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Reaching Your Potential - Personal Development

For Teachers 6th - 8th
How do young people know the potential they possess? Middle schoolers explore their personal potential through two different activities and a class discussion. They examine where their aptitudes lie, and how they can use their gifts to...
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Problem Solving in Genetic Disorders

For Teachers 10th - 12th
A class of older and academically mature students are divided into pairs, usually one male and one female and are told that they are expecting a child. Unfortunately, their child may or may not have inherited some form of genetic...
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Worksheet
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Basic Subtraction Fact Worksheets to 20

For Students 1st - 2nd
Print this worksheet and have your helper pass it out. The class can use it to practice subtracting single and double-digit numbers up to 20. Some borrowing is required.
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Smithsonian Institution

Watching Crystals Grow

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Amazing science can sometimes happen right before your eyes! The class gets cozy as they watch crystals grow. They use Epsom salts, rocks, and food coloring to create crystals. They'll observe the entire process, documenting every step...
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Getting a Job! Getting a Job: The Resume Interview

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders discover resume strategies. In this career goals lesson, 11th graders review sample resumes, discuss their attributes, and write their own resumes that effectively introduce them to prospective employers.
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Problem-Solving for Employment Barriers

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners examine different employment opportunities and possible barriers that may occur.  For this career skills lesson students discuss different barriers and work in groups to overcome these. 
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Parenting Skills

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students introduce themselves and discuss situational problems in their family.  In this family structure lesson students complete an activity on parenting and discuss different topics.
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Gender Roles

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discuss gender roles and through case study, examine how gender roles can be learned and how they can be limiting. They research to find the names of both men and women who have become successful in various careers.
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American Physiological Society

Did I Observe it or Infer it?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Take the mystery out of inquiry! When young scientists learn to use their keen powers of observation to make smart inferences about a situation, they are well on their way to understanding what the scientific method is all about. Using...
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American Physiological Society

How Does the Density of a Liquid Affect the Buoyancy of an Object?

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
Here's a lesson plan that will really float your boat! Introduce physical science scholars to the relationship between buoyancy and density through an assortment of individual and collaborative exercises. Lab groups work together to...
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American Physiological Society

Feeling the Heat

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How do the changing seasons affect the homes where we live? This question is at the forefront of engineering and design projects. Challenge your physical science class to step into the role of an architect to build a model home capable...
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Preserving the Harvest: Dry it Out!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore how people preserved their food in the past. In food preservation instructional activity, students create different models that enable someone to dry out food, such as a food dehydrator. Students also learn how to...
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Protecting Philippine Reefs

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Students watch a slide show about the Philippine Reefs to explore the topic of fish populations. In this reef and fish population lesson, students watch a slide show about fish populations and how the Peace Corps works with Filipinos to...
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Elder Abuse

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students identify types of abusive behaviors that occur in abusive relationships. They comprehend what abusive relationships are. They define elder abuse and neglect.
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Personal Code of Ethics

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders develop a personal code of ethics and relate their personal code of ethics to school situations. They discuss steps they will take to resolve ethical issue at school and develop a personal plan to advocate for an ethical...
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UV Beads

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students recognize preventitive measures that can be taken to reduce the risks associated with exposure to solar radiation. They explain why solar radiation can be harmful. They utilize beads that turn color when exposed to UV rays. Good...
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Worksheet
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4-h Veterinary Science Activity Page

For Students 8th - 10th
The 4-H teaches students about agriculture, health, and animal care - the last of which is the focus of this activity. From dogs and cats to pigs and hedgehogs, this worksheet provides helpful tips for caring for animals, as well as...
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A Measure of Success

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Young scholars explore mathematics by cooking recipes in class. In this ingredient measuring activity, students view several recipes in class they wish to cook and practice translating the recipe into a large enough creation that can...
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The True Cost of Coffee

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the economic, health, and environmental risks of a one-crop economy in the developing world. They explain how or why it can be challenging for people of one culture to understand the lifestyle of a different society.
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Lakes and Ponds

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students describe and recognize the difference between a lake and a pond. They name six ways in which a lake or pond can be formed. They describe the importance and act of evaporation on a waterway.
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Agriculture Pays

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders role play one of the jobs related to agriculture and explain their role in getting one of the five "f's" of agriculture to the consumer.  In this agriculture lesson plan, 2nd graders are assigned a role and a commodity. ...
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Treating Substance Abuse Problems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct an open discussion on the legal, social, and health consequences associated with substance abuse. Working in pairs, students discuss the effects of substance abuse and brainstorm possible solutions. Independently,...
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A Volunteer, Please

For Teachers K - 8th
Learners analyze the need for volunteers and how volunteering can help them prepare for the world of work. They research a career oriented website that has specifications of volunteer work. They determine the personal characteristics...
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Incentives, Profit and the Entrepreneur

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students discuss hypothetical problems associated with price and profit. They discuss the fairness of profit, how it should be measured, and the consequences of setting acceptable levels of profit.