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The Case of the Broken Loop

For Students 4th - 5th
In this environmental awareness worksheet, students complete 8 pages pertaining to waste, landfills, recycling and composting. Included are: matching words and definitions, crossword puzzle, scrambled letters, a code, word search and a...
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Sunlight and Warm Air

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine the different ways heat can be felt.  In this radiation and conduction lesson, students recognize that the sun radiates heat. Students conduct three experiments to find how the sun warms the Earth and how that heat is...
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Mollusk Matching

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students look carefully at shells and observe the differences between species and the names of common shells. Then they identify and complete a Mollusk Matching handout included in the lesson and write the letter of each shell in the...
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The Rainforest

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars learn the characteristics of the rainforest.  In this rainforest lesson, students read stories about the rainforest and discuss them.  Young scholars work in groups to brainstorm all the facts they know about the...
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Polymerization Experiments

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students study the concepts of polymerization and the function of crosslinkage.  In this polymer lesson plan students complete a lab activity and write down their observations. 
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Plants, Soil and Nutrients

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars conduct an experiment. They review how to use the scientific method to conduct an experiment with white carnations and food coloring. They create a hypothesis and test it to better understand how plants get nutrients,...
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Gardens Under the Sea: Coral Reefs

For Teachers K - 5th
Students, with dive partners, explore coral reefs through scuba diving. They also explore radial symmetry and bilateral symmetry.
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Get to Know- Insects, Spiders and Others

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students investigate live insects. In this insects and spiders lesson, students work in groups to explore the outdoors and capture insects. Students observe, discuss and record information about the insects they discover. Students...
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Animal Encyclopedia Search

For Teachers K - 8th
Students use an online encyclopedia to gather information about animals. They identify habits of ten animals they find interesting. They share their information with the class.
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Hidden Hibernators

For Teachers K - 8th
Students review the concept of hibernation and the animals that sleep during all or part of the winter. They complete the Hibernation Word Search Puzzle to name 16 animals that hibernate during the winter months.
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Species on the Edge

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Pupils examine sea turtles. In this endangered species lesson plan, students analyze sea turtle habitats. Pupils hypothesize why sea turtles could go extinct.
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Big Bones, Little Bones

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Learners investigate archeology. In this archeology lesson, students research the process of excavation. Learners participate in a mock-excavation and sort objects by physical properties.
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Learning From Leaves: Adaptations To Differing Light Levels

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students, in groups, examine plants with different light levels. They are given plants from a tropical and desert region. They write a hypothesis at the beginning of the experiment.
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"The Good, The Bad, and The Smelly."

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore insects' use of pheromones and beneficial insects versus insect pests.
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Fingerprints

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students analyze their fingerprints. In this fingerprint lesson, students make prints and observe the patterns for arches, loops, and whorls. They write a brief autobiography about themselves titled "I'm Thumbody."
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A Penguin is a Bird

For Teachers K - 5th
Students compare and contrast the ways that penguins are different to flying birds.
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Insect Anatomy

For Teachers 3rd - Higher Ed
Young scholars explore the anatomy of an insect. In this activity the characteristics of insects, students explore parts of an insect. Young scholars gain knowledge through pictures and charts showing insects and their body parts....
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Righteous Reptiles

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scientists write and draw about their knowledge of reptiles. They also view a nature video focusing on lizards and snakes, complete a chart comparing and contrasting them. Next, they focus on the defense mechanisms that they...
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Creating Animal Prints

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students investigate the habits of animals by studying their prints.  In this animal life lesson, students investigate the different types of tracks left from animals by researching the Internet.  Students utilize clay or Play-Doh to...
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Bats, Bats, Everywhere!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students research information on bats while working in cooperative groups. They design posters with the information from their research.
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The Raven: Creator of the Universe?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore biology by researching birds in class. For this raven identification lesson, students utilize the Internet to identify the anatomy, habits and habitat of ravens. Students write descriptive paragraphs about ravens and...
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Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas-Polar, The Titanic Bear

For Teachers K - 5th
Students read Polar, The Titanic Bear by Daisy Corning Stone Spedden. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding this true story of a toy bear that survived the sinking of the Titanic. Included are reading, art,...
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Nonviolence and Conflict: Its Importance to Building Community

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students study nonviolence and the values associated with nonviolence. In this social science lesson, students identify the six steps of nonviolence and the six principles of nonviolence as put forth by Martin Luther King, Jr. Students...
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Do You See What I See?

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Pupils hypothesize the role of rocks, soil, and water by observing a terrarium and create a model to explore the water cycle. This is part of a five station set up.

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