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The Busy Brain

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore biology by completing a human body worksheet. In this human brain lesson, students identify the different anatomy within the brain and the functions those pieces form. Students read an article about signals in the brain...
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Let the Sun Shine!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars investigate how the sun can be used for energy. They read a handout, discuss the pros and cons of passive solar building design, develop flashcard questions, and identify jobs that can be helped by solar energy.
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Secrets of the Psychics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view a video clip about psychics. They practice being psychics themselves. They identify any secrets they think psychics have.
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Heredity And Environment

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners complete a pre-test on the relationship between heredity and the environment. As a class, they write down descriptions of themselves and identify which traits can be changed and not changed. In groups, they determine which...
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A Plague on Both Your Houses: a Romantic Guide To Transgression

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What are the roles within your family, culture and society as well as the personal and societal consequences of transgressing them? To explore this question, class members look at long-held traditions, examples in literature...
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Who Is It?/Who Done It?

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars conduct an experiment that allows them to assess individual differences in random DNA sequences and apply those differences when solving a forensic problem. After discussing the polymerase chain reaction and its use to...
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Introduction to Atoms

For Students 9th - 12th
In this atoms activity, students answer four different sets of questions related to atoms (fill in the blank, multiple choice, word puzzle and true and false).
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Roller Coaster Physics

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students design a roller coaster that allows a marble to run the course as fast as possible. Students create an experimental roller coaster taking into account the steepness of the hills and the sharpness of the turns. Students use a...
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Controls and Variables

For Students 8th - 12th
In this scientific methods instructional activity, students identify the control group, independent variables, and dependent variables in 4 different experiment descriptions.
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CyberHunt: Digging for Dinosaurs

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars discover dinosaur facts using internet research. In this 2nd - 3rd grade lesson plan, students identify various dinosaur facts. Young scholars use internet research to answer questions regarding dinosaurs.
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Measuring Units and Tools practice 18.7

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this identifying units and tools to measure worksheet, students observe pictures of objects, circle the standard or metric unit needed and the correct tool to measure. Students answer eight questions.
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Living or Non-Living

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine living and non-living things. In this life science lesson, students are given a group of objects and discuss if they are living or non-living. Students identify and list characteristics of living things.
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Z-Scores related to Psychology

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this z-score learning exercise, students identify the z-scores and percentiles corresponding to thirteen values.  Students are also asked to find two probabilities.  Worked solutions are provided after each question.
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Oscillator Circuits

For Students 10th - 12th
In this oscillator circuits worksheet, students answer 49 questions about different types of oscillator circuits. They find the operating frequency of circuits, they identify the functions of specific sections of circuits and they write...
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Boolean Algebra

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this physics instructional activity, students complete circuit true tables and solve 67 questions on Boolean algebra. They identify different logic gate circuits.
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9-12: The Movie, "A Civil Action," as a Legal/Environmental Science Case Study

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze information to determine how they can help a community that has been affected by water contamination.  In this environmental science activity, students watch portions of the movie "A Civil Action" and discuss...
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The Fact of Global Warming

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students investigate the harmful impact of global warming by reading news articles.  In this environmental care lesson, students analyze an article about the Kyoto Protocol and its goal of saving our environment.  Students...
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Food Pyramid

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine healthy eating habits by identifying the food pyramid.  In this personal health activity, 3rd graders discuss their own eating habits and how there should be a variety of foods in all diets.  Students...
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Slopes, Slope-Intercept Form, Standard Form

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students identify the slope of an equation using various methods. In this algebra lesson, students graph linear equations and calculate the slopes using the x and y intercept to solve the equations and graph the lines. They use the slope...
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Dirty Decomposers

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore the ecosystem by conducting a ziploc bag experiment. In this recycling lesson, students identify decomposer organisms in our environment and how they speed up the recycling process. Students utilize a ziploc plastic bag,...
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Review of Chemical Solutions

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemistry review worksheet, students answer 50 multiple choice questions on solutions. They identify different types of solutions and ways to express concentration.
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Review of Reaction Kinetics

For Students 10th - 12th
In this chemistry review learning exercise, students answer 50 multiple choice questions on reaction kinetics. They identify the factors affecting the rates of reactions.
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Organic Chemistry:Review of Organic 4

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this organic chemistry review worksheet, students complete 50 multiple choice questions on naming and identifying organic compounds.
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Review of Linear Momentum

For Students 10th - 12th
In this linear momentum learning exercise, students calculate force, impulse and momentum to answer 50 multiple choice questions. They identify elastic and inelastic collision.