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Discovery Education: Science Fair Central: Choose a Project Type Inventions
Great ideas to get students started on an invention for a science fair. A list of ways students will design and engineer a solution to a problem will help students begin choosing a topic. Check out the list of general science topics,...
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Discovery Education: Pollination Parties
This lesson helps students understand the concept of pollination. Objectives, materials, procedures, adaptations, discussion questions, evaluation, extensions, suggested readings, links, vocabulary, and academic standards are all included!
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Animal Planet
Everything you ever wanted to know about animals and so much more can be found on the Animal Planet site. Live forums, pet guides, zoo animals, games, videos are to name just a few of the avenues of information contained here.
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Discovery Education: Dictator for a Day
A lesson plan challenging students to identify the pros and cons of dictatorship and applying those to understand what life was like in Ancient Rome. Find adaptations for younger students, discussion questions, assessment, enrichment, as...
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Discovery Education: Korean War
The Korean War is discussed in full in the course of the site. It discusses the causes of the war, air and naval activity, the land war, and more.
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Discovery Education: Brain Boosters
Discovery School offers a terrific "categorized archive of challenging Brain Boosters." Choose from hundreds of engaging activities pertaining to Categorization, Lateral Thinking, Reasoning, Logic, Word and Letter Play, Spatial...
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Discovery Education: Comparing Athens and Sparta
Introduce the ideas of limited and unlimited government with a lesson on the government styles in Ancient Greece. Students will compare and contrast Athens and Sparta to understand the two very different governments that each employed....
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Discovery Education: Understanding Stereotypes
This lesson will open students' eyes to hurtful stereotypes by making them examine their beliefs. This is a three-day lesson that includes whole class and small group activities, critical thinking questions, suggested resources and...
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Discovery Education: 3 M Young Scientist Lab: Getting Connected
Can you find the problem and fix the circuit in time for the Halloween contest?
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Discovery Education: 3 M Young Scientist Lab: Too Hot to Handle
Can you design a handle for Hot Stuff's new skillet?
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Discovery Education: 3 M Young Scientist Lab: Innovation Exploration
Advance your way through everyday life by exploring the science all around you. Click on an innovation within each scene and answer each question to proceed to the next.
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Discovery Education: 3 M Young Scientist Lab: Travel Through Time
Travel through the decades to learn about the innovations that shape your life. Use the Decade Navigator below to start exploring. Transport yourself through the last 100 years to meet the innovations that have shaped our world.
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Discovery Education: 3 M Young Scientist Lab: Water Jug Race
First one to empty the jug wins! And it's not as easy as it sounds...
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Discovery Education: 3 M Young Scientist Lab: Triboluminescence
Detectable flashes of light are released as wintergreen-flavored candies are crushed in darkness.
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Discovery Education: 3 M Young Scientist Lab: Sandwich Bag Dart Board
Sharp Pencils and water-filled sandwich bags demonstrate the nature of certain polymers.
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Discovery Education: 3 M Young Scientist Lab: Salt Engineering
Salt crystals demonstrate how forces can be directed in mechanical systems.
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Discovery Education: 3 M Young Scientist Lab: Disappearing Glass
Glass objects seem to disappear when placed in cooking oil.
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Discovery Education: 3 M Young Scientist Lab: Charged Fingers
Do you have the magic touch? Watch as your finger mysteriously moves a pencil without touching it.
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Discovery Education: 3 M Young Scientist Lab: Two Stage Ballon Rocket
Build a multistage rocket from two balloons.
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Discovery Education: 3 M Young Scientist Lab: Pie Pan Accelerometer
A metal pie pan demonstrates the acceleration of gravity.
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Discovery Education: 3 M Young Scientist Lab: Gelatin Optic Fibers
Strips of gelatin dessert and a laser pointer demonstrate total internal reflection.
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Discovery Education: World History Lesson Plans
These lesson plans deal with world history. Content is organized by grade level, but all lesson plans include suggestions for adaptations for older or younger audiences.
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Discovery Education: Planet Ocean: Blue Whale
This webpage provides a nice description of the Blue Whale along with several photos.
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Discovery Education: Exploring Nature
This article gives some excellent ways we can engage our children in exploring and learning about nature.