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Light and Water
Third graders experiment with coins and water to explore light rays. In this light and water lesson plan, 3rd graders work in pairs to observe what happens with a coin in water or how it appears based on the density of the water....
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Circulatory Circles
Students investigate the circulatory system. For this circulatory system lesson, students complete a WebQuest and explore all the areas of the heart. Students determine the functions of different parts of the circulatory system and...
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Academic Raceway Ecosystems and Biomes
This ecology PowerPoint allows students to review the characteristics of each biome. There are real photographs to go along with each description of the specific biome. There is a vocabulary slide which also introduces key terms.
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DNA Technology
Young scholars prepare PowerPoint presentation on DNA and cells. In this biology lesson, students create a storyboard of their presentation. They share the finished project in class.
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Species Interactions in the Yucatan Peninsula
Sixth graders explore how organisms interact with one another other in their environment. In this organism lesson, 6th graders understand abiotic factors and or biotic components of their environment. Students decide if the interactions...
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Radioactivity Quiz
In this radioactivity quiz worksheet, middle schoolers complete a 10 question true/false quiz. Quiz is also available as a student handout and Powerpoint presentation.
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Make Your Point with Power
Seventh graders create a PowerPoint presentation. For this technology lesson, 7th graders use information they're learned in previous lessons to create a PowerPoint presentation.
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Water Cycle: Social Studies Online
If you need a presentation that describes the 3 elements of the water cycle then this PowerPoint could be a good starting point. This resource is basic in its presentation and formating, and only defines the words evaporation,...
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Fiber Optics
This is a printout of the slides for a presentation on fiber optics. In bullet-style notes, it covers how optic fibers work, their structure, different types, and their use. You may use these as a lecture guide, or if you want to take...
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Bhopal - Covalent Bonding
Using the chemicals that leaked in the Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984, chemists examine covalent bonds. Provide for them the chemical reactions and have them draw Lewis diagrams for the molecules involved. That's about all there is to the...
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Is This Really Okay for Me? A Public Health Statistical Analysis
Future public health consultants are asked in a letter to help determine if a fictitious drug is causing birth defects in a population. They perform a simulation using beans and probability calculations to come to a conclusion. Note that...
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Save the Grove!
Love this idea for a lesson! Learners try to save a grove of trees from development. While the resource provides detailed instructions to aid learners' understanding of trees and their importance. It does not include a plan for using...
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How to Change the World
Biology or health classmates read a case study about a family who is dealing with fetal alcohol syndrome. The PowerPoint that is supposed to be shown is not included, but there are a plethora of web resources that can be used to help you...
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Ocean Floor
Learners identify ocean floor features. In this earth science lesson, students predict the object inside a close box to make them realize the difficulties scientists faced then. They label the different zones of the ocean floor after the...
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Hydrology: Flood Mitigation
Twelfth graders discuss the factors that affect flooding. In this environmental science lesson, 12th graders analyze rainfall data about flooding. They complete a scavenger hunt worksheet using the internet.
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Discover the Planets
Third graders research the planets. In this science lesson, 3rd graders create PowerPoint presentations over a planet. Students present their findings.
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Research and Report
Students research topics from their social studies or science curriculum. Working in groups, they use the writing process to communicate what they discovered from Internet resources. Research is then presented using PowerPoint,...
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Ancient History: The Importance of Logistics in Greek & Roman Armies
Before one can understand the military tactics practiced throughout history, he needs to become familiarized with tactics practiced in the ancient past. Learners take a critical look at the military logistics used by Alexander the Great...
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"States of Matter"
Students investigate the different states of matter by experimenting in class. In this matter lesson, students participate in a lab activity moving from one station to the next creating different formations of matter....
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Compare Topography of Earth and Mars with a Worldwide Telescope
Young scholars compare geography to topography. In this topography lesson, students examine the topography of the surfaces of the Earth. Young scholars compare one feature of Earth to one feature of Mars and present in a PowerPoint.
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Wildlife Track Identification
Even though the PowerPoint slides for this instructional activity are not included, you may find it useful for the wildlife track preservation instructions provided. After demonstrating the steps for making track casts, take your class...
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Peanut Inventions From A-Z
Learners create a PowerPoint presentation on peanut products. For this peanut lesson, students discuss the parts of a peanut and read the book The Life and Times of the Peanut by Charles Micucci. They create an ABC book on products...
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Bioregions of California
Students map out the bioregions of California by examining the species and environment in different areas of the state. They use information and pictures from a PowerPoint presentation to complete a map handout and play a trivia game.
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Industry and the Environment
Students study industrial processes and greenhouse emissions. In this research lesson students choose a manufactured product, research the life cycle of the product, and present it in a PowerPoint presentation.