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The Many Faces of Energy

For Students 8th - 10th
For this energy worksheet, students are given a table of the many measurements of energy. They solve 6 problems converting from one measurement of energy to another using the conversion factors given.
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Proteins

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students conduct a variety of experiments to explore protein. For this biology lesson, students solve a mystery by testing for the presence of glucose, protein starch and triglycerides. They explain how DNA transcription and translation...
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Bermuda Reef Diorama

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students build a Bermuda coral reef to gain a better understanding of this ecosystem.
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Lesson 3: Nutrition, Labeling and Packaging

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore basic nutrition concepts to help them select healthy diet, evaluate food intake, discuss major food labeling issues, design labels for food products, examine history of food packaging development and how packaging...
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Wetland Food Webs

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study life science. In this food webs and food chains comparison lesson, students examine the wetlands to discover the relationships that exist between the animals that live there. They participate in group activities and...
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Studying Entomology

For Teachers 4th - 8th
You can use these ideas to discuss entomology in your classroom.
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National Chemistry Week

For Teachers 4th - 8th
National Chemistry Week lessons enliven classroom science investigations.
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Putting Your Money to Work

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students create a collect data on expenses. In this algebra lesson, students create a spreadsheet to solve scientific equations. They incorporate math, science and technology in this lesson.
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Microscopes: Is what you see, what you got?

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders identify the parts and functions of the microscope. For this biology lesson, 8th graders observe different samples under different types of microscopes. They compare and contrast the details they see.
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Types of Chemical Reactions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students understand the difference between four different types of chemical reactions: composition, synthesis, single replacement, and double replacement and identify the type of reaction and predict the products of these types of...
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Chemical Changes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare types of chemical change. In this chemical reaction lesson, students use a variety of household items to investigate different types of chemical change. Students will engage in a discussion about the dangers of chemicals...
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Microscopy Exercises

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students explore organisms and botany by utilizing microscopes. In this microscopic research lesson, students define many plant and organism related vocabulary terms such as conifers, moss and spores. Students view spores and other...
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Create a Community Tree Tour

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Students study tree identification. In this tree identification lesson, students design and assemble a tree tour booklet describing 5 trees found in their community. The booklet should feature common and Latin names of the species, a...
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Pyrotechnics for Pyromaniacs

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore how chemistry is associated with the annual celebration of America's independence. They learn what gunpowder is made of, the anatomy of a firework, how noise is made in fireworks and the safety issues.
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Science Careers Want Ads

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine the important items that need to be included in a want ad. They create a want ad for a career in science.
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Reading Comprehension Worksheet: Plants

For Students 5th - 6th
In this reading comprehension about plants worksheet, students study an informative text about the medicinal use of plants. Students answer 4 short answer questions.
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General Science Quiz

For Students 5th - 10th
In this science worksheet, students write short answers for questions on planets, oceans, elements, and more. Students complete 20 questions.
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Fun Polymer Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students add borax to a latex polymer and play with it to see the characteristics it now contains. In this polymer lesson plan, students see if it stretches, if it's durable, if the molecules break easily, and more.
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Ions in the Environment

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explain the importance of the five main biogeochemical cycles. In this chemistry lesson, students discuss how ions are transported in the environment. They design an experiment to collect data on eutrophication.
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Using Ion Exchange Chromatography to Separate Proteins

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Young scholars explore protein purification by separating a positively charged molecule, lysozyme, from a negatively charged molecule, albumin, at neutral pH using ion exchange chromatography.
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Finding and Measuring What You Can't See

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine how scientists measure pollutants in food and the environment. Students discover how scientists remove one material based on its physical properties. Students figure out how much of a pollutant is present after...
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Rocking the Boat

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students work together to discover the concepts of stability and equilibrium. They examine how equilibrium is related to an item's center of mass. They create their own action scene in a literacy activity.
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Pounds of Pollution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine pollutants and investigate air pollution emitted by a car in a year.  In this air pollution lesson plan students complete an activity and make calculations. 

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