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Student Designed Investigations Part 2 – Testable Questions, Predictions, Materials and Procedures

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create their own investigations. In this science experiments instructional activity, students use the steps of the scientific method to design an investigation. Students share their findings on a poster.
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What Does Life Look Like Under a Microscope?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners discover cells make up all living things. In this life science activity, students investigate living organisms and the cells that create them. Finally the learners create a testable question, conduct an investigation, and draw...
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What Do Living Things Have In Common?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the concept of classification. In this classification instructional activity, students collaborate to create lists of living thing similarities in order to differentiate between living and non-living things. Students...
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What is a Living Thing, and How Does a Living Thing Respond to Its Environment?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate how living things interact with their environment. In this living things lesson, students complete lessons for science investigations on what living things have in common. Students study cells, complete...
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Mystery Box

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore why scientists use models to help them explain things that cannot be seen.  In this predictions lesson students make a prediction based on observations and collected evidence.
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Recycling and Resources

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine ways to conserve natural resources. In this environmental lesson, 6th graders read the book Just a Dream and discuss the natural resources that they recycle. Students brainstorm ways to conserve natural resources...
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What is Matter?

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Students create a definition of matter. In this physical science lesson, students work in pairs to sort items printed on cards into several categories (matter, non-matter, and unsure) and agree on a definition of matter.
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Ocean Pollution & its Effect on Aquatic Animals

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students consider the concept of ocean pollution. In this ocean lesson, students participate in a hands-on demonstration in order to replicate an oil spill and its effects on marine life.
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Conversion of Energy Into Different Forms

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study energy conversion and the forms energy may take. In this energy conversion instructional activity, students study energy conversions in flash paper, rubber bands, mechanical cranks, and a radiometer.
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Energy Conversion in Electricity – Resistors and Circuits

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore electrical energy. In this electricity lesson, students design and build a large circuit in order to determine whether circuit size correlates with the light of a bulb.
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States of Matter

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the states of water. In this physical science lesson, students use ice and dry ice to observe the changes in the state of matter. Students record the results.
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The Energy of Life in Zebrafish

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students study the stages of development of an unknown organism. In this zebrafish lesson, students examine and collect data as they use microscopes to view a zebrafish embryo.
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Alternative Energy Part II - Lesson Eight of Eight - Energy Conversion and Propulsion

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate the results of different propulsion methods. In this propulsion lesson, students measure the distance a test toy car goes using different types of propulsion. They record the distances in data tables before...
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Extract Your Own DNA from Cheek Cells

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars observe their own DNA. In this DNA lesson, students learn the simple method of DNA extraction and explain why DNA extraction is important to scientists.
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Strawberry DNA extraction

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Young scholars study the basic function of DNA and then extract it from strawberries. For this DNA extraction lesson students examine DNA and see why the extraction of it is so important to scientists. 
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What is Life?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students investigate the characteristics of living things. For this life science lesson, students examine several living and non-living specimens. Students determine which things are living and non-living.
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Wetland Ecosystems: Non-living and Living Components and Brine Shrimp

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students explore wetland ecosystems. In this wetland lesson, students discuss and observe salt ponds and the organisms that live there. They explain how abiotic and biotic factors of species are important to survival.
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Making an Electromagnet

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore electromagnetic forces. For this electromagnetic lesson, students construct a working electromagnet and conduct a series of experiments to see what increases the strength of an electromagnet.
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The Dairy Shoppe

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research dairy farming and learn about dairy products as well as dairy processing. In this dairy lesson plan, 5th graders read background information about dairy farming and processing. Students discuss running a small...
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A New Century of Flight- Part 2

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore airlines and flight. For this flight lesson, students discuss the size of aircraft and how that impacts travel. Students view online travel sites to determine fare pricing and record data in a chart. 
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Design Team Challenge

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students work in groups to build a robot. For this robotics lesson, students create an electronic robot and program it to follow directions. They create an obstacle course for the robot to follow and test its performance. 
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Classifying and Sorting

For Students Pre-K - 6th
In this English worksheet, students add the suffix "ic". Students form adjectives by adding the suffix to nouns. Students choose the noun or adjective to complete the sentence.
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Robot Turning Lab

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners design a robot that can turn 90 degrees. In this robotics lesson, students explain the applications of their invention. They present their design in class.
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Robot Labyrinth

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students design a flowchart for their robotic program. In this physics lesson, students construct a robot that can navigate certain obstacles. They present their program and robots in class.

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