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Your Environment, Your Health: Chemicals in Your Home
Many people know about chemical pollution, but are all chemicals bad? The third unit in a series of six addresses chemicals common in everyday life. Scholars learn about the chemicals found in their own homes, chemical safety, and...
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ToxMystery Lesson Plan 2 : Case Book: Catch That Hazard!!!
Students explore toxic hazards. In this personal health lesson, students discover appropriate uses for household chemicals as they identify potentially harmful products in their homes.
Smarter Than Smoking
Secrets They Keep Poster
A colorful, thought-provoking infographic identifies 12 harmful chemicals found in cigarette smoke. It provides a sober warning for smokers and those exposed to secondhand smoke.
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Hazardous Household Products Quiz
In this hazardous products quiz, students give short answers to fifteen questions related to hazardous material found in or around the home. Students are questioned about what to do in given situations.
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How Do Toxins Affect the Human Body?
Learners study toxins. In this biology lesson plan, students identify toxins contained within household products and determine specific affects that toxins may have on the human body.
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Household Toxic Chemicals
Young scholars take a home toxins survey and determine possible substitutions for household toxins.
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Household Acids and Bases
Ninth graders complete an experiment to determine the pH values of a variety of common household substances. They use red cabbage to find the indicator colors of the pH range. They complete a data table that includes a prediction and...
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Acute Toxicity: LD50 by the Numbers
High schoolers observe brine shrimp as they are affected by household cleaners, develop observation scale, collect and analyze data, and discuss how household products and pesticides negatively impact environment.
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Toxics Lesson Plan
Students discover that chemicals and toxics are all around us and we can make a choice whether or not to use them.
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Toxicology 2: Finding the Toxic Dose
Students brainstorm with group partners to decide upon a chemical they would like to test, and outline a procedure for their investigation. They then present in groups their ideas to the rest of the class as well as the chemical they...
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The Seeds Tell the Story
Students explore sources of pollution runoff and actions that can be taken to reduce runoff. In this pollution lesson students complete a worksheet and see why bio-essays may provide a more realistic picture of toxicity.
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Chemical Engineer
Students identify toxic household products. In this ecology lesson, students research on the health effects, rating and disposal of these products. They rank them based on the danger they pose.
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It All Runs Downhill
Examine how pollution makes its way into an ocean with help from a model watershed. Scholars use household items to recreate a mini-watershed, equipped with pollutants, that when mixed with rain drain into a model's body of water. After...
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The Digestive System: Where Does Food Go?
Would you believe that your digestive system stretches to five times your height?! Help your pupils to understand this relationship as they work through the laboratory exercise. The first instructional activity of a 12-part series is a...
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Household Hazardous Waste Reduction
Students discover the different types of hazardous waste. They examine ways to dispose of the hazardous materials safely and without harming the environment.
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Toxicology and Living Systems
Students investigate how toxic chemicals affect biological systems. They determine the toxic dose of a chemical that inhibits seed germination in a Brassica rapa. They investigate the effect of environmental tobacco smoke on human lung...
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What Killed the Seeds?
Can a coral cure cancer? Take seventh and eighth grade science sleuths to the underwater drugstore for an investigation into emerging pharmaceutical research. The fifth installment in a series of six has classmates research the wealth of...
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CONTAMINANT SCAVENGER HUNT
Students identify substances and activities within a household that contribute to water pollution and identify safe cleaning alternatives for commercial cleaning products.
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Safe Subs
Students investigate ways to reduce use of hazardous materials. In this safe substitutes lesson plan, students review hazardous wastes used in many homes and possible safe substitutes for these harmful chemicals. Students write and...
What happened to the frogs?
Students will select ten rubber frogs and determine their pollutant source based on their malformations. Students will write a brief essay on their findings. Students will be engaged in the lesson the entire time!
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LD50 of NaCl to Gammarus spp.
Students learn the meaning of LD50 through lecture and discussion. Through experiment, students graph and calculate the LD50 of salt on fresh water amphipods. Students compare results of the experiment with pesticides and pollutants.
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USA Today Lesson: "Meth" Moves East
Students explore methamphetamine use. In this health journalism lesson, students read the USA Today article titled "Meth Moves East", respond to discussion questions regarding the article, and complete an activity based on the content of...
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What is the Best Solution to Dye Easter Eggs?
Learners use red and blue litmus paper to determine the category of common substances. They then set up an experiment using vinegar, water, and ammonia (or milk of magnesia) to determine that acids make the best solution for dyeing...
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Earth Day Crossword Puzzle-- Difficult
In this science worksheet, students participate in an Earth Day activity by completing a crossword puzzle. Students read each clue. The answer which fits in the puzzle is provided in a scrambled word form. Students unscramble the words...