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What Does Your "Homunculus" Look Like?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the density of touch receptors in various parts of the body. They discover how the body senses various stimuli, then maps a picture of the "homunculus" of the experimental subject.
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What Is Technology, and How Does It Benefit Us?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine and define what technology is as well as the differences between science and technology. They assess the role of science and technology in society, conveniences technology offers and create a chart to compare the...
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What Does Average Look Like?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the concepts of range, median, mode, and mean through the use of graphs drawn from models. They use manipulatives to represent data they have collected within their groups, and compare the differences between mode,...
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What Does It Need?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
For this identifying needs worksheet, students observe picture words and fill in the correct boxes indicating their needs of water, air, and food. Students determine the needs for seven items.
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How Does Your Garden Grow?

For Teachers K - 6th
Students construct and maintain a school garden. In this gardening instructional activity, students plan the construction of the garden by writing letters to local businesses asking for supplies and materials; students build the garden...
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How Does the Angle Effect How Fast a Car Will Travel?

For Students 7th - 9th
For this angle of movement and speed worksheet, students determine at which angle a car will travel the fastest. They test 12 different angles on a toy car and determine from their data which angle is the best for speed.
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What Does Ginny Have?

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this grammar instructional activity, students read a short paragraph and then fill in 14 blanks within the paragraph with the correct form of the verbs have or has.
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The Vitruvian Theory - Does It Apply to You?

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore the concept of the Vitruvian theory.  In this Vitruvian theory instructional activity, students collect data from their classmates about their arm span and height.   Students compare their ratios of arm...
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How does Paper Making Contribute to Economics

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate the numerous jobs it takes to create paper in the U.S.  In this economics lesson, 2nd graders discuss where paper comes from, what types of trees are needed, and how the paper milling process creates jobs...
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Seeds! What is Inside; How does it Grow and Why is it Important?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover the importance of seeds in relationship to nature.  In this plant growth lesson plan, students create a collection of seeds and discover the best type of environment to plant them.  Students plant their own...
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How Does Climate Change Affect Animal Populations?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the effect of climate change on animal population in Nova Scotia. In this environmental science lesson, students complete a Nova Scotia map activity and research the causes of global warming in small groups. Students...
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How Does Power Affect Conflict?

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students use several short stories to analyze different types of power. While discussing the role of power in these short stories, students will practice communication skills essential to conflict transformation, specifically attentive...
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Where does our trash come from?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students interview the school custodian to get information about the trash found in the school community.  In this trash lesson, students work in groups to analyze the content of a waste basket, see where the trash goes and...
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Investigation - What Does 1,000 Look Like?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders determine what 1,000 items look like. In this math investigation instructional activity, 2nd graders collect 1,000 items and determine the best way to count them by tens and hundreds. They can use stickers on notecards to...
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Conservation at a Crossroads Lesson 1: What Is Conservation and Why Does It Matter?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of conservation. In this conservation lesson, students read articles and primary documents about the Conservation Movement in the United States and compare the movement to today's environmental movements....
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How Many Hats Does a Farmer Wear

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this farmer worksheet, learners make a spinning wheel to describe the jobs of a farmer. Students create 1 wheel with 8 different jobs for a farmer.
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Does Dye Die? Foreign Chemicals in Our Environment

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students conduct an experiment to observe photolysis in the lab. In this chemistry instructional activity, students explain the mechanism behind photolysis. They test the impact of a non-toxic marker to plant metabolism.
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Does Global Warming Increase the Intensity of Atmospheric Natural Disasters?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study global warming by communicating the problem, process and solutions.  In this global lesson plan students use graphs, research and write a critical stance on natural disasters.
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After the Garbage Can: Where Does Our Trash Go?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore how waste disposal has changed over time and what the current issues are.  In this disposal instructional activity students collect data and create graphs.
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How Does Evolution Work?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to how the process of evolution works. As a class, they review the characteristics of natural selection and how those with advantageous traits reproduce and survive. To test this theory of natural selection,...
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What Does Dna Look Like?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students build DNA strands and practice base pairing rules using an interactive website in this technology-based lesson for a high school science class. This lesson includes links to the interactive website, a worksheet, and a video...
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How Does Your Ecosystem Grow?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students consider that under certain conditions in nature tend to remain the same or move toward a balance. They observe populations and determine the functions (e.g., de-composers, producers, consumers) they serve in an ecosystem. They...
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"Juanita Does the Laundry"

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a short story that describes a woman doing her laundry in a laundromat. Students then answer 10 multiple choice questions.
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How Fast Does the Sun Spin?

For Students 8th - 10th
In this rotation of celestial bodies worksheet, students determine the speed of the sun's rotation and they determine the number of days it takes the sun to rotate once at the equator. They identify the geometric factor that causes...

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