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Where is Oil Found?

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students determine that crude oil is found in porous rocks (reservoirs) rather than in caves or caverns.
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Animals Abound Pre/Post Assessment

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students prepare for or evaluate their experiences in learning about animal persistence. This is part of a multi-segmented unit on animal living, adaptation, and survival.
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Glass Blowing How Do They Make Glass Into Different Shapes?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students experiment with butter as a supercooled liquid in order to better explain how glass is made into different shapes.
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Scale Model of the Earth

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work together to create a model of the Earth. They label and identify each layer and describing its properties. They discover how engineers use models to test different concepts.
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Pollution Solutions

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students participate in a hands-on activity to determine how water is polluted and investigate steps in how to treat water. Students try to produce the cleanest water possible using the materials provided.
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Blast's Cosmic Carnival

For Teachers K - 4th
Young scholars, after analyzing the history of a concentrator, model how a Genesis spacecraft concentrator works by playing a game. In groups of three or four, after being given materials to work with, are challenged to roll the rubber...
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Phil's Fish Shop

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students role play the role of new employees in a pet shop. They offer advice to customers and answer their questions about pets. Using the internet, they identify the steps in establishing a new fish aquarium and summarize the...
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Introduction to Macroinvertebrates

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate the world of macroinvertebrates and identify the environmental stressors that threaten their existence. Outdoors, they role-play as stressors and invertebrates, with the intolerant species doing pushups, spins,...
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Eating Up Energy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will compare and contrast amount of energy consumption and CO2 emissions among the top ten user countries to understand global effects of emissions. They also map the global impact of energy consumption and CO2 emissions.
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Earthquakes!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students experiment with the concept of earthquakes while completing a lab with marshmallows, toothpicks, modeling clay and firm Jell-O and rectangular pan. They explore what kind of soil earthquakes do the most damage in and how...
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Weedy Socks & Wheels

For Teachers K - 6th
Students engage in a instructional activity that is concerned with the concept of using socks in order to collect weed seeds. They conduct research in order to illustrate the ease of how weeds are spread from one area to another....
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Crocodile Eyes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the eyes and eyelids of reptiles and amphibians. In this animal biology lesson, students listen to a lecture on the characteristics of amphibians and reptiles and complete a crocodile eyelid activity sheet.
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Animal Electronic I.D.

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners discover ways to keep the animals in our environment safe by examining electronic I.D. tags.  In this animal safety activity, students participate in a role-playing activity in which they are monitored by an electronic I.D....
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Global Warming Is Human Made

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this environmental awareness worksheet, students read an article about the causes of global warming. Students then answer seven true or false questions, 10 10 synonym matching questions, and ten phrase matching questions based on the...

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