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Hot Air Balloon Design Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders discuss what they know and what they want to know about hot air balloon using a KWL chart. They then use a wide array of materials to design a hot air balloon that will lift successfully in cooperative groups referring to...
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The Effects of Temperature Variations on the Heartbeat Rate of Daphnia

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students use DigiScope technology to investigate Daphinia, popularly known as water fleas. They design, conduct, and report on an experiment to determine the effects of varying water temperatures on the heartbeat rate of Daphnia.
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Exponential Decay

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Young scholars study exponential decay and its application to radiocarbon dating. In this exponential decay lesson, students use candy to model the time it takes for something to decay. Young scholars also graph the data they...
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Properties of Matter

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the properties of matter. In this properties of matter activity, students observe containers of different metals and discuss their properties including density. High schoolers find the density of an unknown...
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Lesson on Proteins

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine the importance of proteins including their function and structure.  In this protein lesson students play a game to help them better understand proteins.
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Motion: Speed, Velocity, Acceleration and Networking

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students interpret a variety of motion graphs. In this physics lesson, students calculate the speed and acceleration of objects using numerical data from graphs. They apply what they have learned to solve real world problems.
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Searching for Tomorrow's Energy

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate energy. In this biology lesson plan, 5th graders will learn about energy, fossil fuels, and renewable and nonrenewable resources. Students will be participating in three lab activities which are described in...
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Studying Checks

For Teachers 8th - 10th
While on-line banking and electronic payments seem to be the way of the future, next-generation wage earners still need to understand the details of check writing. Here the focus is on the details of the check including what the...
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Drifting Continents, Dynamic Results

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students plot earthquake and volcano data using a Compass Rose Plotting. They explain the relationship between plate movement and connection. They draw conclusions that earthquakes and volcanoes occur in predictable locations.
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Fallout!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars plot the locations of fallout from two disasters that polluted much of the world's air. They plot the ash fallout from the 1980 Mt. St. Helen's eruption to see what the wind patterns in the United States look like overall....
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Air Pollution Over Where?

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students predict the movement of an air borne pollutant using their understanding of air currents. They determine which governments and/or communities should be contacted to be forewarned. They also explore the properties of their...
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Losing An Island

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Pupils examine carbon dioxide and determine the impact of greenhouse gases on the earths spheres.  For this pollution lesson students complete a lab activity to see the impact of gases on the environment, 
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Atoms: The Building Block of Matter

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how scientific theories are developed. In this matter lesson plan, students explore the basic idea of quantum theory. They create a timeline of scientists, their contributions, and discoveries.
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Where's the Oxygen?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study seawater and how temperature and salinity influence it.  In this oxygen lesson students complete a lab activity on dissolved oxygen. 
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Building A Topographic Model

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students visualize, in three dimensions, features represented by contour lines on a topographic map. They see that the different elevations shown on a two dimensional topographic map can be used to build a 3-D model.
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Teaching About the Properties of Water

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use video, Internet research, graphs and tables, worksheets and hands-on experiments to investigate the properties of water in a lake environment. They work under direction or through an inquiry process.
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Science Detectives

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine the differences between chemical and physical changes. As a class, they are read a scenerio and determine whether it was deliberate act or not. In groups, they observe the changes of an alka-seltzer tablet and...
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Learning about air

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students read a book and have a class discussion about the air around them. For this air lesson plan, students learn about properties of air, and discuss other gases they have observed.
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Tread Lightly: Where We Stand

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Pupils explore the concept of ecological footprints. In this environmental stewardship instructional activity, students calculate their ecological footprints and consider how to reduce them.
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Ocean Planet: Pollution Solution

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the concept of environmental stewardship. In this science activity, students investigate the impact of oil spills as they discuss historical spills. Students use problem solving skills to brainstorm clean-up methods.
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Mobile Phones

For Teachers 5th - 11th
Investigate how mobile phones impact their lives through this technology lesson that has learners discuss the history of the cell phone and research how cell phones are being used in third world countries. Students create a blog for new...
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Amino Acids

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore what amino acids are, their history and how they are used in technology.  In this protein lesson students identify the properties of proteins and amino acids.
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The pH scale

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars list the common properties of acids and bases. They classify substances as acids or bases, by using pH and litmus tests and are able to explain the pH scale. They participate in a lab activity which reinforce their...
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Drug Addition Is a Disease. So What Do WE Do About It?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners make predictions about the success rate for treatment of addiction compared with treatment for other chronic diseases. They evaluate case studies of individuals with different diseases to compare and contrast how the diseases...

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