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Using The Old Bean

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this agriculture worksheet, young scholars take a multiple choice exam that focuses on the use of beans in different aspects of agriculture and society.
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Scientific Notation

For Students 8th - 10th
For this scientific notation worksheet, students review how to write a number in scientific notation and then how to write a number in standard notation. Then students complete 5 problems.
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Let's Make a Tubeworm!

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students discuss deep-sea chemosynthetic communities then create a poster of a three-dimensional tubeworm.  For this creative lesson students create their own tubeworm and write a written report on it. 
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Travels of a T-Shirt

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders recognize the natural resources used in an energy web.  In this consumerism instructional activity students identify solutions to over consumption and the impact of consumerism. 
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The Water Cycle

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students develop a better understanding of the need to conserve our renewable resources.  In this water cycle lesson students take notes, complete a guide sheet and illustrate the water cycle. 
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Wood is Everywhere!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders diagram and label the parts of a tree. For this lesson plan on how trees obtain food, 5th graders diagram and label the parts of a tree, and determine the diameter, height, and age of a tree.
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Australia

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students identify the climate and type of land that is in Australia.  In this Australian climate instructional activity students create a poster that displays the uniqueness of a specific region in Australia. 
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Dark Days

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore U.S. history by viewing video clips in class. In this dust bowl era lesson plan, 5th graders identify the impact of giant dust storms on the U.S. agriculture systems and the U.S. economy in the 20th century....
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Tree-mendous!

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders discover an appreciation for the benefits of trees. In this tree lesson, 6th graders explore the benefits of trees by playing a word classification game. Students study the variety of uses for trees.
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Rice: The Global Crop

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students understand the uniqueness of the rice plant and how it grows. Students compare rice growing in Indonesia and California, observing the steps common to the process everywhere. Students comprehend the concepts labor-intensive and...
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Packaging Design

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore different aspects of packaging design use these guidelines in their own design prototype project.
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Evolution and Antibiotic Resistance

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the increasing problem of antibiotic resistance in such menacing diseases as tuberculosis and influenza. They take on the role of staff at a public health agency who are trying to communicate the problem to the public.
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Observing Brine Shrimp

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe brine shrimp eggs, create an appropriate environment for their survival, and observe their growth.
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Energy

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars see that energy is everywhere in nature - in the light of the sun, in wind, in falling water and erupting volcanoes. Without energy, there is no life. This lesson provides many good ideas across the curriculum to study...
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Building a Dichotomous Key

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze how a dichotomous key helps us explain and identify unknown organisms. They design and construct a dichotomous key, developing a list of three observable characteristics per organism.
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I'm Being Followed By a Moonshadow

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore solar and lunar eclipses and how the sun, Earth, and moon cause them.

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