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Edible Color Wheels

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Students create an edible color wheel using cookies and frosting. They mix tints into frosting to simulate the color of the color wheel.
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I've Got That Sinking Feeling

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars design a simple boat and predict how much weight it can carry. They should also discover why objects float or sink and how this can be determined experimentally. A great lesson on buoyancy!
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Change It

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders expand their knowledge about how the physical properties of a substances can be changed. They are given multiple opportunities, using first-hand experiences and familiar objects in different contexts, to identify...
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Catch, Tag, and Release

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners discover how fish tagging is used by marine biologists and fisheries to estimate fish populations. Participating in a simulation, students use estimation to determine the whole population from a small number of items.
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The Article II

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In this grammar worksheet, students practice using expressions of quantity in a variety of assignments associated with thirty-six sentences.
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Alchemists' Theory of the Elements

For Students 8th - 10th
In this alchemy instructional activity, students read about the early thoughts of alchemists regarding elements. Students are given an experiment done by an alchemist during the Middle Ages and they answer three questions about the...
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Warm Air versus Cold Air

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Learners discover that warm air takes up more space than cold air.  In this science lesson, students perform 4 experiments using balloons to determine that the molecules of warm air are more spread out than those of cold air.
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Use Your Nose

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore how their senses work. In this senses lesson, students use the sense of smell to observe various spices. Students discuss their findings.
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Making a Cave

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students discuss caves. In this science lesson, students experiment with how dissolution, a chemical weathering process, leads to the formation of caves. Once the cave is finsihed students draw a picture or describe in writing what it...
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NYC Muslim Community Center: Why there? Why not?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine religious diversity issues. In this current events lesson, students read the provided articles "Sacred Ground or Bridging a Cultural Divide?" "Multiple Views of the Proposed Muslim Center," and "Protests, a Bonfire, and...
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Exploring Pottery Techniques

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine Native American pottery. In this visual arts instructional activity, students analyze burnished and glazed clay pots. High schoolers study how to create pots from online sources and respond to questions about the...
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The Water Cycle

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners simulate the water cycle. In this water cycle lesson, students create a model of the water cycle. Learners draw the water cycle and write a paragraph explaining their drawing.
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The Tobacco Time Bomb: What's In A Cigarette?

For Teachers 4th - 12th
In this enlightening and disturbing health lesson, students read and discuss information on smoking and closely-look at the ingredients in a cigarette. You will be amazed at the list of ingredients that are found in cigarettes. This...
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Unraveling the Web

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider how a message might be traced along a complex network, then explore backbone maps as a basis for understanding the purpose and structure of the Internet.
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Shapes

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students differentiate objects based on contrast in physical characteristics such as color, texture, size and shape. They also recognize and sort objects by color families.
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Disability Awareness Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars gain an understanding of how activities should be modified for the physically challenged.
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We're Alike, We're Different!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students compare a variety of people counters to determine how they're alike and different and then sort, classify and write about how they sort and classify people counters.
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Fish Count

For Teachers K
Students participate in hands-on activities in which they count and match objects to 10 or more using one-to-one correspondence and make a record of objects counted, which be kept in a math portfolio.
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Let's Make Fudge

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students make fudge after reading fractional values in recipes and finding equivalent fractions to those presented in the recipes. They study measurement abbreviations.
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Rock Hounds

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students receive a basis for understanding the three main classifications of rock: igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. They engage in a hands-on activity designed to give them an appreciation for rocks and minerals.
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Portrait Sculptures

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify characteristics that they have in common with animals. They create a self-portrait sculpture combining the body structures of different animals. They create the sculpture armature, plaster the armature, and then...
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Art, Naturally

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners read an online article which examine different works of art. They study how patterns and shapes found in nature influence art. Finally, they create original works of art and write artist's statements.
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Physical And Chemical Changes

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify physical and chemical changes of matter. They distinguish between physical and chemical changes. They classify changes as physical or chemical.
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California-Becoming an Agricultural and Insustrial Power

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explain how California became an agricultural and industrial power. They trace the transformation of the California economy in its political and cultural development since the 1850's.

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