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Light Microscopes

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders study the parts of a light microscope, and its proper use. They identify each part and explain why it is important to know how to use this tool. They practice observing newsprint on a wet mount slide.
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Cell Reviews

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students draw cells, make a cell, and list organelles in plant and animal cells. In this cells lesson plan, students create edible cells.
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In Search of Reused and Recycled

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students identify recycled and recyclable products by reading their packaging They understand the impact of solid waste on landfills and relate the idea of conserving natural resources to the importance of recycling and buying recycled...
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Observation Challenge

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, in groups, use observation skills at 12 stations and describe what they see.
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Let's Write Invitations for our Class Celebration

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars examine the parts of a letter and a written invitation. They write letters inviting family members to a classroom celebration.
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Doing Dewey

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars discuss the Dewey Decimal Classification System and how it works. They organize ten books according to the Dewey Decimal Classification System.
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The Miracle Fish: Learning to Design an Experiment

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars develop procedures to explore the behavior of fish.  In this scientific experiment lesson students from a hypothesis, write a question, identify different variables and controls in their experiment. 
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Protective Services/ "Dump Busters"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners tell,write and show the importance of following correct procedures to promote safety of self, others, property, and shared resources. They determine a crime suspect through systematic inquiry and objective information gathering.
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Ancient Egypt Artifacts: Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery Learning and Outreach

For Students 5th - 6th
In this Egyptian artifacts worksheet, students study photographs and information from the Birmingham Museum. There are 23 pages, each with a color photograph of an actual artifact and background information. There are no questions.
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Write an Equation

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this math challenge worksheet, students read 5 story problems and use their problem solving skills to write equations in order to solve each of them.
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Making a Body System Booklet

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create a body booklet by having their partner trace the outline of their body onto butcher-block paper.
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HOW IS PH DETERMINED?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils estimate the pH based on the use of an unknown substance, determine whether an unknown substance is acid, base or neutral, and evaluate, by the pH determination, which of the unknowns is the strongest acid or base.
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Conquistador

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders, after a warm up involving a professional basketball player playing a game against fifteen fifth graders, describe what a conquistador is and how they were able to take over the ancient Indian empires found in the...
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Integrating Mathematics Into Literature

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Pupils discuss tables, multiples, fractions, ratios, and probability while participating in daily activities in this cross-curricular Math lesson using examples from Literature. State standards in Mathematics are addressed over the...
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Adding More

For Students Pre-K - K
In this addition activity, students solve six problems in which objects in a set are counted and additional objects are added to these, according to directions. Students write how many in all.
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Brain Brands

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the advent of neuromarketing as a means to assess the effects of certain brands on the brain activity of prospective buyers. They design their own experiments that test the power of certain brands on a sample population.
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La Ropa (The Clothing)

For Teachers 1st
First graders learn "clothing" vocabulary in Spanish.
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Where Do We Get Clean Water?

For Teachers K - 4th
Students investigate the concept of a filter. They use simple supplies in order to construct one after watching a demonstration performed by the teacher. An important warning that the project water is not clean for drinking is included....
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Insect Curation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore how to curate insects that they collected in previous lessons. They are told that specimen curation is a way to preserve field collected specimens to catalogue what species exist in a certain area or to have reference...
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Remembering the Respiratory System

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders analyze the components of the respiratory system. In this respiratory system lesson, 6th graders participate in hands on experiments and activities to identify the functions of the major organs of the respiratory system.
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Sea Ice

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners observe the freezing times and temperatures of water with varying levels of salinity. They determine how icebergs form, how they act, and what they may be made of. They discover that salinity level affects the time it takes...
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Introduction to Biomolecules

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are introduced to biomolecules and their roles in livin systems. They are introduced to the "Elements of Life." Students write down and define the "Elements of Life." They are asked why they think those elements are essential...
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Safe Subs

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate ways to reduce use of hazardous materials. For this safe substitutes lesson, students review hazardous wastes used in many homes and possible safe substitutes for these harmful chemicals. Students write and...
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Coordinate Graphs, Translations and Reflections

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students perform translations and reflections. In this algebra lesson, students use the TI calculator to graph functions. They move the functions around on the coordinate plane using translation and reflection.