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With Liberty and Top Soil for All Lesson PlanWith Liberty and Top Soil for All Lesson Plan
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With Liberty and Top Soil for All

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Students describe the need of plants to have water, soil and sunlight to grow. They use the scientific method when completing experiments. They identify the core democratic values that are needed for a democracy to grow and compare them with the needs of plants.

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6th - 8th
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Science
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2 hrs
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