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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

That's Kind of Corny!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students apply math skills to determining how much corn seed to plant in 100 acres. They compute the amount of weed killer needed and after totaling how many bushels per acre they harvest, they calculate their profits.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Water Pollution

For Students 6th - 10th
Get your scientists engaged in both recall and life application responses after reading a selection from a McGraw Hill science text (not included). Based on chapter 14, this water pollution learning exercise has students review where...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Pollution and Marine Life

For Students 7th - 9th
In this pollution and marine life learning exercise, students use 9 given terms related to types of pollution and ocean food chains to complete sentences. Students number the effects of human sewage and soil runoff that harm ocean...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Genetic Engineering of Crop Plants

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore genetic engineering and it biological and ethical implications. By conducting experiments with genetically engineered corn and plain corn they determine the difference in taste. Students also discover the effects of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Solution to Pollution is Dilution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students consider what happens to herbicides or insecticides that are used in agricultural practices, especially herbicides that are used to control noxious weeds. They become acquaint with a chemical assessment method known as...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Altered Genes

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners describe the economic relationship between farmers, consumers, and food companies. They examine the issues regarding the reactions of consumers in this country and other countries to the use of gene-altered crops in food...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What's Bugging You?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine the effects of pests on other organisms, crops, and the environment. they construct an insect observation chamber and discover how some insects can be pests in some situations and beneficial in others. They write "pest...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Integrated Pest Management

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students investigate the different methods used in integrated pest management. In this biology lesson plan, students evaluate experiments and case studies on IPM. They discuss the pros and cons of using this method.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Freshmen Biology Terms

For Students 9th
In this biology worksheet, 9th graders identify and locate various vocabulary terms pertaining to ninth grade biology. There are 48 biology terms located in the word search.
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Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Ecotoxicology: Herbicide

For Students 9th - 10th
Definition of herbicides, how they are used, their damage to the environment and to ecology, consequences to human health, use around the world, and the three classes of herbicides.
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Activity
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Allelopathy

For Students 9th - 10th
In this biology lab investigating allelopathy, students design and carry out an experiment to test for the presence of allelochemicals released by plant species found locally. Students will be grouped into teams to design and carry out...
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Website
Other

How Herbicides Work

For Students 9th - 10th
A basic explanation of the different types of herbicides and how they work is covered in this resource. This is followed by a more technical discussion of the classes of herbicides.
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Website
Other

Planet Ark: World Environmental News

For Students 9th - 10th
Welcome to Planet Ark's daily Reuters World Environment News - the most comprehensive source of environmental news on the Net. To read previous news stories, please use the search engine below to find stories relating to any...
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Website
Davidson College

Herbicides: Background

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise site that provides interesting facts, history, and methods of classifying herbicides.
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Website
Davidson College

Hebicides: Health Effects

For Students 9th - 10th
Possible health effects such as diabetes, cancer, and infertility are examined in this interesting site.
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Website
Davidson College

Herbicides: Environmental Effects

For Students 9th - 10th
Types of herbicide transport, degradation, and herbicides and water quality of water are focused on in this competent site.
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Handout
Other

How Do Herbicides Work?

For Students 9th - 10th
What is a herbicide? How do herbicides work? What are the target sites for herbicides? Why do herbicides kill plants? What are some selective and non-selective types of herbicides? These questions are answered in this informative site.
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Handout
NC State University

Postemergence Herbicides

For Students 9th - 10th
This competent site lists a number of postemergence selective and non-selective herbicides, their characteristics, and uses.
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Website
Davidson College

Alternatives to Herbicides

For Students 9th - 10th
This informative site discusses the use of organic farming, microorganisms, goats, and herbicide resistant crops as an alternative to the use of herbicides to control weeds.