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Tri-County Project: Precipitation

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students examine and research the annual rainfall in Nebraska. They create a map of the annual rainfall in Nebraska and use the map to develop explanations of settlement.
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Olympic Training Center

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners decide on an activity like running, swimming or skating for a performance analysis. They have friends or family members videotape them as they exercise, then review the video to see how they can improve their performance.
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Grade 3-Physical Science Multiple Choice

For Teachers 3rd
In this physical science worksheet, 3rd graders answer a set of 20 multiple choice questions about a variety of grade 3 concepts. Answers are included.
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The Thrill of Big-Wave Surfing

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students go on a Wave Scavenger Hunt on the Internet.
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Fire Triangle

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners discuss what humans need to stay alive. They observe a candle that is lit and talk about candle safety and controls. They think about what a candle needs to keep burning and relate it to what people need to stay alive. They...
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THE SPREAD OF AIDS

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students perform a hands-on activity in which they simulate the spread of a disease such as aids. One student with unknowingly be the "carrier" of the infection and Students witness how fast it can spread.
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Why Don't Whales Have Legs?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are given a variety of materials and are asked to design a heat loss experiment that results in a reasonable explanation of "Why don't whales have legs?" students work with the theory of natural selection.
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Carnivorous Plants: A Bugs Nightmare!

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars research carnivorous plants and how they trap insects. They role play as botanists to write a research field guide about a newly discovered imaginary carnivorous plant.
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Sea Surface Temperature Trends of the Gulf Stream

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use authentic satellite data to produce plots and graphs of sea surface temperature as they explore the seasonal changes of the Gulf Stream.
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Lets Think About...Plants

For Teachers K
Students bring in various vegetables and make friendship soup. They plant seeds and discuss the things plants need to grow and thrive.
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Trees

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss the function of roots, trunk, crown, bark, cambium heartwood, and leaves of a tree. They create a tree diagram and label roots, trunk, crown, bark, cambium heartwood and leaves when shown a list of parts and an...
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Sea Surface Temperature Trends of the Gulf Stream

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the importance of the Gulf Stream. Using a NASA satellite images, they examine the sea surface temperature. Students collect the temperature at various locations and times. Using spreadsheet technology, they graph the...
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Great River Bend Adventure

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use their imagination. They discuss the 4 C's of teamwork: Concentration, Communications, Coomperation, and Consideration. Students discuss the safety guidelines of the project. They complete a rope maze. The group walks...
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The Letter Dd

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners explore the concept of the letter Dd.  For this letter recognition lesson, students are engulfed with items, movement, and music that begin with the letter Dd.  Learners create crafts that help them learn and recognize the...
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Swim Like a Whale or Fish?

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students recognize the difference between whales and fish by categorizing them according to their method of swimming. They synthesize this information by simulating the swimming patterns of whales and fish and comparing it to their own.
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Frogz

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students perform jumps and leaps from one lily pad to another to add to a study of frogs.
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The Tank

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners have a better grasp of the ecosystem of the St. Mary's river. They analyze how the tank is meant to be a miniature of the river. Students inquire how to take care of the tank and its inhabitants. They are introduced to Fundulus...
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Emerging Viruses

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Pupils study the characteristics of living things and explore the characteristics of viruses including their structure, function, and reproductive cycles. They also explore the impact of viruses on human health by discussing common human...
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The Learning Bottleneck

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify and analyze what energy is and how they feel after moving around a lot. They identify other ways that they can acquire heat and if there is some sort of mechanism for storing energy. Finally, students construct their...
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All About Ducks for Kids

For Teachers 4th - 5th
For this duck facts worksheet, students read series of paragraphs from on online website about ducks. Students may then complete several related duck activities.
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House on Mango Street

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students complete readingactiviteis for Sandra Cisneros' House on Mango Street. For this House on Mango Street lesson, students complete pre-reading and close reading activities for vignettes from the text. Students complete a chart and...
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Poriferans and Cnidarians

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars study the major phyla of the animal kingdom. In this biology lesson unit, students identify their general characteristics. They define taxonomy terminologies.
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Barnacles: Harder than Cement

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders watch the movements of the complex animal hidden inside the tiny barnacle shells. This lesson allows students to study the behavior, adaptation, and larval stage of the barnacle.
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Palm Use in Biology

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students view bacteria through a microscope. They draw and label the bacteria using microbiology software loaded onto their Palms.