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Wetlands: Pave or Save?

For Teachers K - 6th
Students discuss the characteristics of wetlands and how to make them more productive. Using a map, they locate the major wetlands in the United States and color them using a key. They read an article and in groups answer discussion...
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Human Impact on the Environment and Pollution

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Pupils illustrate the impact humans have on the environment through analogies and models. They observe demonstrations of human impact and pollution and create a composite picture of how people can have an impact on their environment.
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Edible Soil

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students model the soils layers using Oreo's. In this lesson students use their favorite food items to create a model of soil layers. A discovery lesson from a youth camp is adapted for classroom modeling and discussion of soil...
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A Hydrothermal Adventure

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students analyze hydrothermal vents. In this hydrothermal vents lesson plan, students discover the effects of hydrothermal vents on tectonic plates. Students make model hydrothermal vents to understand how they form and operate.
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Sun Friendly Homes

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students design and build a model solar energy home. In this technology lesson plan, students test the efficiency of their model houses by measuring temperature at regular intervals. They analyze data and share results with the class.
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Industrial Strength Design

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students design, invent, and build a model of something new, useful, or decorative to solve a problem using any combination of materials provided. They also create logos, packaging, etc. related to product sales.
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Remembrance Through Public Art

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Pupils discuss the purpose of public art, in the form of memorials. They research the design and planning of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington D.C., then plan their own memorial and construct a 3D model.
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Do Dams Affect the Paddlefish Population?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study why dams are built and what is affected by them. They build model dams and explain how dams can be a detriment to paddlefish population.
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A Bridge in Balance

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore how the Michigan Avenue Bridge works and the importance of it being perfectly balanced. They make a model of a bascule trunnion bridge and balance their bridge by calculating the weight of the necessary counter weight.
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What's the Big Deal?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore and define methane hydrates and describe ways that it can impact their own lives.  For this methane hydrate lesson students create a molecular model and research methane hydrate. 
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Easy as Pi

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners describe the importance of structural features that increase surface area in a coral reef habitat.  In this investigative lesson plan students quantify the impact of modifications on surface area in model habitats. 
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Edible Landfill

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students investigate landfills. For this edible landfill lesson, students replicate the structure sanitary landfills as they use the listed foods to build a model.
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Lungs: The Breathing Machine

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create a model of the lungs and diaphragm. In this breathing lesson, students create a model out of a plastic bottle and balloons. They see how the diaphragm helps to fill the lungs with air. 
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Non-Point Source Pollution

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study non-point source pollution. They research the concept of bio-degradation and/or Nutrients/Fertilizers and discuss how non-point source pollution impacts the environment. Afterwards, they participate in an interactive...
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Look At A Landfill

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore how landfills function. In this landfill instructional activity, students explore the use of landfills and the decomposition process by creating a model landfill. Students discuss pros and cons to landfills and how...
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Let's Create! Pottery HD

For Students 6th - 12th
Using a potter’s wheel to make functional art is an experience not common to most people. Provide your learners with a chance to see what pottery making is all about with an app that allows them to create pots, fire them, decorate them,...
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Pottery-making Methods

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students become experimental archaeologists using three methods of pottery making before the invention of the pottery wheel.
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Claymation in the Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students design an appropriate and usable storyboard and then create a claymation video. They take digital photographs frame by frame, then assemble the stop-motion movie using video software.
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Chromosomes and Genetic Mapping

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students create models of chromosomes using clay, coins, beads, or marbles. They complete a worksheet regarding their crossover frequencies they created with their chromosomes and gene models. They read an essay on sex chromosomes and...
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The Earth's Crust

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars use clay to form models of the different landforms and then complete a data table using a map, atlas, or the Internet to locate famous landforms in the United States. Students complete various activities, writing down...
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Earth's Land and Water

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students describe physical characteristics of bodies of water and landforms. In this land and water lesson plan, students model land and water with modeling clay and also discuss why people live near bodies of water.
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Spirit Mask

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students create traditional African art pieces. In this visual arts instructional activity, students use modeling materials to craft Gabon clay masks that represent beauty.
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The Mummy's Tomb: An Ideal Hope Chest Lesson Plan

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students create replicas of Egyptian tombs. For this visual arts lesson, students study the beliefs of the ancient Egyptians regarding the afterlife. Students design small mummy tombs using shoe bows, modelling clay, and embellishments.
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Create a Planet

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students craft planets from clay. In this geography skills lesson plan, students create model planets that mimic the geographic features found on Earth as well as the other planets. Students conduct research about characteristics of the...

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