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Lesson- Colors of Stars

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Student describes what happens to the color of a stove burner or a coal as it gets hotter. They use the applet to determine what range of temperatures range give you a red light, what range of temperatures would give you a white light,...
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Putting on Mass: Just how do Trees grow?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers articulate an explanation of photosynthesis. They identify problems they have with comprehension of how a plant gains mass. Students describe a historical experiment.
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Science Quiz-General Knowledge

For Students 4th - 6th
In this science quiz worksheet, students complete a set of 20 true or false questions covering a variety of general science topics. An answer key is included.
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Mechanical, Electrical and Radiant Energy

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students write a hypothesis and complete a lab.  In this investigative lesson students complete their lab and a worksheet about energy. 
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Electrons

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover that there are many facets to the electron in chemistry such as electron cloud. They view movies an animations of electrons. Students visit links pertaining to electrons.
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Doing Science: Computer Models

For Students 8th - 9th
In this computer models worksheet, students read information about how scientists use computer models to advance the work of science. Students also answer a critical thinking question comparing computer simulations to direct observations.
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Bouncing Balls

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students create a polymer to demonstrate its properties and develop an awareness of the wide variety of uses for polymers.
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Nutrient Biochemistry

For Students Higher Ed
For this lipids worksheet, students review the different types of lipids and how lipids are used by the body. This worksheet has 3 drawings and 27 fill in the blank statements.
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What Is Chemistry, Anyway?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students differentiate physical and chemical change. In this chemistry lesson, students list examples of those changes. They apply what they learned in a Jeopardy style team game.
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Pounds of Pollution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine pollutants and investigate air pollution emitted by a car in a year.  In this air pollution lesson plan students complete an activity and make calculations. 
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Coefficient of Kinetic Friction and Surface Area

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars investigate coefficient of friction with respect to surface area and applied force in contact with the sliding force.
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Science Word Search

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students look for the words that are related to the theme of the sheet in the word search. They also work on spelling skills.
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The Genetic Basis of Neurological Disorders

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe some aspects of known genetic defects on the human neurological condition. They participate in a variety of exercises including drawings, games, and analogies.
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Science: What Happens to Create the Lode?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students understand how mineral deposits are formed and why they are not evenly dispersed. They create and describe three different precipitates from four solutions simulating mineral ore deposit formation in sedimentary rock.
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Dissolved Oxygen Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate what dissolved oxygen is and why it is important to aquatic life and what factors influence levels of dissolved oxygen in a lake. They study how to use MS Excel to make charts to show trends and correlations.
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Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners calculate the values of electron binding energies. In this physics lesson, students solve for different wavelength characteristics of X-rays. They present their findings to the class.
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Grating Spectrometer

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students calculate the Balmer series. In this physics lesson, students observe hydrogen lamp spectra using spectrometers. They calculate wavelength and compare them with their theoretical calculations.
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Aurora Borealis

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss what causes the northern lights and the folklore attached to them. They discuss magnetic fields, and use various common materials to discover if ions conduct electricity.
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The Great Gas Race

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders improve their understanding of Graham's Law by using properties of gases to evaluate the rate of effusion of two compounds as they vaporize. They engage in a lab which elevates their understanding of the properties of gases.
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Urban Impact on Chollas Creek (California): A Field Study

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students, in groups, take samples from a creek and keep a field journal on their samples. They also perform tests on their samples.
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What Is The Relationship Between Radon and Breathing?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the effects of radon on their breathing. They review the anatomy of the respiratory system before completeing this lesson plan. They also complete equations to show how carbon dioxide forms in their body.
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Extraction of DNA from White Onion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct lab test with minced onion to determine where chromosonal DNA is located within the cell, and whether or not it can be extracted.
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Drifting Continents, Dynamic Results

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students plot earthquake and volcano data using a Compass Rose Plotting. They explain the relationship between plate movement and connection. They draw conclusions that earthquakes and volcanoes occur in predictable locations.
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Ammonium Nitrate - Heat of Solution

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students quantify the relationship between temperature, energy and heat and define an endothermic reaction. They measure the energy change caused by dissolving one mole of ammonium nitrate in water.

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