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Guess What?!

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students explore how scientists work. In this scientific method lesson, students use their senses to identify objects they cannot see. Students are asked to think like scientists and make observations, comparisons, and interferences, as...
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Playing With Polymers

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the world of polymers. In this chemistry activity, students make polymers and observe their properties. Follow-up questions and extension activities are included.
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Introducing Working Animals

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students identify ways humans and animals work together. In this animal welfare lesson, students read the text Hanni and Beth: Safe and Sound and define the term "working animals." Students investigate working animals by visiting various...
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Pick Up a Litter Bit-Earth Day

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the effects of litter on the environment. In this environmental lesson, students read the statistics on pollution and identify the effects it has on the Earth. Students develop a plan to clean up their local community.
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Altruism: Meeting Society's Needs

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students study society's needs and altruism within communities. In this altruism lesson, students identify and categorize the basic needs that human beings have and define altruism. Students complete research on altruistic...
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Supply Chain Management

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students identify the steps of production. In this supply chain lesson, students determine how businesses monitor production and trace the supply chain of products they own. Students also discuss ethical issues related to the supply chain.
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World Hunger

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students research the causes and effects of world hunger on children. In this world hunger lesson, students discuss causes and effects of hunger around the world and research a specific area affected by hunger. Students prepare a...
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Ocean Currents

For Teachers K - 11th
Learners discover the geography of Earth by analyzing water currents.  In this oceanography lesson plan, students create visual references on a map of the globe where and why major ocean currents are moving water.  Learners...
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Pond Safari

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students investigate organisms and animals by examining a nearby pond. In this ecosystem lesson, students participate in a field trip to a local pond where they utilize a net to gather animals, plants and pollution items, Students...
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Leadership and Proactive Problem solving: Discussion Scenarios For International Travel and Development Work

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars take an international trip to explore global issues and problems. In preparation for the trip, groups of students participate in a role play of situations they may face overseas. They discuss the outcome and problem...
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Cosmic Poetry: Words and Ideas Bring the Cosmos to Life

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study the cosmos and their thoughts and feelings about the universe.  In this cosmic poetry lesson students create a venue where they can "safely" ask questions and discuss ideas. 
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Haiti: Still in Crisis, but No Longer in the News

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars study the Haitian crisis and learn about the needs and ways to help the situation. In this Haitian crisis lesson, students study the Maslow's "Needs Pyramid". Young scholars study the media coverage of the earthquake and...
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Pets as Good Neighbors

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate proper training techniques for pets by creating a list.  In this domesticated animal lesson, students identify traits of a good neighbor and relate those traits to a pet.  Students create lists of the...
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Strawberry DNA Extraction

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the DNA of strawberries. In this science lesson, students extract the DNA of strawberries. Students complete a lab report.
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Sharks and Fishes

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Pupils explain the role of the school of fish as the prey and the shark as the predator, as they participate in the game Sharks and Fishes. They demonstrate quick physical movement, and trickery, by sucessfully staying away from the sharks.
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Feeding Paramecia

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students prepare a slide of Paramecium cultures and observe (through a microscope) the organism's thin transparent membrane and what happens as they "feed" them stained yeast cells. They sketch the path the ingested yeast takes as it...
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Laboratory - Density of a Material

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students conduct a lab (with water, guar gum and sodium borate) and carefully record physical and chemical properties and changes throughout the session, and experiment with weighing by difference.
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Make Sense of Nature

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students participate in this program that heightens their awareness and curiosity of nature as well as their sense of adventure and exploring new surroundings. They identify and choose an object from nature after exploring it with other...
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Ingredient Function and Purpose

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Pupils investigate the purpose of each ingredient in a quick bread.
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A Fish in Water

For Teachers 1st
First graders, with a goldfish as a class pet, practice the proper way to care for a pet and have responsibilities when it comes to taking care of the fish. As a class, the teacher reads the book "Fish Out of Water".
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Chemical Changes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore chemical changes. in this instructional activity about the properties of chemical changes, students do experiments, observe, and record results. Students complete four experiments in order to observe chemical changes. In...
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Bleach Chemical Reactions

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students learn what happens when bleach comes in contact with various cloth fibers, chemical colors, nature and synthetics.
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Charlotte and Her Relatives Visit the Classroom: Spider Activities, Experiments and Projects

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students compare and contrast different spider species that they capture and maintain in the classroom for several days. They identify and research the species characteristics and living requirements then conduct an experiment on spider...
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What Changes Occur When Water Freezes?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners investigate the changes that occur at the molecular level when a liquid becomes a solid. They freeze water in baby jars and observe the changes that occur in the process.

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