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Preparing for the New Haven Public School Science Fair Through Environmental Science Lesson PlanPreparing for the New Haven Public School Science Fair Through Environmental Science Lesson Plan
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Preparing for the New Haven Public School Science Fair Through Environmental Science

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Students discover what type of effect that pesticides have on earthworms. They use three different types of pesticide and examine the external and internal effects that each have on earthworms. They maintain earthworms in habitats sprayed with various pesticides for four to six weeks. They dissect at least twelve earthworms for this project.

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conducting investigations, the scientific method, earthworms, pesticides

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6th - 8th
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Science
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