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Marine Debris

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Now is the time to educate tomorrow's citizens to care for the planet, and here is a lesson to help facilitate the process. Collect some marine debris and bring it into class. Have your class separate it into types and then test each...
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Get to The Root of It!

For Teachers K
Students study a real plant to explore its parts. They discover the function of the plant parts which they diagram and label.
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What on Earth is in the Earth?

For Teachers K
Students explore the physical properties of sand, soil, and rocks and sort, classify, compare, and contrast the materials found in the soil. The differences between the living and non-living parts of the soil is discussed.
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Rocks and Minerals

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
Take young geologists on an exploration of the collection of rocks and minerals that we call Earth with an upper-elementary science lesson. Through a series of class discussion and hands-on investigations, students learn about the three...
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MicroHike

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students observe insects in a small area. They calculate the number of insects in a large area as well. They share their calculations and observations with the class.
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Greenhouse Effect ...Building Our Own

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore the greenhouse effect. They set up a simplified model of the earth and the greenhouse effect. Students compare temperatures inside a jar to temperatures outside the jar. Pupils collect information and create a line...
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The Heart Stopper

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Use the pump from a spray bottle to drive a model of the heart in action! In addition to modeling the function of the heart and blood vessels, aspiring anatomists also simulate arterial blockage. They compare the effects of increased...
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Becoming A Career Detective (Part 1)

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders are reminded of the "investigation" of the world of work that they have been conducting since kindergarten. They are asked: "Where have you gathered information about careers?" and Where else might you obtain information?...
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Proud to Recycle Worksheet

For Students 4th - 6th
In this recycling instructional activity, students put a check mark next to the items from a list that are recycled in their local area. They determine which items are curbside recyclables and which are drop-off items. They examine...
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Bacteria Lab I: Preparing Agar Plates and Culturing Bacteria

For Students 9th - 12th
Bacteriologists prepare their own agar plates and culture bacteria on them. The procedures for both tasks are delineated, and questions are posed, but no materials list is printed. Also, the exact amounts of water and nutrient agar are...
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Metric Units of Capacity - Problem Solving 12.8

For Students 5th - 6th
In this units of capacity learning exercise, students read the word problems and solve the problems finding the metric units of capacity for each. In the 'use data' problem, students use the recipe to help them solve the problem.
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Strong Ice

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Through three activities, first-time physical scientists wonder at the properties of water. Freeze some soda cans and a container of water prior to the investigation to show that water expands when frozen. Lab groups experiement with...
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The Eyes Have It

For Teachers K - 5th
Students create a bulletin board using a digital camera. In this creative arts lesson, students take photos of one another's faces and eyes. Students try to match the eyes to the face.
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Window Treatments for Energy Savings

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students investigate energy-saving window treatments. In this environmental lesson, students research how energy-saving windows work by conducting an experiment using a thermometer and graphing data. Students identify why energy-saving...
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Groovin' News Activity Sheet

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In these recycling worksheets, young scholars complete several activities to learn about recycling. Students complete a word search, word scramble, bar graph, pie chart, research project, class project, and individual project for recycling.
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The Impact

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study different inventors and inventions.  In this invention introduction lesson students pretend that they are an inventor and come up with their own invention.  
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Verb Tense Exercise 16

For Students 5th - 8th
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, learners answer 12 fill in the blank questions regarding verb tenses. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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States of Matter

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students study the states of matter. In this matter lesson, students use dry ice to study the states of matter. Students observe and answer questions based on the material.
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Groundwater Movement

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students study groundwater movement beneath the surface of the Earth. In this agriculture activity, students experiment with how water moves through rock materials such as sand, gravel, and clay.
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Australian food

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Use ratio and proportions to adjust recipe size. Middle schoolers investigate Australian food and adjust the recipe size for said foods according to the given situation. They then prepare Australian foods.
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Light and Optics

For Students 11th
For this light and optics worksheet, 11th graders fill in 7 blanks about the nature of light, draw 9 diagrams to illustrate reflection, refraction, lenses and color.
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The Meanest English Teacher Ever

For Students 4th - 6th
Upper graders will use a reading comprehension worksheet about the meanest teacher to practice comprehension. They will read a 5 page story titled The Meanest English Teacher Ever and answer 4 comprehension questions about it. 
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After School Snacks

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this after school snacks worksheet, students look at food labels and determine how much "phe" is in foods. Students complete 22 problems total.
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Characterization of Mice and Men

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Using a SMART board presentation (provided), your class discusses the characterization of Lenny, George, Curley, Curley's wife, and the farmhands in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. The presentation includes a list of traits for...

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