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Ships 3: Grand Designs And Great Failures

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers engage in this, the third in a three-part series on ships. The overall lesson plan series is designed to allow students to extend their understanding of floating, sinking, density, and buoyancy and apply it to the design...
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Candlemaking

For Teachers 5th Standards
There might not be a butcher or baker, but you'll have a class full of candlestick makers after a hands-on lesson about candles make from beeswax. After a brief history of where beeswax comes from, young artisans craft their own...
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Make Your Own Thermometer

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students recognize the concept of temperature, including degrees, and the melting and freezing process. In this 1st - 2nd grade lesson plan, students identify the temperature of various objects, as well as create their own paper...