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I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie

For Teachers K
Students listen to the story I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie. They predict what will happen next as they listen to the story. They sequence pictures and words to desribe a story.
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Science: Draining the Land - the Mississippi River

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use topographic maps to identify parts of rivers. In addition, they discover gradient and predict changes in the channels caused by variations in water flow. Other activities include sketching a river model with a new channel...
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Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas-You Cheat!

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students read the book, You Cheat! by Jamie Gilson. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding sibling relationships and other concepts included in the book. Included are reading, art, math, science, writing,...
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Osmosis

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore diffusion and active transport. They observe the effects of eggs in vinegar and predict what will happen when eggs are placed in corn syrup with food coloring. Students complete worksheets which lead them to describe...
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Breaking Things on Purpose

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students predict the required stress to break a candy bar. They examine how a various substances break and infer a cause for the type of break. Students relate the candy bar experiment to the importance of nanotech laboratory work and...
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To Be Salty Sea Ice Or Not

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore what type of solutions freeze. They design their own experiments to compare how fresh water and salt water freezes. In addition, they write their observations in a journal and complete analysis questions.
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Salinity

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Learners define and discuss salinity, conduct classroom experiment to determine salinity of water sample by using hydrometer, record predictions, and demonstrate understanding of how salinity influences object's ability to float in water.
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Future

For Students 7th - 8th
In this future learning exercise, students review and discuss how to make predictions and plan events for the future. They place nine sets of words into the correct order to build nine sentences. They finish by correctly completing...
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Equilibrium

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this equilibrium worksheet, students predict the concentrations of solutions at equilibrium and apply Le Chatelier's principle to systems at equilibrium. This worksheet has 15 multiple choice questions.
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Function Investigation

For Students 11th
In this functions activity, 11th graders solve and complete 18 different problems. First, they graph each equation on the graphs provided, making a rough sketch on a coordinate plane. Then, students predict what each graph will look like...
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Street Pharm Pages 77-106

For Students 10th - 11th
In these Street Pharm questions worksheets, students complete several short answer questions to advance their understanding of the plot.
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Physics on the Playground

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars investigate friction on a playground slide. In this force and energy lesson, students will predict, plan, and implement a scientific investigation to the problem; What materials will allow me to slide the fastest down a...
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Measurement

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students choose appropriate units of measure and predict length using the metric system. In this measurement lesson, students participate in activities in which they predict, measure, and record linear measurements such as arm span vs....
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Speed of Light

For Students 7th - 12th
In this speed of light instructional activity, students read about Danish Astronomer ole Roemer and his discovery of the speed of light. Students complete 4 short answer questions based on the reading.
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Ground Surfaces and Infiltration

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study permeability and apply the concept to different types of ground materials.  In this ground surfaces lesson students complete a lab and fill out a table of their results. 
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Figuring Elapsed Time

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Learners discover the concept of elapsed time. In this calculating time lesson, students utilize the Internet to complete record sheets based on the concept of elapsed time. Finally, the learners answer questions on their own.