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Unit Plan
Next.cc

Next: Air

For Students 3rd - 8th
Multiple activities explore and explain why plants and animals need air to survive.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Phlogiston Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers detailed information on the Phlogiston Theory, a discredited 17th century theory hypothesis regarding combustion.
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Activity
Treehut

Suzy's World: How Does a Tree Eat?

For Students 3rd - 6th
Use site from Suzy's world, which is a personal site from Suzy Cato, in order to learn how plants and trees "eat." Content includes fun facts and great experiment.
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Website
Untamed Science

Untamed Science: Biology: Human Biology: Respiratory System

For Students 9th - 10th
Make learning about the human respiratory system fun and easy. Explore how this system gets oxygen into the body for gas exchange.
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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Indicating Electrolysis

For Students 9th - 10th
This experiment and video demonstration shows how students can break up water into hydrogen and oxygen gas with a simple electrolysis device.
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Graphic
American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Energy Levels, Electrons, and Covalent Bonding

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover how covalent molecular bonding affects the energy levels of electrons.
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Graphic
American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: What Is a Chemical Reaction?

For Students 9th - 10th
Use chemical formulas to visualize how chemical equations are balanced.
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Handout
Chemicool

Chemicool: Oxygen

For Students 9th - 10th
A set of tables summarizing all sorts of chemical and physical data on oxygen at this site from Chemicool.
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Bio Topics

Bio Topics: Photosynthesis

For Students 9th - 10th
This site details the process of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the process of the production of oxygen by plants and carbon dioxide by animals, both of which are needed for respiration purposes.
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Handout
Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Element List

For Students 9th - 10th
Site provides the first 18 elements found in the Periodic Table. Click on an element to discover where it is found and what it's characteristics are.
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Handout
Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Oxygen (O)

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here you can find some great information about the 8th element in the periodic table, "oxygen." Content focuses on oxygen's electrons, where you can find oxygen in nature and in the home, and how oxygen combines with other elements.
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Website
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: About Ozone

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A detailed overview of the chemistry of ozone and its role in the atmosphere. Students learn about the benefits and hazards of ozone. All information is reinforced through pictures, graphs, and learning activities. Learning activities...
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Carbohydrates Quiz

For Students 6th - 8th
Take an interactive quiz over carbohydrates. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review
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Activity
Geography 4 kids

Geography4 kids.com: Bgc Cycles: Oxygen Cycle

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discover the process by which oxygen cycles through the ecosystem.
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Activity
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Label the Lungs

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you know the parts of the lung? Check out this lung diagram that can be printed out for students to label the various parts.
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Article
Other

Earth Sky: The Earth's First Breathable Atmosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the perfect storm of conditions that allowed Earth's atmosphere to contain oxygen.
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Activity
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory

Kids Learn: Respiratory System Internet Workshop

For Students 9th - 10th
Come and explore this internet workshop that was designed to introduce you to a study on the respiratory system. Students and teachers will benefit from this resource.
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Website
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory

Kids learn.org: Circulatory System

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What do you know about the circulatory system? This site features several links to help you increase your knowledge of this fascinating human body system.
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Activity
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory

Circulatory System Internet Workshop

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features a circulatory system internet workshop focused on diseases and healthy living. Students and teachers will benefit from the resources linked to this site.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Biogeochemical Cycles

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your knowledge of the water cycle, carbon cycle, and nitrogen cycle.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 11.35 Breathing

For Students 5th - 9th
Explore the science of breathing.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 12.17 Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the two complementary processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Amide

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia entry for the chemical compound amide. Includes naming conventions, properties, reactions, and so on.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Ester

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia entry for the chemical compound ester. Includes naming conventions, properties, reactions, and the like.