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What Does It Eat?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils use crickets, mealworms, and pill bugs and observe what they choose to eat. In this science lesson plan, students record data, create graphs, and do a write up on what they see happening.
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King Cotton

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate the farming process for cotton and its impact on the United States history. In this cotton farming lesson, 6th graders read background information on the cotton farming process and discuss the role of slavery in...
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Plant Seedling

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students label seed parts and plant seeds. In this seeds lesson plan, students observe and learn about how seeds play a huge role in all plants and food.
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Charting Mold Growth

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students chart mold growth based on food supply. In this mold growth lesson plan, students chart micro-organism growth and the decline of the growth as food runs out.
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Capturing Light: The Science of Photography

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Young scholars create their own cameras to understand how artists use light to capture an image in a photograph. In this light lesson plan, students use tape, wax paper, rubber bands, and more to create their cameras.
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Materials: Hidden Costs, Mapping the Source and Cost of Raw Materials.

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students map connections among raw materials. In this environmental stewardship lesson, students design strategies to minimize the use of raw materials and discuss how to use more sustainable materials.
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A Tree is an Ecosystem

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students make observations about trees. In this ecosystem instructional activity, students observe and record all living and non living things they find under a tree, look for birds nests, evidence of woodpeckers and take samples such as...
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What Critters Tell Us About Water Quality: A Macroinvertebrate Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students explore our ecosystem by investigating the quality of our water. In this aquatic insect lesson, students examine a group of random insects collected from different streams and ponds in the area. Students record their...
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Hidden Summer Vocabulary Builder

For Students 4th - 5th
In this hidden summer vocabulary builder worksheet, learners fill in the missing letters in 70 words using definitions and descriptions, then write 8 short answers about summer.
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World Oil Packet

For Students 6th - 9th
In this oil consumption instructional activity, students analyze the data about oil consumption and production in 3 graphs. Students then respond to 12 questions about the data.
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Future Body

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explain the benefits of cyborg augmentation. In this technology lesson, students research how the nervous system works. They create posters and present them to class.
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Introduction to Biology

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine a microscope and learn its functions.  In this microscope lesson students prepare a wet mount slide and complete calculations. 
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Assuming Responsibility

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore the concept of responsibility. In this character education lesson plan, 6th graders discuss the various types of responsibilities they have. Students create their own definition of responsibility based on the list...
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Institutional Study: Jim Crow Laws

For Students 11th - 12th
In this sociology topics worksheet, students read and complete the narrative for the assignment that requires them to compose papers about Jim Crow laws.
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Dry Forest: Flowers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore botany by examining diagrams. In this plant reproduction instructional activity, students define a list of plant vocabulary terms and identify plant anatomy from a diagram. Students complete several plant activity...
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Applied Science-Science and Math Lab

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore magnification. In this scientific observation skills lesson, students observe sea life items and draw pictures of what they observe. Students predict which lens will have the strongest magnification when given three...
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Science of Money

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars observe oxidation reaction in the lab using copper pennies. In this chemistry lesson, students examine a $1 dollar bill and record their observations. They explain how to identify counterfeit money using the iodine test.
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Life in a Log

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students identify insects living in rotting logs. In this decomposition lesson, students observe pieces of a rotting log, they look at the insects that have inhabited the log and create a chart that shows their findings.
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What Parts Are There to a Plant?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore botany by completing plant science worksheets. In this plant anatomy instructional activity, students examine real vegetables in class using magnifying glasses. Students identify the plants anatomy and complete...
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Microscopes and Telescopes

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars analyze a microscope and study what they do.  In this investigative lesson students study how microscopes were first invented, and how ray diagrams are used in conjunction. 
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Pinhole Viewer

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Pupils make a pinhole viewer to demonstrate how it inverts light passing through it which produces inverted images.
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Microscopes Online

For Students 7th - 10th
In this microscopes worksheet, students access a website to complete questions about the early compound microscopes and the scientist involved in the development. This worksheet has 1 graphic organizer, 7 fill in the blank, and 10 short...
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Tree Rings As Records of the Past

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students discover how trees preserve a record of times in the past.
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This Rock is Your Rock, This Rock is My Rock

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students develop good observational skills. They examine how rocks are made up of one or more minerals.

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