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Mold

For Teachers K - 12th
Students explore mold, the different types and the health risks that they pose.  In this mycelium lesson students grow different molds and see which type of foods mold the fastest. 
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Our Food and Microorganisms

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students answer questions about how microorganisms can affect our food supply and how they can be controlled. The first set of inquiry activities are directed by the teacher. Subsequent activities are based on students generating their...
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Asexual Reproduction

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this asexual reproduction worksheet, students compare and contrast different types of asexual reproduction processes by examining prepared slides and completing 20 short answer questions, 4 drawings, and 9 fill in the blank questions.
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Down the Drain

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the following concepts: If water supplies contain materials which rot or decompose, oxygen is used. Decay and decomposition require vast supplies of oxygen. The use of oxygen for decay of wastes may be a life or death...
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From Seed to Bread

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners examine how some of their food comes from plants by baking bread. They listen to teacher read alouds that set the stage for the activity.
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Fungi

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study fungi and its parts.  In this exploring fungi instructional activity students fill out a worksheet that includes a diagram of fungi and questions. 
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Odyssey of Life, Part II-The Unknown World

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students complete an experiment in which they observe different natural sample in which they uncover the microbial world. They complete a two part worksheet that accompanies the lesson.
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H2O2 Decomposition Lab I

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students conduct an experiment to determine how much hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is actually in a store-bought solution of H2O2.
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Thanksgiving Lesson Plans

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Thanksgiving lesson plans can lead to a discussion of nutrition, chemical compositions, and healthy habits.
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Little Red Hen

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners explore the story of the Little Red Hen. They listen to and discuss the story, create puppets and retell the story, and make bread using a bread in a bag recipe.
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DNA Extraction From a Variety of Tissue Samples

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, working in cooperative groups, extract very impure samples of DNA from a number of tissue samples. They determine how the samples can be preserved and how they are similar.
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Does the Chicken have Anthrax (Explain I)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explain how each of the components of innate immunity function in the protection of the body. Following an investigation, they articulate how innate immunity functions.
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What If the Reef Dies?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners complete four activities to investigate how reef ecology can change. They perform experiments to show how sewage discharge can affect a marine ecosystem, look at substances that don't dissolve in water, examine wave action...
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Making Bread

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use a bread maker to make bread. In this baking instructional activity, students find the ingredients and instructions on how to make their own bread. 
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Wheat: Ancient and Ageless

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students label the parts of a wheat plant on a worksheet. In this Egyptian farming instructional activity, students thresh a wheat stem and estimate the amount harvested. Students research Ancient Egypt online.
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Chewy Pretzel Letters

For Teachers K
Students, with help of teacher, create pretzels shaped like letters. They then bake the pretzels and create words with the pretzel letters.
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Environmental Differences

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars observe and conduct an experiment to see whether differences in salinity (the environment) have an affect on the hatching rate and survival of brine shrimp.
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The Chemistry of Fire and Other Oxidation Reactions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore the process of combustion.
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Antibiotic Resistance in E. coli

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the antibiotic resistance of bacteria. They design an experiment to test the resistance of different strands of E. coli. They answer discussion questions to end the lesson plan.
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Is It Living?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the definition of life and alive in the context of a unit that is involved with building their own planet. They participate in a class discussion about defining life, and in small groups analyze artifacts to...
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Population Dynamics of Growth of Drosophila

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars experiment with Drosophila to determine if density of female flies, food sources, temperature and light affect the population dynamics of growth. Students graph their data and compare their results to the number of human...
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Protoplast Production (Plant Cells Without Walls)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the spherical protoplasts of plants. Students observe that plant cells have a plasma membrane in addition to the cell wall. Students plasma membranes, solutes and organelles.
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Population Dynamics of Growth of Drosophila

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars investigate population dynamics such as variation in density of females, composition of food sources an environmental factors such as light and temperature on Drosophila. They then relate their findings to human...
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Moore S Word Search Puzzle 1

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this literacy worksheet, students find the words that are in the word search puzzle that focus upon the vocabulary that is from the theme of the sheet.

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