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Settling Rates of Different Size Particles

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover how and why the settling rate of particles differs with the size of the particles. Using different soil samples, they calculate the amount of time it takes for a sample to settle in water for up to forty minutes. They...
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Facts, Feats and Folklore: Spiders

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students review and discuss a variety of sayings, folklore and superstitions about spiders. They discuss this information and choose either an interesting fact or appealing foklore tradition to illustrate.
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Fish Diseases

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students discuss sicknesses they have had or come in contact with. They discuss treatments for the diseases on the list. Students discuss illnesses that fish might get along with the symptoms, behavior and treatment.
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What Goes On Down Under?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the sources for recharge and discharge of groundwater. They research the connection between surface water and groundwater. Students construct a model of an aquifer and explore recharge and discharge of the aquifer.
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An Introduction To Material Sciences

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of molecular structure. They describe the behavior of simulated molecules and identify any dislocations in crystalline structures. They also define various related vocabulary words and use them in...
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Tee Off!

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore about one of the many products created by gain-based process. They investigate the ways agriculture can protect and preserve the environment. Pupils use their scientific processing skills to conduct a full inquiry based...
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Properties of Liquids

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explain that liquids are made up of tiny particles and how these spaces allow other particiles to fit in between larger particles. They then plan and carry out simple scientific experiments.
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Bugsicles (A Frozen Insect Larva You can Find!)

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars explore how animals survive in the winder. After attending a gall-collecting field trip, students place them in a freezer. Once frozen, the young scholars open the gall flay larva and observe it as the larva revives. ...
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"Honey Dew from Bunny Too!"

For Teachers 6th - 12th
The students will design a lab to test the mechanism that triggers spore dispersal. They should have some clues after making observations of the life cycle. Part of the fun here is to let the students devise a method for testing this...
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Pollen Tube Growth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students demonstrate the proper usage of the compound and dissecting microscopes. They identify the parts of a flower and the functions of the flower parts. Students describe the process of gamete formation and fertilization in a flower.
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Living Corn Necklace

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore heredity and observable traits through experimentation. They view several different types of corn and record their observation of physical traits on a class chart. They create a corn necklace by sprouting dried...
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Activity #16 Dancing Spagehetti

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students experiment with floating the spaghetti, the gas functions like a life preserver. Pupils comprehend that a person is slightly more dense than water. They comprehend that a life preservers are made of low-density materials. The...
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A DAY WITHOUT AG

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students consider and discuss the meaning of the word "agriculture" and how agriculture affects their lives every day. Students identify the various ways that agriculture touches their personal lives. Students use worksheets to list all...
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POWERFUL POTATO

For Teachers K - 1st
Students will observe the growth process of a potato plant.Plant a potato in a large clay pot or gallon bucket. You may purchase seed potatoes from a seed outlet in early spring or use a potato from home that has started to sprout. Make...
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WEEDS ON THE WINDOWSILL

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Discuss the suffix "cide." Have students name words having this suffix (homicide, suicide, genocide). Ask students what all these words have in common. Then ask students to define the word "pesticide." (Pesticides control organisms that...
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Graphin' And Glyphin' Utah Weather

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the concepts of looking at sets of data. The focus of the study is upon the local weather of Utah. They study the weather found in the city and in the country and make comparisons based upon geographical location.
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Water Systems

For Students 9th - 12th
In this water systems worksheet, students refer to their textbook to complete questions about the amount of water on earth and the portion of water in various forms. Students review porosity, permeability, and water table. This worksheet...
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Sedimentary Rocks

For Students 9th - 12th
In this sedimentary rock worksheet, students define clastic and bioclastic. Students determine how dolostone is formed and the difference between breccia and conglomerate. This worksheet has 11 short answer questions.
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Ocean Shoreline

For Students 8th - 12th
In this shorelines worksheet, learners review some of the features of an ocean shoreline such as barrier islands, longshore current, and shoreline sediments. This worksheet has 5 matching and 4 short answer questions.
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Ears and Hearing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore vibrations and sound waves. In this lesson about hearing, students use experiments to determine how sound waves travel. Learners use a saucepan, rice, and a plastic cover for one experiment and a tube, plastic wrap, a...
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Quartz DBQ

For Students 7th - 12th
In this quartz worksheet, students read about the chemical composition of quartz and its commercial applications. Then students complete 7 short answer questions.
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Metamorphic Rock

For Students 7th - 12th
In this metamorphic rock worksheet, students review the types of metamorphism and compare foliated with non-foliated. This worksheet has 10 short answer questions.
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Rocks Review

For Students 7th - 12th
For this rocks worksheet, students review the characteristics of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks. This worksheet has 4 true or false, 16 fill in the blank, and 5 matching questions.
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Energy Works!

For Students 6th - 12th
In this energy learning exercise, students review the different types of energy and determine what form of work that energy provides. Then students give examples of how energy is related to work. This learning exercise has 1 graphic...

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