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Water Purification

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers use the example of natural water purification to show that healthy ecosystems provide services to people that are essential to life as we know it.
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Best Breakfast Authors

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write a story. In this breakfast authors lesson plan, 3rd graders write about a breakfast food and why it is a good selection. Students may illustrate stories and share with their peers.
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Walking For Water

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars investigate how third world countries get their water. In this water lesson, students research how countries like Kenya and Ethiopia get their water supply. Young scholars participate in an experiment to role play how...
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

For Teachers K - 12th
Students participate in a recycling campaign. In this recycling instructional activity, students create an Earth Day display for a local store. Students design a mural as a reminder to people of ways to reduce, reuse and recycle.
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Contraceptive Options

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss ways to avoid pregnancy.  In this contraception options lesson, students can describe various types of contraception option. Students study the case of Rosa and David.
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TE Lesson: Renewable Energy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine renewable energy sources such as solar, water, and wind. They experiment to determine how renewable energy is transformed into electricity. They investigate the role of engineers who work in the field of renewable energy.
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Oil: Impact of a Resource

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover the history and method of oil production.  In this natural resource lesson, students investigate early oil production.  Students discuss the challenges of turning natural resources into safe products.
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Muscles, Oh My!

For Teachers 8th - Higher Ed
Students explore the human muscular system. In this science lesson, students discuss how engineering is related to the field of bio-mechanics and human movement.
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Real Attractive

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create a collage of attractive people. They write about what makes these people attractive. They discuss what makes someone attractive. They research eating disorders and how the media impacts what people deem as attractive.
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What Goes in Must Come Out

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students monitor their calorie intake and energy expenditure. They keep track of daily data in a journal and assess and adjust their diets as appropriate.
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Fitness Concepts, Principles, and Benefitws

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders design an informative tri-fold fitness pamphlet for a fictitious fitness center that contains a persuasive paragraph encouraging fitness, that is attractive and has the five fitness components.
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Population Dynamics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the causes and consequences of population growth and the envrionmental factors that contribute to it. They discuss what they think the world's population will be in 2050.
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Designing a Personal Fitness Plan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop competence in two movements, design their own fitness plan and use a Fitnessgram to determine what level they are currently at.
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Is Capitalism Good for the Poor? | How Incentives Affect Innovation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students focus on the role played by a nation's institutions in generating creativity, invention and innovation, and analyzes how innovation promotes the economic growth that raises standards of living and alleviates poverty.
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Earth Day-Conservation Walk/Ride

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the relationship between conservation of our resources and the use of other modes of transportation (walking, biking and roller blading). They show respect for their environment by picking up garbage in the area. They...
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Ecosytems: Water Purification

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore how ecosystems purify water and what kinds of things humans do that alter these processes. They use a website to access information on local watersheds and develop a "river" newspaper