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A River Ecosystem
Students examine the components of a river ecosystem.  They discuss the picture and text from the book, "A River Ran Wild," and create a mobile of a river ecosystem using magazine pictures or original drawings.
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Severe Weather
Ninth graders investigate the cause and effect of severe weather. In this Earth Science lesson plan, 9th graders use a learning contract and a rubric to develop a presentation about severe weather.
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Hawaiian Monk Seal Jeopardy
Students explore the Hawaiian monk seal. In this science lesson plan, students read about the monk seal and participate in a game in which they answer questions about the Hawaiian monk seal.
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Science Test B-Grade 5
In this grade 5 science test worksheet, 5th graders complete a 30 question multiple choice quiz covering a variety of grade 5 concepts. 
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Sea Ice and Satellites
Young scholars study satellites and satellite images using Google Earth. In this satellite activity, students discuss satellites and how they work. Young scholars watch a demonstration of how satellites work and learn what they are used...
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Reading Weather Maps
Fourth graders the symbols that are used on weather maps. They develop five day forecasts based on information they gather from weather maps in the newspaper and on the Internet.
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Specialized Structures and Environment
Fifth graders read about how different animals protect themselves, and how characteristics give animals an advantage in their environment. Students then discuss a variety of "outer" wear for humans, and what they might choose to wear in...
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What is Prejudice?
Students tell who Rosa Parks was and what she did to become famous and what state she did it in, and who Martin Luther King Jr. was, why he was important in history, and how we was connected with Rosa Parks.
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What is a Tropical Rainforest?
Students investigate amounts of rainfall in selected world rainforests by creating a bar graph showing rainfall in inches for each. They convert inches to millimeters, and solve word problems having to do with rainfall in selected world...
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To Infinity and Beyond
Students explore the planets in our solar system and create a brochure on each planet. They read the book, The Magic School Bus:  Lost in the Solar System and write notes about solar system facts and watch a video. After the video, they...
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Variation
Students participate in an online lesson to reinforce the similarities and differences in plants and animals. They classify living things according to observable characteristics.
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We are where and what we eat
Pupils explore concepts of plants they eat, where and how they grow and are introduced to genetic diversity.  They examine seed characteristics, look at their different sizes, shapes and germination time.  They also set up seeds to...
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Sound and Hearing - Internet Research
Students use a website to help them recognize that sound is generated in a variety of ways and from different sources. They determine that sounds vary in tone and loudness, and learn there are different ways to describe sound.
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Forces in Action
Students ask questions that can be investigated scientifically. They determine how to plan a fair test by changing one factor while keeping other factors the same, to use measurements to draw conclusions and use scientific knowledge to...
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Our Solar System to Scale
Young scholars calculate the diameter of planets and their relative distances.  In this space science lesson, students discover how small or big the planets are in comparison to each other. Young scholars use cross multiplying...
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Keeping Warm
Young scholars place words describing a range from cold to hot on a scale.  Using those words, they identify places on Earth which are cold, hot, freezing or boiling.  They practice using and reading a thermometer with three different...
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Air Masses
Students examine the physical characteristics of several types of air masses to discover how air masses can be identified and defined by their temperature and moisture content.
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Changing State
Pupils participate in an online lesson to investigate the effects of cooling and heating on water.
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Changing Circuits
Students participate in an online lesson to explain how to make bulbs brighter or dimmer in a series circuit by changing the number or type of components.
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Circuits And Conductors
Students predict the common classroom items, such as paper clips, chalk, keys, or erasers, that will be good conductors in a circuit. They build circuits using a variety of circuit diagrams to test their predictions.
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Changing Sounds
Learners identify how the pitch of an instrument can be altered. They complete a worksheet by labeling several images in order of pitch and then fill a bottle with water to create a sound that matches a pitch on a drawn card.
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Math: Checking Scale Drawings for Accuracy
Students critique their own drawings for accuracy and make constructive suggestions prior to reworking them.  They discover how scale in maps and drawing relate to relative size and distance.  In addition, students comprehend the...
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Changing Sounds
Students identify how the pitch and the loudness of an instrument can be altered by examining the sounds made by three instruments.
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Helping plants grow well
Students explore the effect of water, temperature and light on plant growth.  Students are asked if they remember the LAW for plants.  This is Light, Air(temperature) and Water, which all plants need for growth.  Students are divided...