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Critter Clues

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work together to examine water quality. They identify the indicators of water quality and complete an experiment. They discuss their results.
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The Gaia Hypothesis: An Approach to Problem Solving in the Environment

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students are introduced to the Gaia hypothesis by examining a conceptual sketch. In groups, they analyze the way they can use Dewey's method for problem solving to solve problems within the environment. They are given a problem facing...
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The Water Cycle and Sources of Pollution

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students make an island that has a construction site on it. They spill siulated pollution and trash on top of the island and then water it to simulate rain. They will observe how the rain washes dirt, sand, and pollution off the island...
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What Are We?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students list and describe three types of surface water pollutants. They observe the effects of various water pollutants on algae growth. Three causes of each surface water pollutant is listed.
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The Effects of Temperature Variations on the Heartbeat Rate of Daphnia

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Learners use DigiScope technology to investigate Daphinia, popularly known as water fleas. They design, conduct, and report on an experiment to determine the effects of varying water temperatures on the heartbeat rate of Daphnia.
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Animal Signs

For Teachers 1st - 9th
Young scholars discuss the many different types of animal signs that can be used to identify and track animals. They participate in an hands-on activity in which they examine tracks, trails, homes, territory markings, and even "scat"...
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Protist Internet Lab

For Students 6th - 10th
In this protozoan worksheet, students use the internet research 20 short answer questions about micro-organisms from Amoebas to Parameciums. They also read a poem and write there own based on the researched information.
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Organisms and Their Environments

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study a local ecosystem and research the organisms to create a food web. In this ecosystem lesson, students view a video and answer questions. They visit a local ecosystem and make a list of organisms to research. Students...
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NGA Kids Inside Scoop Spring 2007

For Teachers K - 8th
Young scholars become familiar with the work of Claude Monet and his garden paintings.  In this Monet lesson plan, students compare the garden works of Claude Monet.  Young scholars examine pictures for the colors in his...
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The Great Pollinators

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students discover the reproductive parts of a plant.  In this biology lesson, students identify and categorize several different plants they dissect in class.  Students record their information using a data chart.
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Animals Finding Rice Paddies

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the animals who live in rice paddies and create a chart.  In this rice instructional activity, 4th graders link the types of animals living in each ecosystem with a bar graph. Students use colored...
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Water Studies Word Problems

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this water worksheet, students read mini articles and solve math word problems having to do with water. Students complete 16 word problems.
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Learning About Watersheds

For Students 7th - 8th
In this learning about watersheds worksheet, students answer 15 questions using links to web resources about water use in their community.  This page includes numerous links to helpful websites.
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Lentic Ecosystem or Lotic Ecosystem

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners explore the differences between lentic and lotic ecosystems. In this ecology lesson plan students study the water systems in Pennsylvania.
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Falling into Science!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Use these autumn activities to introduce science process skills.
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Identifying Wetlands

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners describe three major categories of indicators that are used to delineate wetlands.  In this wetlands lesson students visit a wetland and make observations then complete an activity using the soil. 
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Planning a Story

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Have your class write stories. Learners discuss how to create a great beginning, develop a list of characters, and provide a resoulution of a story. There are some aspects of this presentation that could be altered to provide clearer and...
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Beaver Ecology

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Young scholars explore the lives of bgeahvers. They identify the physical and behavioral adaptations that help beavers survive in their environment. Students compare and contrast how beavers influence the ecology of both forest and...
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Observation: It's A Natural!

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners play the role of naturalist in their own community just as Thoreau was in his. They observe their communities looking for positive and negative aspects on the environment. They work together in groups to complete a model for...
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Diurnal Cycling Experiments

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students carry out an experiment to monitor diurnal fluctuations in dissolved oxygen, carbon dioxide, pH, and water temperature. They determine the CO2 and pH of the samples (and optionally, dissolved oxygen). Students complete their...
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Natural Resources

For Students 6th - 8th
In this environment worksheet, students are given information and write an environmental story. The information includes the making and reading of a map.
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Tracking Trace Elements

For Students 7th - 12th
In this trace elements worksheet, students use a chart showing trace element concentrations and a map to complete 4 short answer questions.
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Universal Love

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discuss the importance of various cultures getting along with one another. Individually, they think of a time in which they helped someone who was worse off then them and share it with the class. To end the lesson, they...
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Macroinvertebrate Sampling

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students identify macroinvertebrate species to investigate ecological systems and the relationship between humans and the environment.

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