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Plants And Animals in the Local Environment

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students observe the various living things they can find outside their playground making sure to look both on the ground and in the air. They develop a large poster Venn digram, as a class, of plants and animals that live in the air, on...
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Reversible and irreversible changes

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars define the words "reversible" and "irreversible." They complete a worksheet that shows a number of changes. Students must decide which are reversible and which are irreversible.
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Pushes and Pulls

For Teachers K - 1st
Students discuss and investigate how various vehicles move. In a small groups, students then create a wheeled vehicle and find a way to make it move using various resources provided by the teacher.
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Ourselves

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners use a website to name and compare external body parts of humans and other animals.
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Sound and Hearing - Internet Research

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use a website to help them recognize that sound is generated in a variety of ways and from different sources. They determine that sounds vary in tone and loudness, and learn there are different ways to describe sound.
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Moving and Growing

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Pupils know that humans and some other animals have bony skeletons inside their body. They know that other animals have skeletons on the outside of their bodies. They explain the role of both kinds of skeletons.
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Changing Sounds

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify how the pitch and the loudness of an instrument can be altered by examining the sounds made by three instruments.
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Helping Plants Grow Well

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explain the effect of water, temperature and light on plant growth.
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Micro-organisms

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine how micro-organisms are living organisms that are often too small to be seen. They explain that micro-organisms may be beneficial or harmful.
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How We See Things

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explain that mirrors reflect light. They examine how when a beam of light is reflected from a surface, its direction changes.
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Variation

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students practice sorting living things into groups using their characteristics. Using pictures of leaves and animals, they sort them based on their color and shape and write the objects characteristics under the picture. They share...
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Keeping Warm

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners place words describing a range from cold to hot on a scale. Using those words, they identify places on Earth which are cold, hot, freezing or boiling. They practice using and reading a thermometer with three different beakers...
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Grouping and Changing Materials

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students feel and observe different types of materials. Using the internet, they sort objects based on the materials they are made from and justify their reasons for putting it in a certain category. They identify objects that could...
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Helping plants grow well

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore the effect of water, temperature and light on plant growth. Students are asked if they remember the LAW for plants. This is Light, Air(temperature) and Water, which all plants need for growth. Students are divided...
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Life cycles

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify and explain the parts of a flower and their role in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed dispersal, and germination. Students recap the following information: that plants need light, warmth,...
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Changing Sounds

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars identify how the pitch of an instrument can be altered. They complete a worksheet by labeling several images in order of pitch and then fill a bottle with water to create a sound that matches a pitch on a drawn card.
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Gases Around Us

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students participate in a whole class discussion about solids, liquids, and gases. Students get involved in a teacher-directed experiment related to solids, liquids, and gases. Students complete worksheet, writing the names of the parts...
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Changing State

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students identify the changing states of water, water vapor and ice in the water cycle They investigate how each of these stages can be reversible. Students complete a worksheet describing the water cycle.