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Pollen Tracks

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils participate in an artificial dig investigating imitiation rock samples that contain "pollen" from ancient plants. Students determine which plants the pollen samples came from.
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Isolation of Synthetic Chemicals from Plant Leaves

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars isolate and identify a dye, which represents a synthetic pesticide, from plants.
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The Brine Shrimp Project

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders design and conduct a laboratory investigation to determine how different factors may affect the hatching and development of brine shrimp eggs.
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Funny Putty

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students study that colloids are mixtures which display the properties of more than one of these states.
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Survey Savvy

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders design appropriate questions for a survey, survey classmates, create a pictograph to represent the results, and explain the survey results.
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Water Trash

For Teachers K - 4th
Students explain the ways plastic waste can affect the marine environment. They are able to describe things they can do to can down on plastic waste entering the marine environment.
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Why is the Sea Salty?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students conduct a hands-on activity to investigate salt concentrations in water and how salt remain after water evaporates. They can also do a Saltwater Painting to once again observe the evaporation. process.
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Kitchen Cleaners

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students, in groups, select two cleaning agents that they feel solves their cleaning problem.
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Kansas vs the U.S.

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners demonstrate an understanding of the physical and political geography of Kansas. They view maps and films to gain knowledge of Kansas. They calculate the percentage Kansas harvests for each crop out of the national total.
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Water Trash

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners examine how plastic waste affects the marine environment. They describe techniques that reduce plastic waste in this environment after examining plastic waste that accumulates in their own homes.
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Chado: The Way of Tea

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners participate in a tea ceremony in order to explore the multisensory experience that can be enjoyed as a bowl of tea and the various tea utensils are viewed, contemplated and experienced in this High School lesson.
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Using Natural Resources In Chinese And Japanese Art

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss the uses and availability of natural resources in China and Japan and how those resources effected visual art from each country. This lesson includes two possible enrichment activities.
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The Great Hunter Storytelling Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students listen to and use resources to translate an old Oneida story told in the Oneida language by an elder in the community. They then develop an illustrated slideshow of the story.
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Bats - Endangered Mammal

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students complete question sheet on Bats and research information using a list of websites provided by the teacher. They work with peers to complete a scavenger hunt worksheet about bats.
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Rice Wreaths

For Teachers K - 6th
Students create rice and glue holiday wreaths in this Art lesson plan ideal for the 1st or 2nd grade. The lesson plan can be adapted for older or younger students and includes an ingredient list and step-by-step directions for...
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Time For A Change: Illustrated Plates

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students create illustrated plastic plate designs depicting a physical, chemical, or biological change of some kind after investigating the artwork of porcelain artist Kataro Shirayamadani.
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Make a Comet Model and Eat It!

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students create models of comets. They develop a comet model in a team and exchange samples with other teams. They use their senses to demonstrate the filters on a spectrometer and record their data. They discuss the contents of their...
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Wetland Wonders

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students describe the characteristics of wetlands. They demonstrate their understanding of the importance of wetlands to humans and wildlife and determine they are defined by the presence of water, and specialized soils.
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Beans and Birds: A Natural Selection Simulation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students examine the problem concerning the evolution of seed color in pinto bean plants "How does natural selection change the frequency of genes or traits over many generations"? Students work in teams to design an experiment that...
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Surviving in Our Ecosystems

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify the characteristics of a frog and compare them to a human child. They draw and describe the best environment for a human to live in and the best environment for a frog to live in based on their physical...
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Gathering Pouch

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students cut out a large rectangle from brown paper with scissors. They fold the narrow end up, leaving room for a flap at the top and have the teacher staple the edges of the pouch together. They then decorate their pouch with markers...
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What does AG have to do with me?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice alphabetizing while categorizing sources of basic agricultural products. They discuss agricultrual products, discover where they are grown and draw a simple agricultural scene on poster board.
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PECKING OUT RATIOS

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The student will practice writing ratios as fractions, using poultry-related illustrations as visual representations of the problems.1. Review the definition of a ratio and how to write ratios as fractions. If possible, use groups of...
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BY THE POUND

For Teachers 4th - 5th
The student will estimate the weight and cost of produce and calculate the actual price.Discuss the difference between weight and volume. Have students discuss whether it is more economical to buy produce by the pound, by the piece or...