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Entering the Twilight Zone
Students describe major features of cold seep communities and list organisms that are found in these communities. In this water habitat activity students examine trophic levels, describe the process of chemosynthesis and list the...
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Princess Peapod's Vegetable Group
Second graders participate in activities that focus on the vegetable food group.
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Who Has the Light?
Students study ways in which the ability to produce light may be useful to deep-sea organisms. In groups, they research and present to the rest of the class, how a specific organism is able to produce bioluminescence.
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Total English Upper Intermediate: Just in Case!
For this making preparations worksheets, students sharpen their writing skills as they take notes pertaining to vacation destinations and write 8 complete sentences following the provided instructions.
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One Tough Worm
Young scholars explain the process of chemosynthesis and its relevance to biological communities. In this investigative lesson students discuss chemosynthetic communities, then in groups they are assigned a species and are to calculate...
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Treasures in Jeopardy
Students compare and contrast deep sea coral reefs to shallow water reefs. In this coral reef lesson plan students develop a poster that could be used to educate the public about the importance of coral reefs.
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Lose and Miss exercise
In this English grammar worksheet, students differentiate between the usage of the words "lose" and "miss." Students complete 15 fill in the blank and 4 short answer questions using the correct word where appropriate.
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Sedimentary Size and Structures
Students interpret the Earth's history from models. In this investigative lesson students create sedimentary deposit models.
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Twisted Vision
Learners investigate the vision adaptations in marine animals in their environments. In this life science instructional activity, students use polarized filters and make observations. Learners explain how the adaptation of polarized...
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Breaking News! Hopi-Spanish Relations
Middle schoolers explore early contact between the Hopi and Spaniards. In this social studies lesson, students research the establishment of Spanish missions on Hopi lands and the influences of the Spanish on Hopi culture. Middle...
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Queen Anna Banana's Fruit Group
Second graders participate in activities focusing on the fruit group and rhyming words.
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Design a Reef!
Students design a functional model of a coral reef ecosystem. In this coral reef activity, students identify the energy sources and material cycles of a coral reef. They write an essay about their niche in their own ecosystem.
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Sonar Simulation
Pupils explore how a side-scan sonar can help locate underwater objects. For this hands- on lesson students compare side-scan sonar and other methods used to search for underwater objects by creating their own "simulation" of a...
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Commonly Confused Words Exercise at Auto-English
In this commonly confused words worksheet, students choose one of the words in brackets to complete each sentence.
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Dividing Two-Digit Numbers
In this division with remainders activity, students solve 8 problems in which a two digit number is divided by a single digit divisor. There are detailed instructions on the page.
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Life is Weird
Learners describe features of cold seep communities and list organisms that can be found in these communities. In this exploratory lesson students complete an activity and describe the process of chemosynthesis.
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'Native Americans in Arkansas" Game
Eighth graders, after an initial study of Native Americans in Arkansas, 8th graders play a game using three different colored cards with the terms "CADDO", "QUAPAW", and " OSAGE", on them
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Using Progressive (-ing) Verb Forms
In this verb usage activity, students change 10 verbs to their progressive forms using -ing endings. They fill in the blanks in 10 sentences using the newly formed verbs.
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Let's Go to the Video Tape!
Learners examine biological diversity and see how it relates to the concepts of variety and relative abundance. In this investigative lesson students view a video on biodiversity and complete an activity.
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Let's Hit the Slopes!
Students study benthic communities in the Gulf of Mexico and explain their roles. In this investigative lesson students participate in a group activity and study how to calculate and index of biological communities.
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What's So Special?
Students study the biology and morphology of Lophelia corals. In this investigative lesson students explain how the coral contributes to communities, and create a poster.
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Shipwreck Mystery
Students study web pages on a shipwreck then locate where this took place on a map. In this marine archaeologist instructional activity students examine what clues archaeologists use to find the location of a shipwreck and what they...
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Integration of Photography with Other Learning Experiences
Students studied photography in order to establish individual vision, creative thinking and writing skills while communicating ideas and emotions. They exhibit their work.
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Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica Today
Students explore the importance of research in Antarctica, then explain how snow becomes part of the Antarctic ice cap. They explore Antarctica's harsh environment and discover how scientists drill ice cores and what information ice...