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Daphina Science, The Method of Investigation

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students determine what causes a reaction in a species of Daphnia. In this ecology based instructional activity, students are in a hands on project to demonstrate a controlled experiment with data collections. Students...
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The Jungle Book Post-Show STEAM Lesson

For Teachers 4th - 8th
An ecosystem is really just the flow of energy through many different living organisms. A study of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book leads to an environmental science activity in which learners study how various factors can affect...
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Energy Flow and the Food Chain

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students complete discussions and worksheets about the Hawaiian food chain. In this food chain lesson plan, students research decomposers, consumers, and producers.
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Seepy Sandwich

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils explore Earth science by participating in a pollution activity. In this water infiltration lesson, students utilize a water sprayer, food coloring and slices of bread to simulate how pollution can spread into our drinking water at...
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Go With the Energy Flow

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore energy and nutrient flow. In this science lesson, students diagram the flow of energy through food chains and food webs. Students discuss the importance of energy flow in Earth's ecosystems.
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Interplanetary Travel Guide

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In groups of six, middle school space scientists create an imaginative travel brochure for attracting visitors to the planet Mars. Information must include surface features and atmospheric conditions. Although time-consuming, this is a...
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Constructing A Food Web

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify and explain the relationships within a food web. They use index cards to glue pictures of producers and consumers. On the back of the card, students name the organism, list the type of biome in which it is found.
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Who Is Eating Whom?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss the food chain and identify if various organisms are producers or consumers. They draw ten types of organisms and construct a food web of these organisms, labelling each as a producer or consumer.
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Insect Travel Brochure

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders study producers and consumers in habitats. They examine the trophic levels and how different organisms interact with a focus on insects. They create a travel brochure for an insect to visit a habitat which they create.
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The Flow of Energy Song

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students perform the lyrics and instrumental parts for the "Flow of Energy song." They create photo images which represent consumers, producers, decomposers, and scavengers. These images will be inserted in an iMovie of the class...
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Campaign Ads That Subtract and Add

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young scholars explore media and media misrepresentation of prodcts. They create a video of a person (with both good and bad pictures.) Using creative titles, students download a slideshow. They add sound effects and other Adobe Premiere...
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Economics: People as Producers and Consumers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the dual roles of producers and consumers in people by creating fictional stories that include examples of both. Their stories include descriptions of the tools and skills needed for the jobs of their characters and...
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Marshland Ecosystems

For Teachers K - 12th
Students identify animals in ecosystem depicted on 16th Century ceramic basin and classify them as herbivores, carnivores, or omnivores based on physical characteristics and prior knowledge, determine which life forms in ecosystem are...
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Timely Technologies

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explain how society influences the type of technology developed. In this science lesson plan, 2nd graders research about a topic they chose from the given list. They develop a creative presentation about it such as a play,...
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Insect Travel Brochure

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore the concept of insects and their habitats.  In this insect habitat instructional activity, students create travel brochures for particular insects.  Students must include habitat, producers, and consumers with in the...
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Buggin' Out (Identifying and Adding Amounts of Money)

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners explore consumer math by participating in estimate exercises. In this currency lesson, students identify and define each piece of U.S. currency and their value to the monetary system. Learners complete several money worksheets...
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Reason for the Seasons

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students study the seasons of the Earth. In this seasons lesson, students study the science of the seasons on Earth by studying the tilt and axis of the Earth's orbit. Students read background information and four experimental activities...
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The Science of Sleep and Daily Rhythms

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students observe their own daily rhythms by going to bed earlier and seeing what happens to their day afterwards. In this sleep lesson plan, students experiment with their own sleep cycles and answer questions about what happened because...
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Ocean Life Food Web

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners construct a food web representative of the Gulf of California. They use pictures to depict all of the organisms in the appropriate level of the web (producer, primary consumer, etc.)
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The Buzz about the Buzz

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students examine the content of popular energy drinks by conducting research about stimulants and sweeteners. They create posters outlining how these compounds affect consumers. They compare and contrast energy drinks with soft drinks...
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Create a Creature

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students design, build, draw, or bake a creature of their choice and present to the class. They write a paper including the creature's habitat, method of getting energy, their creature as a producer or consumer, predator or prey species...
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Insect Travel Brochure

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explain what a trophic level is and how different organisms fit into different trophic levels. They observes different insect habitats and find reasons for why some habitats may be better suited for insects, than other...
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Discovering Local Food Chains

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study about food chains. With the assistance of a local biologist, Students hike the school trail system. They explore ecosystem and collect data by charting the organisms found and identifying the energy source. They...
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From Milk to Cheese & Seed to Shelf

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learn about food production by making cheese, seeing how a seed gets to a shelf, and discussing food safety. Budding agriculturalists complete several activities and learn about food production, biotechnology, food preservation,...

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