through art how major human events have changed American Culture. Students write in a journal to keep track of studying that is done during the unit. They also create an oral report.
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What's Left to Explore-Space and the Ocean Floor

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners describe unique exploration studies of the ocean floor and space. They utilize research skills and write summaries of research studies using the Internet. Students answer a variety of questions over their research findings.
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Micro-Reaction Lab: Gas Prouducing Reactions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate single displacement or double displacement reactions. They have to identify the type of gas produced by filling in the blanks to a data and observation sheet. Also, having to be done is writing balanced equations for...
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The Brine Shrimp Project

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders design and conduct a laboratory investigation to determine how different factors may affect the hatching and development of brine shrimp eggs.
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Owl Pellet Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners construct and identify a skeleton from the bones dissected from an owl pellet. They glue the bones on construction paper, label the page, and identify the animal.
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Water Testing

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students work together to design their own experiment to test developed hypothesis about the minerals in water. As a class, they discuss the main components of water quality and describe the chemistry behind the hardness assay. They...
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Tadpoles to Frogs!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders observe the tadpoles/frogs and draw a picture in their journals every week to monitor its growth with 100% accuracy. They observe tadpoles/frogs and record at least two changes or the observations the tadpole undergoes...
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What Boat Designs Float the Best?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate buoyancy by conducting a science experiment.  In this water properties instructional activity, 5th graders predict which of their different paper boat designs will float for the longest period. ...
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Traveling Bowls

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate the relationship between force and motion while conducting an experiment to answer the question,"How do objects move?". In small groups, they predict how many washers are needed to pull a bowl across a finish line.
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Scientific Method for Middle Schools

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners use the scientific method to solve a teacher scenario. They bring in M&M's. Students are given a copy of the scientific method. They first come up with a problem. Learners are told that they are going to conduct an...
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Grow Your Own Grub

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study plant needs and growth by completing a gardening activity. In this plant study lesson, students watch a video and discuss plant growth needs. Students plant seeds in containers and water the plants. Students take photos of...
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Women Following Washington's Army

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Learners study about the role of women in modern early warefare. They participate in a teacher-led discussion and work individually or in groups to complete a worksheet and discuss their ideas.
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Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Physics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students will discuss the de Brogile Hypothesis and state the circumstances under which the wave nature of matter is observed. They will also calculate the wavelengths of matter waves.
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Hare vs. the Tortoise

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders identify and create questions and hypotheses, dependent and independent variables and form a conclusion that can be answered and tested through scientific experimental investigation. In this relationship instructional...
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How to Construct and Conduct Successful Interviews

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students conduct surveys to gain statistical information. They examine the four main types of surveys and three types of samples. Students create a practice survey, conduct field studies, and create a survey for their hometown. Students...
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Kari's Earth Care

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore caring for their community. They select an area of a park to clean and collect trash. They place materials in trash bags to recycle plastic, paper, etc. They calculate the amount of items and percentages they collect...
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Research Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the components of the Results section of the project and technical paper.They also identify appropriate ways of presenting data and write the Results section of the technical paper.
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Butterfly Life Cycle

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate the life cycle and development of butterflies. They complete an online WebQuest, and write journal entries about their research information. Students create a poster, and observe real Painted Lady larvae...
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Predicting the Greening of Spring With Red Emperor Tulips

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine seasonal changes by watching tulip plant growth across the continent utilizing the Journey North website. They develop hypotheses as to why the plants emerge and grow where they do.
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Carbons to Computers - 2

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students organize information obtained by observation and order it in historical sequence; to use evidence to support hypotheses.
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Possible Causes

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students review any materials from two previous lessons on emissions. As a class, they use a graphic organizer to review their stakeholder's hypothesis. They identify possible causes of global warming and discover how to solve this problem.
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Change slander to remorse: Unscripted Scenes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students hypothesize about the content of unscripted moments, search for evidence in the actual text to support their hypothesis, and explore how this hypothesis would affect characterization.
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You Gotta Have Heart

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate the concept of relations and interpret graphs and tables. They analyze given data and look for a pattern to determine if the numbers represent a function. Students practice solving scientific word problems that...
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Developing Effective Social Policy for Change

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders discuss current suffering, population, and food concerns in a poor area of the world. Next, 12th graders pretend that they are the leader of a country and are concerned about the future of the people. Students work in...