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Summer Science Recipes: Experiments on the Grill and in the Kitchen

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Generate ideas about the most scientifically sound ways to prepare foods safely and efficiently during the summer season. Learners will use the GED Connection Science Workbook, so they can practice the skills needed to prepare for the...
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What's Inside

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students become more familiar with life science in the context of the scientific method which helps them to become familiar with the various kinds of life science diagrams they may see on a GED science test.
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"We're Back ... Eagles Soar!"

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students use information from Internet websites to create a map of where Bald Eagle habitats can be found after being familiarized with the map by the instructor.
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Mixing in the Kitchen

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners identify the different types of mixtures. They identify examples of solutions, suspensions, colloidal dispersions, and emulsions through a game and basic experiments.
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Recycling - A Job Everyone Can Do

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students research recycling effort that take place in the US. They play an online game and complete handouts using Internet research.
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Recycling

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the impact of recycling on the economy and environment. They develop a recycling plan for their own community in order to solve recycling problems.
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Scientific Method

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Here is a resource with a descriptive approach to explaining the scientific method. It's simple, but effective for both introduction and reinforcement of this concept. 
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Sleep Today - No, Maybe Tomorrow

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners read and interpret handout about sleeping habits and disorders, and plan and create classroom bulletin board that displays causes, disorders and effects of sleep deprivation.
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First You See It - Auroras!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read science article on auroras and create a class bingo game with the scientific terms.
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The Solar System

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research origin of solar system, discuss theories they have found, and create paper mache solar system models.
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Fact or Hoax? You Decide.

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners analyze the components of debating and practice what they have learned as they conduct a class debate on the lunar landing. Both sides of the issue are researched and presented to the group.
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The Dirt on the Workplace

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students examine health and safety issues in the workplace. They, in groups, discuss how health and safety issues effect their lives.
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What's Your Temperature?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners take a look at the local newspaper and focus on the weather section. They get into small groups, and each one looks at the same map, but of a different part of the country. They must prepare a presentation that shows how...
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Blood Pressure and Heart Disease

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the major causes of heat attacks as the topics of the human circulatory system, blood pressure, heart disease, arteries and veins are examined. Opinions on the topics are developed as researched material is presented to...
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Interpreting a Flowchart

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine insects place in a community. They discover the communities of insects.
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Taste and Smell

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners experiment with sense of smell, and how it relates to sense of taste.
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Periodic Poetry

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students review periodic table of elements, choose one element, and create piece of poetry about it using Cinquain, Haiku, or Acrostic format. Students then read aloud their poems to classmates.
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How to Protect Your Heart

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine risk factors associated with heart disease and develop their own personal plans for decreasing the risk of heart disease.
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Let the Pyramid Be Your Guide

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students chart foods on the food guide pyramid and design nutritional food plans that include all the food groups.
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Scientific Method: How Many Drops of Water Fit on a Coin?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young investigators conduct an experiment using the scientific method. They see how many drops of water fit on a coin; have them conduct several different trials. This involves making a hypothesis, looking at controls, and introducing...
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Golden Stars?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the possibility that all the gold on Earth came from another source. Discussions of how the materials arrived and its source forms the basis of data used to play a review game.
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Play Under the Sea

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the hazards of ecosystems and utilize their writing skills to create a studenT book. Threats to the ecosystem of the coral reef are discussed and used as a model for the research of the group.
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Will It Rain Today or Tomorrow?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine how to forecast weather. They examine the different types of weather and learn the correct vocabulary.
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The Circle of Learning

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Students review Newton's Third Law of Motion and participate in an experiment. After the experiment, they use their notes to write a scientific summary of what happened during the project. They present their project to the class and...

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