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Secrets of Making Money

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine the properties of different materials used to make paper money. They design their own bill and share it with the class. They also watch a video clip and read an article about making money and how it affects the economy.
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Choose Your Path

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify the plot and theme of cartoons. In groups, they discuss and compare the written and movie versions of popular fairy tales. Individually, they write their own fairy tale and share them with the class. They write their...
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The Human Skeletal System: Inside and Out

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars study bone size, structure and shape. They use various geometrical shapes to make a skeleton and produce a poster depicting the skeletal system and its functions. They arrange the pictures into the five sections, glue on...
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Electrolytic Titration

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students observe an electrolytic titration using a conductivity tester. In this titration lesson, students observe a solution of acid conducting electricity using the conductivity apparatus. They observe the acid solution being titrated...
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Let's Light up a Light Bulb

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate electricity.  In this electricity lesson, 3rd graders observe a familiar battery-operated toy and brainstorm reasons why and how the battery works.  Students work in pairs to explore batteries, bulbs,...
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Applied Science - Technology (3A) Post Lab

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discuss how energy is created. In this energy lesson, 3rd graders look at how a city receives energy and how it is made. They create their own generator using a pin wheel and pipe cleaners. 
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Sweet Twinkies, Density and Sugar Chomping Yeast: A Look at Physical and Chemical Reactions in the Kitchen

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners investigate matter. In this physical science lesson plan, students will learn about matter, physical states, and reactions. There are a series of four lab activities that will be conducted.
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Adolescent Obesity and Susceptibility to Disease

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students understand the importance of maintaining a healthy weight and good health.  In this health lesson students read text then create their own pamphlet on the cardiovascular system, weight gain, treatments and health risks. 
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Minerals of the Earth

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students learn and practice identifying Earth's minerals and their properties. Working in small groups, they evaluate minerals. This is a well-described lesson plan, which students enjoy.
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Under the Collar

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners first examine different types of white-collar crimes; they then research recent individual cases to present in a student-written and produced expos?? program on white-collar crime.
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Finding the Way

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify and research navigational tools used in deep sea explorations. They are introduced to a compass, the Global Positioning System and sonar technology and then describe their uses in underwater exploration.
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Down with Dairy and the Food Pyramid

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discuss food pyramid, name parts of pyramid, discuss dairy products and how they are beneficial to people, and participate in dairy taste testing.
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The Science of Sound and Musical Instruments

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students identify the components of sound. They describe the relationship between pitch and frequency and explain the terms sympathetic vibrations and resonance. They perform simple experiments about the world of sound and explain the...
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Water Pollution Lesson Plan: All Messed Up

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students map and calculate the area of the school parking lot and then the volume of water falling on the school parking lot. They map the route surface runoff will take to the nearest water body and describe the roles that human...
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Going Fishing

For Teachers K
Students constructaA fishing game that reinforces number recognition,and some basic addition.They use foam sheets to make fish cutouts of different colors and with a addition problem on the bigger one's and the answers on the smaller one.
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Energy Transformations

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate energy and energy transformations. They compare the various forms of energy, create the circuit and sketch the connections. In addition, they label the circuit to identify areas where energy transformation is present.
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Critic's Corner

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students role-play the role of book critics in their classroom. Individually, they write an evaluation on each book they reading along with a book review. In groups, they examine a variety of professional book reviews and share their...
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Work, Energy, and Power

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
In this energy worksheet, students determine how much work a person an object does, the potential energy of an object, the amount of power being exerted on an object. This worksheet has 16 word problems.
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Surface Tension of Water

For Teachers 1st
First graders observe the surface tension of water. In this water properties lesson, the teacher defines surface tension, then guides students through eight experiment that illustrate surface tension.
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Chemical Change and Physical Change

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders combine chemicals to create a chemical change. In this chemicals lesson plan, 6th graders will investigate characteristics of chemical change by combining chemicals. They will learn that color change is an indicator of...
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Building Polymer Cup Speakers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate sound waves and they build audio speakers. In this audio speakers and sound lesson, students explore how to make quality audio speakers. As a team they build their own speakers to have clarity in sound, quality in...
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Animal Sounds

For Teachers Pre-K
Students listen to books about animals. In this animal sound and characteristics lesson, students listen to books and a tape of animal and then identify which animal makes that sound. Students discuss and act out how the animal acts.
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Exploring Alaska's Seamounts - Volcanoes, Plates, and Chains

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine the formation of seamounts in the Gulf of Alaska. In this seamount instructional activity, student focus on how the Axial-Cobb-Eikelberg-Patton chain was formed. They learn the associated vocabulary, and watch a teacher...
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Following a Bearing

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students practice finding a bearing.  In this orienteering lesson plan, students review how to use a compass and set a bearing.  Students complete a worksheet where they practice finding a bearing and complete a group activity...

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