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How To Keep Gelatin From Melting

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate the concept of heating and prevention of temperature increase while they design a platform made to hold gelatin that is exposed to heat from melting. Students make observations and rate the effectiveness of their...
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What's The Matter

For Teachers K - 4th
Learners identify and describe the different stages of matter. In groups, the use lego pieces to represent the moving parts of matter. They use the internet to research the meanings of nano, micro and macro sizes. They also use the...
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What is Everything Made of?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners observe a demonstration on how we see space between water molecules.  In this experimental lesson students discover what elements make up the things around them and discuss what they learned. 
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Is that Tree Safe?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars examine the parts of the tree and examine the health of trees in the vicinity.  In this tree safety lesson students work in groups to complete a stated goal. 
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Selecting Trees for Urban Environments

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils consider the best place to plant a tree. In this environment instructional activity, students identify urban locations that are compatible with particular tree types. Pupils decide what trees would go where and why they would...
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Examine the Trees in Your Community Forest

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders examine selected tree species. In this tree lesson, 12th graders examine twenty selected tree species, identify them, and correctly map out the trees in the area.
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Identifying Pennsylvania Watersheds

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders study and identify the six major drainage systems in Pennsylvania.  In this watershed instructional activity students read an article, complete an activity and take a quiz on what they learned. 
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Look At Those Leaves

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students observe leaves. In this plant biology activity, students examine leaves and classify them according to size, shape, and color. Students learn more about the leaves by visiting suggested websites.
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Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine how water changes state, from a liquid to a solid.  For this water lesson students study the water cycle and how temperature and pressure effect it. 
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Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students observe what happens to water as it goes from a solid to a liquid.  In this exploratory lesson students gain an understanding for the water cycle while working in groups observing what happens to water as it changes state. 
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What and Why (Cause and Effect)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine cause and effect. In this cause and effect lesson, students discuss examples of cause and effect that their instructor shares with them. Students identify examples of cause and effect in their own lives and then complete...
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Inside the Egg, Hatching Chickens

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students conduct an egg candling activity to show the life inside a fertile egg. Students discuss the needs the egg has of the hen, as well as similarities and differences between plants and animals. Students complete a life cycle wheel...
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Wind

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students build an anemometer and measure wind speed. In this wind speed lesson, students build an anemometer using the student instruction sheet. Students visit the Alaska windspeed website and look up the wind speed forecast. Students...
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Multicultural Sun, Moon, and Star Activities

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students research the multicultural stories and artistic representations of the Sun, Moon, and stars. In this multicultural space lesson plan, students discuss the symbols and stories for the sun in various cultures. Students construct a...
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Friction Restriction: Creating a Design Plan to Redesign the Tread of Tennis Sneakers to Increase Friction

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars evaluate the friction of tennis sneakers and redesign them to increase friction. In this physics lesson, students calculate starting, sideways and forward stopping friction. Using quantitative data, they prove that...
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Planet Discovery and Identification

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Learners explore the internet world of Second Life and create a portfolio about the planets in our solar system. In this planets lesson plan, students provide many facts about 1 specific planet.
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Sequence Alignment

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore the uses of sequence alignment.  In this DNA instructional activity students complete several experiments on sequencing and algorithms. 
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A Limnology Study of Drainage Ditches

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students chemically test water, observe microscopic organisms in the classroom, and screen the sample for macroinvertebrates. They design a reporting sheet that list all the items to be tested and a space to record the results.
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Microbes & History: Microbial influence on the spread of Civilization

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore how to extract plant fibers from the flax plant Linum usitatissimum in the process of making linen fibers. Doing so spark interest in the importance of microbial action on the spread of human culture and civilization.
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Energy Problem Set

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners calculate the potential energy of a glider, the kinetic energy of a moving glider and the change in velocity when potential energy changes to kinetic energy.
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Eco-Graphics - Photographic Studies of Man's Impact on the Environment

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students, in groups, explored and photographed their own community disposal problems, focusing on the impact of waste disposal behaviors, laws, systems, and management.
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The Puzzle of the Ice Age Americans

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils describe alternative theories for how the first humans came to the Americas, and explain evidence that supports or contradicts these theories. They examine the role of skepticism in scientific inquiries.
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Checking the Weather

For Teachers K
Students check the weather on the web site, draw what they see on the calendar (sunny, cloudy, rainy, snowy) and look outside to see if they think the weather on the web site is correct.
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What's In The Forest?

For Teachers K
Students examine forest food chains and create a forest habitat in the classroom. They are introduced to the concept of interdependence in Nature. They define a simple forest food chain and develop inquiry process skills.

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