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Breathing and Exercise

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students observe and record how breathing changes with physical activities.  In this physical activity lesson students form groups and complete their activity and worksheets.
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Earth Systems Science

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students perform experiments designed to grow plants and bacteria in a controlled environment.  In this ecosystems lesson students investigate varying conditions for growing plants and bacteria. 
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Oh Panther

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students play a game that replicates the balance of prey and predators in an ecosystem. In this physical education lesson, students follow the instructions to play "Oh Panther!" Students collect data regarding the game and discuss the...
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How Genes Work Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students define the key terms that are the structure and function of DNA. In this genetics lesson students complete a lab activity in which they construct a model DNA structure.
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Electricity: Series and Parallel Circuits

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore electricity and electrical circuits. They explore series and parallel circuits using Christmas lights. Students pull lights out of each strand of lights. They observe the results when the light bulb is pulled out....
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Electricity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students watch instructor present demonstrations of the basic principles of static electricity, and then conduct some of their own experiments. In small groups, students build simple circuits, using batteries, to try to light up a light...
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Science Quiz B-Grade 5

For Students 5th
In this grade 5 science quiz learning exercise, 5th graders complete a 15 question multiple choice quiz covering a variety of grade 5 concepts. 
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Global Winds

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students extend their understanding of convection to consider global winds and the effect of the earth's rotation on the creation of patterns of prevailing wind direction.
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Biofilms Are Everywhere

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils research biofilms and create brochures. They role play as advertising firm members assigned to educate the general public about biofilms. They create "wanted dead or alive" posters about harmful and helpful biofilms respectively.
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Conductivity

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work together to create a simple conductivity tester. They discover the difference between conductors and insulators. They test different types of materials for their conductivity as well.
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Electricity Layered Curriculum

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils describe how electric charges exert forces on each other as well as compare the strengths of electric and gravitational forces. They distinguish between conductors and insulators. In addition, students examine voltage and...
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Exploring the Night Sky: Fall/Winter

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars explain how moon phases occur. They explain three ways that the night sky has been used through history. Students locate some of the constellations in the night sky. They discuss stories and myths surrounding stars.
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Entropy

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this entropy learning exercise, students review the Second Law of Thermodynamics and explore how entropy changes. This learning exercise has 5 word problems.
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Miscellaneous Light Topics

For Students 9th - 12th
In this light topics science worksheet, students read selections about fiber optics, fluorescent light, incandescent light, total internal reflection, polarization, glow-in-the-dark light, and lasers. Students then respond to 32...
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Hard Water

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this water learning exercise, students read about how hard water is created and what can be done to soften it. Then, they complete six short answer questions.
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Succession in the Classroom

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate their environment by growing plants in class.  In this botany lesson plan, students discuss the lifespan of plants and animals and how they must be cared for continuously over time.  Students grow a plant...
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Solid Water

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students turn solid water (ice) into liquid water. In this solid and liquid water lesson plan, students use water, ice, cups, and heat in order to change water from one state to another. They draw their findings as well.
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Solids and Liquids

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars complete activities to study the properties of solids and liquids. In this states of matter instructional activity, students investigate the melting and freezing of a range of materials in a virtual experiment. Young...
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The Rifting of Pangaea and the Gettysburg Battlefield

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders analyze and interpret an animated model of Earth’s rifting processes.  In this Earth Science lesson, 11th graders connect Earth’s rifting processes with the Earth’s surface in the Gettysburg battlefield. ...
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Solve the Case!

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students discover the habits of panthers by solving fictitious crime mysteries.  In this animal life lesson, students utilize their research from previous lessons to solve mysteries in a panther activity.  Students answer...
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Demonstration of Factors Affecting Soil Temperature

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Students examine the influences of water and mulch on soil temperature.  In this investigative activity students complete a soil experiment. 
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Knowledge Quiz

For Students 4th - 6th
In this oceans quiz learning exercise, learners complete a 10 question multiple choice quiz covering a variety of concepts related to the ocean.
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Let's Create An Ecosystem

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders create ecosystems in a jar which they observe over the course of the school year.
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Food Webs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research what food is eaten by the following organisms: penguins leopard seals, krill, elephant seals, petrels, albatross, fur seals, squid, insects and grass. They make a food web using the data they have gathered.

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