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The New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812: Shaking Our Misconceptions about Earthquakes in United States History

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students Examine how earthquakes work and what plate tectonics and fault lines are.  In this earthquake lesson students complete an earthquake scavenger hunt.
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Yummy and Yucky

For Students K
In this food choices worksheet, students will draw pictures of the yummiest and the yuckiest foods they have ever tasted. Students will draw these foods on pictures of plates.
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Convection and Wind

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students use water, beakers, hot plates, paper dots, and goggles to participate in a hands on activity where they see how a convection current creates wind. In this convection current lesson plan, students participate in a hands on...
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Mystery of the Crooked Cell

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Can your class solve the Mystery of the Crooked Cell? Junior geneticists collaborate to learn about sickle cell anemia in a fascinating lesson plan. The included materials help them to examine the genetic factors behind the disease...
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What's on Your Plate?

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students demonstrate the path of food in the body. In this biology activity, students conduct an experiment to determine how large the the digestive system is. They name the different organs involved in the digestive process.
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Printmaking - Multi-plate Relief Prints

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars create a print using multiple blocks, utilize elements and principles of design in creating a strong design, and demonstrate skill in carving the block and registration of colors. They show appreciation and awareness of...
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Plate Tectonic - Volcanoes Lab

For Teachers K
Students explore that volcanoes produce rocks.
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"From farm to plate"

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners identify sources of food and the bacteria associated with them. They comprehend how bacteria in the food chain can cause disease. Students comprehend the importance of proper food-hygiene practices throughout the many stages of...
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Earth Surface Socratic Questions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the ways Earth's surface is shaped by hydrologic, climate and tectonic forces by participating in a whole class discussion. They respond to prompts that lead them to conclusions about the relationships between landforms...
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Pangaea Puzzle

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students test evidence for the existence of Pangaea in the Earth's past. They create a current map of the Earth's continents and put them together like a puzzle. They compare this result to a a picture of the shape of Pangaea.
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Evolution and Geological Time

For Students 7th - 12th
In this evolution worksheet, students review the geological time scale and how evolution has taken place over time. This worksheet has 13 fill in the blank questions.
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Volcanic Violence

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Students complete activities to study volcanic activities. In this volcanic activities lesson, students read an article about violent volcanoes. Students complete discuss questions and volcano projects for the lesson. students also take...
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Shaving Cream Creativity

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students get the shaving cream and any objects to play with. In this art lesson, students can make faces and hair on the balloons or balls. Students can create a castle and can even decorate each other as long as they do not eat.
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What's on Your Plate?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners examine the food that they eat and choose snacks that are healthy and low in fat.  In this healthy food lesson students keep a  food log of what they ate, graph the results and experiment with food to see which foods...
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Mapping Seamounts in the Gulf of Alaska

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students describe major topographic features on the Patton Seamount, and interpret two-dimensional topographic data. They create three-dimensional models of landforms from two-dimensional topographic data.
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AdVENTurous Findings on the Deep Sea Floor

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students conduct investigations to observe formations of precipitates, then create models of developing hydrothermal vents. They compare the models with the actual hydrothermal vents developing along the Galapagos Rift.
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Paper Clip Walk

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the behavior of magnetism using magnets. They discuss magnetic force, and conduct an experiment, testing how many paper plates can be stacked together before the force of the magnetic field no longer affects a...
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Our Ever Changing Earth

For Teachers 1st
First graders discover plate tectonics. They observe the forces of erosion. They observe the forces of weathering. They state three ways the earth changes. They record observations and make conclusions about their observations.
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Sensitive Synonyms

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use a variety of hands-on activities to increase their understanding of synonyms. They exchange synonym plates with other groups and complete synonym puzzles by using the dictionary.
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Tag Board Collagraph - Relief Print - Non-Objective Shapes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers create their own collagraph relief plate and print. Using basic shapes, they develop a center of interest within their relief plate. They also create a non-objective design with shapes using the principles of design. ...
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Work with Congruent Parts

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners explore the concept of congruency. In this fractions lesson, students use paper plates to practice recognizing congruent parts as they make folds and cuts to represent equal parts.
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Trilobite Masks

For Teachers K - 4th
Students make trilobite masks out of paper plates.
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Structure of the Earth

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the forces that are constantly acting on the Earth. They describe the theory of tectonic plates and demonstrate the two kinds of earthquake waves. They also examine the role of volcanoes in the structure of the...
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Isolating Bacteria from a Mix Culture

For Students 9th - 11th
Students isolate three species of bacteria using the plate streak method, implement sterile microbiology techniques, and produce pure cultures of each microorganism at the end of this exercise. They write a descriptive paragraph for each...

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