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Using Synonyms and Explanations as Context Clues

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
How can context clues help your young readers understand material better? Focusing on synonyms and explanations as ways to determine word meaning, this activity encourages your class to find context clues within a sentence. An attached...
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Water Cycle

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Young scientists explore Earth elements by conducting an experiment. They define water vocabulary terms such as condensation and precipitation. In addition, they conduct a water experiment in which they build a terrarium, so they can...
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Carbon Monoxide and Carbon Dioxide

For Teachers 8th - 10th
A short slide show to illustrate the density of carbon dioxide and monoxide. An interesting look at the safety aspects to prevent CO poisoning, and the biological mechanisms by which it does harm. This elaborates on the exchange of blood...
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Space Shuttle

For Teachers 5th - 9th
One slide details the features of Space Shuttle Discovery in graphic form. Another shows a faulty hydrogen fuel sensor. The final slide is a picture of the explosion of Space Shuttle Challenger and the ill-fated crew. If you wanted to...
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Introduction to Human Anatomy & Physiology

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
If the only support you are in search of is lists of vocabulary terms, this presentation may fit the bill. Slides simply list terminology. These categories are included: hierarchy of structural organization, cell functions, cell...
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Functions of Leaves

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
The title is a little deceiving since only one of 17 slides is dedicated to the function of leaves, while the rest is dedicated to the structure. Both internal and external structure is taught with accompanying diagrams. If you are going...
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Soil Fertility

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Fertility in soil is the topic of this presentation. Future farmers will be able to define fertilizer, list ten essential soil elements, and describe the roles of both primary and secondary nutrients in plant production. Although there...
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What Should I Know about Respiration

For Students 9th - 12th
How are kids supposed to know what to study for that cellular respiration test? With a study guide or reading guide like the one found here. With three pages of questions important to the understanding of respiration and the processes...
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The Krebs Cycle and Electron Transport

For Students 9th - 12th
A three-page, mostly multiple choice quiz that would work great as a pretest/post-test for the topic of cellular respiration. It also includes diagram interpretation and a couple of short-answer written response questions. Depending...
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Photosynthesis: An Overview

For Students 9th - 12th
This photosynthesis quiz containing multiple-choice and short-answer questions challenges young biologists to extend their thinking beyond knowledge recall. There is one question referring to a certain page in the unidentified textbook,...
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Investigating an Enzyme-controlled Reaction: Catalase and Hydrogen Peroxide Concentration

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Are you looking for a way to measure cellular respiration? Try it with pureed potatoes. With some standard high school science equipment, biologists can perform an investigation and collect data surrounding byproducts of respiration. You...
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The Human Impact on the Environment

For Students 9th - 12th
Despite the typos and formatting issues, the Word document found here has some great potential. There are two questions that ask learners to put several events in a logical order; these could easily be made into a card sort activity....
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Metabolism Lesson Plan

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Not a lesson in the traditional sense, this is a collection of resources with which you can craft a lesson on metabolic processes. It includes an outline of topics, some brief discussion, and a large array of animations, images, and...
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Using Amino Acid Sequences to Show Evolutionary Relationships

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Compare protein fragments, count amino acids, and use the information to explore common ancestry. The resource mentions a student worksheet, however, a separate printable worksheet is not provided. The exercises are written into the...
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Baby Shamu Suit

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners name and describe the functions of the whale body parts. They create killer whale suits out of paper grocery bags, and role-play whale behavior.
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Spaceship Earth

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students study the earth as a system, and the fragility of that system when population, and pollution, are considered as interactive parts of earth.
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Crashed on the Moon

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students compare and contrast the environments of the moon and the earth. They discover how the differences might change one's daily activities.
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What Happens to the Food You Eat? The Digestive System

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students observe a video displaying body parts and functions of the digestive system. They make drawings of the digestive system from their observations. They act out a short play involving body parts.
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Basic Chemistry Principles

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers use the basic principles of Chemistry to determine pH levels. Elements of the Periodic Table are also included in this lesson.
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Survival: The Human Body in Extreme Environments

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a list of signs the human body gives during threatening weather conditions. They investigate the causes and conditions of dehydration, overheating, and hypothermia.
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Beef and Beef By-Products

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine the various types of beef and the many uses of its by-products. They increase their knowledge by playing a game of "beef bingo."They discuss what parts of beef animals are their by-products.
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Renewable vs. Non-Renewable Resources

For Teachers 5th
Here's a fine instructional activity on renewable and non-renewable sources of energy for your 5th graders. In it, learners list a number of natural resources on the board, then try to sort the resources into appropriate categories. This...
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Nature and Fitness Trail

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students plan stations for a nature and fitness trail and construct an accompanying e-Book for extended descriptions at each station. Data on the human impact on the environment is gathered in this lesson.
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Graphing Iron Data

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students apply a data set to create a graph show how iron ore impacts an ecosystem. They explain how the iron effects the distribution and abundance of phytoplankton in coastal ecosystems using spreadsheet software.

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