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Making Apple Trees

For Teachers K
Pupils use apples to practice counting numbers. They pick their favorite numbers and receive the same number in play dough balls. They create their own apple tree to end the lesson.
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Rainforests: What Are They?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate rain forests by reading a habitat checklist.  In this environment lesson plan, 2nd graders read the book The Great Kapok Tree, and discuss what characteristics make up a rain forest.  Students explore a habitat...
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The Characteristics of Living Things

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore the characteristics of living things. In this living things lesson plan, 8th graders review as a class the cell theory and the characteristics of living things. They answer questions about how to determine if...
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Desert Habitat

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine how desert plants and animals are adapted to life in the desert. They listen to the book, "Seasons of Saguaro," conduct experiments to demonstrate plant succulence, and create and draw an animal or plant that...
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Fossil Impressions of Ancient Life

For Teachers K - 6th
Students make a mold using Plaster of Paris and then make a cast using that same mold. They pick a fossil and describe how it looks. They write a fictionalized story about its life, or burial. (
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Testing for Catalase Activity

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
For this catalase worksheet, students read about how enzymes work in cells. Then students conduct an experiment to test for catalase activity in potatoes. This worksheet has 1 graph and 6 short answer questions.
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Forensics: Who Killed the Iceman?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners explore how archaeologist examine mummies. In this research based instructional activity, students work in groups to research two mummies and report their findings to the class through role-playing and using a model of the mummy.
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Measuring Length and Width

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders practice measuring length and width of objects in inches. In this measurement lesson, 2nd graders use a ruler to measure the length and width of a chair, desk, and book. Students view a video, "Math Investigations II," to...
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Botanical Illustration with Watercolor Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars examine anatomy of flowers as depicted in watercolor drawings, and create their own artwork.
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Vocabulary Collage

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss collages. They view examples that were made by famous artists. Students create a collage using vocabulary words from their reading and materials. They explain their collage to the class. Students cut out pictures...
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To Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study pictures of space vehicles and make their own space vehicle. In this space vehicle lesson plan, students study pictures of the vehicles and compare and contrast the pictures. Students classify the space crafts and then...
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Now You See It, Now You Don't

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine their eye's blind spot. In this biology lesson plan, students explain what causes this visual deficiency. They give real life applications of this concept.
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Outerspace: Frontier for Personal Health and Hygiene

For Teachers K - 5th
Students view photos of astronauts sleeping, eating, bathing, and using the toilet, and discuss hygiene problems in a zero-gravity environment. They contrast hygiene habits in space to those on Earth, and create storybooks illustrating...
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WATER GOES AROUND AND COMES AROUND

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students build a model of a water system from the source to users and read and interpret a water meter.
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Tempera Batik

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners utilize elements and principles of design and develop strong composition. They explore colors, contrast and simplification of forms. They sketch in pencil, then trace in chalk before applying their paint.
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We're Batty

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars watch a video about bats and compare and contrast them to birds. They identify the specific characteristics that identify bats as mammals and what makes them unique from other mammals.
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If a tree falls in the forest.......

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify by-products from forests used in their everyday lives. They describe several ways in which people depend on forests. Students list everyday products made from trees, then research and categorize less common products...
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Making Objects Move

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students will make many discoveries about how and why objects move. They will explore and manipulate the motion of objects and the forces required to control that motion (pushing, pulling, throwing, dropping, rolling, and so on). This...
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Hopper Hunt: IPM Decision-making in Alfalfa

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners describe migrations and life cycle pattersn of a key alfalfa pest, the Porato Leafhopper. They define the Economic Inquiry Level and Economic Threshold. Students evaluate data in relation to profit as it applies to IPM. They...
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Geometry: Practical Applications of the Distance Formula

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students, working independently and in groups, apply the distance formula to practical situations. After solving various problems, students in pairs design coordinate planes from the school blue print to measure the distance from the...
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Habits of Mind

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study tree leaves to complete the activity, In this tree leaf experiment instructional activity, students observe, measure, and sort tree leaves individually, in groups, and in relationship to the entire tree.
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Air Pressure

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students get a better understanding of air pressure and how it effects our daily lives.
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Secrets of the Ocean Realm - Survival in the Sea

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers determine the sequential links in a marine food chain and identify the roles that various organisms play in this chain. Students develop charts as visual aids for illustrating marine food chains.
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How to Survive the Common Cold

For Teachers 7th - 12th
The way people handle the aggravating, but potentially dangerous, common cold has produced many home remedies and approaches. In this activity, students will identify symptoms in the stages of a common cold and then create a booklet...

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