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Cave Stories - Tales of Adventure

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students list three things about caves that interest them and list reasons why writers choose caves as settings for stories.
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Our Five Senses

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners use their five senses to describe what's in a mystery bag. For this senses lesson, students use a graphic organizer to collect words for a sensory poem.
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Spaceship Earth

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students develop an understanding of our planet as a system by designing a very-long-duration space mission in which the life-support system is patterned after that of earth.
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Cave Diagram

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners examine limestone cave geology and hydology. They study cave vocabulary.
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Extinction

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students develop a definition of extinction.  In this extinction lesson, students listen to What Happened to Dinosaurs? Students research and debate theories of what happened to dinosaurs.  Students present their arguments.
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Water and Ice

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

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the sounds of the heart, construct a stethoscope, and explore the workings of valves.