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Investigate Factors Affecting Nitrates in Groundwater

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in an experiment in which they investigate the factors affecting the levels of nitrates in groundwater. Using examples, they explain the nitrogen cycle and identify the sources of chemical nitrogen fertilizers. ...
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Chemical Reaction of Carbonate Rocks and Acids

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers complete an investigation into the chemical reaction that occurs between carbonate rocks and acids. Working in groups, students design and conduct their investigation. They create a data table detailing their results. ...
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Physical and Chemical Change

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students study the differences between physical and chemical changes.  In this physical and chemical instructional activity students complete several labs to help them to see the differences between these changes. 
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Spectrophotometric Determination of an Equilibrium Constant

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine the equilibrium constant for a chemical system and use graphing techniques and data analysis to evaluate experimental data.
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The Portable Niche

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders, in groups, research animals, plants, and conditions found in ecosystems.
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Bean Sort

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars define and discuss dichotomous keys. They create a dichotomous key to identify a bag of mixed beans, and assign their group of beans a genus and species name.
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Main Sequence Stars: A System in Equilibrium?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study the equilibrium of internal forces in a main sequence star.
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The Sun Safety Activity Guide

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students participate in a scavenger hunt to examine the importance of sun safety. They answer questions from index cards and if they answer correctly they move to a different station. They write a paragraph on how to protect themselves.
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Water Above the Ground

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students create a river drainage basin using a plastic tub, sand and a pitcher of water. They simulate the flow of water through the basin then add chocolate syrup to model what would happen if stormwater pollution entered the basin.
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Phragmites australis: Invasive Plant Species

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students research and investigate invasive species, with specific focus on the exotic plant Phargmites australis and its impact on Piermont Marsh near the community of Piermont, New York.
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Forces and Balloons

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers investigate the forces of compression, tension and torque on common birthday balloons.
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Our Solar System: Its Planets and Their Satellites

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create a replica of our solar system. Each group arranges the balls in the proper order for our solar system by gluing them to the construction paper. Under each of the balls, the name of the object should be clearly printed.
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Lotic Environment

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students assemble a classroom river model as an example of a lotic system. They control and measure biotic and abiotic information for the in-class system and compare data with a lotic system in a natural environment.
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Protecting Agriculture's Tools

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students brainstorm which tools farmers can control and why. They discuss how to conserve water, air and soil. They discuss the role of farmers and how they feed the world.
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Soil Slope

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers study how to measure the soil slope of an area.  In this soil instructional activity students work in groups and complete an activity that allows them to find the slope of a given area. 
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Dog Salmon Lesson Ten

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Studnets serve an afternoon tea in order to exhibit the Dog Salmon projects they completed. They take quizzes as a unit assessment.
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Something Rotten in West Bloomfield!

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Student groups seek a possible ecological problem in the West Bloomfield area then either photograph or videotape the problem. They investigate how to measure the extent of the problem and do it.
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Water Quality Sampling

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore the water qualities in Texas. They evaluate the water quality of six different samples by observing and smelling them. They present a list of the cups that contained good water quality based on their observations. They...
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Superbugs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research deep sea communities and discover strategies for combating antimicrobial resistance and write reports on it. They consider overprescription and prophylactic uses of antibiotics as causes for their ineffectiveness.
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Qualitative Vs. Quantitative

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the difference between qualitative and quantitative observations by doing a simple lab activity. This lesson can be used at any grade level. It involves the basic observation process skill.
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"Investigating Hazardous Materials"

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders gather Internet information on a variety of related topics concerning hazardous waste.
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Adaptable Animals

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Pupils examine the types of adaptations that animals use to survive. They research the animals and report their findings to the class.
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Identifying the Relationship Between Black Carbon and the Weather

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students identify the relationship between black carbon and the weather.  In this investigative lesson students compare samples of black carbon with a color-scale and analyze others samples. 
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In Line with Time

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create a timeline of inventions and inventors made out of light colored bulletin board paper.