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Brooklyn Children’s Museum

Rocks and Minerals in Our Lives

For Teachers K - 6th Standards
Young geologists discover the important role that rocks and minerals play in our everyday lives through this series of hands-on activities. Starting off with a lesson that defines the difference between plants, animals, and...
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Illustrative Mathematics

The Lighthouse Problem

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Long considered the symbol of safe harbor and steadfast waiting, the lighthouse gets a mathematical treatment. The straightforward question of distance to the horizon is carefully presented, followed by a look into the...
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Ancient Animals

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Learners explore ancient rock art in Arkansas. Through discussion, research, and hands on activities, they identify the animals and stylized features of rock art found in Arkansas. Students identify the various habitats of he animals...
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Digging, Smelting and Forging: But Why in Pennsylvania

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students examine the history of the iron industry in Pennsylvania. In this iron industry lesson, students learn about Israel Acrilius and his role in the iron industry. Students identify natural resources used in forging iron. Students...
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A Tree Is More than a Street Name

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discuss the role of trees as one of the most important natural resources. In groups, they examine how the forests nearby helped to shape their urban city. Using the internet, they research the use of the forest in early...
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Science: Entomology in Action

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discover how coroners use insect life cycles to estimate the time of death in cases. they describe how forensic entomologists combine environmental factors with insect life cycles to note the changes. Students examine an...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Botany Scavenger Hunt Where's the Ginkgo?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners use a science journal to log plants that are native to Alabama. In this plant lesson plan, learners identify characteristics, describe environments, and classify the plants that they find.
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Everything's Coming Up Roses: Creating Beautiful Areas in Your Neighborhood

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners study the history of Pennsylvania and the city beautification movement that originated in that state. In this community service lesson, students study the city beautification movement started by Mira Lloyd Dock. Learners make...
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Corn An A-Maizing Plant

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders consider the uses of corn. In this agricultural lesson plan, 5th graders examine corn as a natural resource and discuss the many ways to reuse the grain. A variety of activities, books, and web resources are...
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Bunyans Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students practice their map skills. In this early childhood lesson plan, students use a map of the United States and identify the location of several natural wonders included in the book The Bunyans by Audrey Wood.
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Products Made from Petroleum

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research products made from petroleum. In this transportation instructional activity students try to find products other than fuel, made from petroleum. They look for the most unusual or surprising products and describe the...
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2105

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students read excerpts from Jon Scieszka's novel, 2095, prior to presenting their vision of the future in a creative project accompanied by written explanation. They design a museum exhibit which shows a scene from a science fiction book...
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Yerbas y Remdios: A New Look

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students explore human health by participating in a medicine class activity. In this herbs lesson, students identify plants which Native Americans used throughout history to cure illnesses. Students research specific herbs in groups and...
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The African Burial Ground

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze African American burial grounds. In this African American history lesson, students draw conclusions about African American communities in early New York and consider how archeology made it possible to study the communities.
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Earth, the Universe, and Culture

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers view segment of documentary, Swift: Eyes Through Time, explore famous scientists, their theories, places of origin, and culture, document scientific viewpoints of famous scientists throughout history, and discuss...
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Graphing the Diversity of a Forest

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders work in groups to identify what types of trees create which types of leaves In this plant life lesson plan, 2nd graders analyze a set of leaves and identify the tree it came from while graphing the data in a science...
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Elements of Myth

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students read and act out myths. In this world mythology lesson, students read and analyze myths from various cultures and then recognize their attributes as they prepare presentations of myths that explain natural phenomena.
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A World of Myths

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers read and write myths. In this world mythology lesson plan, students read and analyze myths from various cultures and then recognize their attributes as they write their own myths to explain natural phenomena.
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Areology-The Study of Mars

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students examine core samples from Mars and discover what they can use it to tell the history of Mars. In this core sample lesson students create and analyze their own core samples then eat them at the end.
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Mimicking Nature; Science, Aviation, Flight, Wings

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students consider the relationship between form and flight and investigate the history of man made flight and how wing shape and flexibility affects the maneuverability of an aircraft.
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Drawing on Kenaf

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students explore kenaf, a tree-free paper. In this environmental issues lesson, students draw pictures following a presentation about the origin and "eco-friendly" nature of kenaf.
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NASA

Stellar Fingerprints and Doppler Red Shifts

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Young scientists observe the spectra of elements and compare that to the Doppler effect. Hook scholars from the beginning all the way to the extension activities in this 5E-format lesson.
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NASA

Einstein's Gravity

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Assist your high school class with researching and applying the principles of gravity so they may further understand why Einstein is so widely recognized, even today. Individuals compare and contrast two different models that demonstrate...
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Sunburns and Sore Muscles: Working to Save the Farm During the Great Depression

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Fifth through eighth graders engage in a lesson plan in which they study working class people during the Great Depression. They work to develop an understanding of the economic developments in Arkansas during the 1930's. Learners access...