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Understanding the Nitrogen Cycle within the Aquarium
Young scholars discuss ammonia, and ways it may get into the aquarium. They complete a worksheet about the Nitrogen Cycle. Students learn how to get the ammonia and nitrite out of their aquarium.
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Food and Kitchen Safety Lab
Students review kitchen management, safety, and sanitation rules, and practice applying safety and sanitation rules in kitchen lab by preparing chicken stir-fry over rice while maintaining safe working environment. Students then complete...
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Super Hero High
Students define the characteristics of a hero by creating their own fictional superhero. In this film making activity, students write the background of a superhero character and storyboard scenes from a movie they would like to make....
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Recycling Lesson Plans
Students can learn about protecting the environment through these recycling lesson plans.
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Introduction to Welding
Students explore how to weld and the safety procedures that are in place. In this welding lesson students take a safety test on welding and once they know all the rules they use the angle grinder.
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Biodiversity - Who Cares?
Students articulate some of the impacts of loss of biodiversity. They play a game that demonstrates why having a rich variety of life is important to the survival of ecosystems and how invasive species are threatening local biodiversity.
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Advertise Your Family
In this periodic table worksheet, students create an advertisement for a chemical group or family they are assigned. They need to include topics such as are the elements solids, liquids or gases at room temperature, the history of the...
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Making Paper
Students explore paper making. In this cross curriculum multicultural ecology and art lesson, students follow written and oral instructions to make paper using common household items. Students predict the amount of paper use in their...
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Applied Science - Built Environment Lab
Young scholars evaluate trash. For this Science lesson, students collect and weigh trash from their classrooms. Young scholars categorize the trash and the corresponding weights, recording the information on a data sheet.
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Sound Vibrations
Young scholars play their own straw kazoos and understand that vibrations are responsible for the sounds we hear. Additionally, they learn that sound vibrations can travel through different mediums. Students experience vibrations ...
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HEART THROBS
Learners predict what might happen to their pulse rates after physical exertion and then make conclusions about the effects of physical activity on pulse rates.
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Forest Canopies: View from the Top
Students examine the economic and ecological benefits of forest canopies. They read and discuss an article, answer questions, conduct research, draw field sketches of a canopy ecosystem, conduct a feasibility study, or prepare tourist...
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Spin Me a Story
Students examine the motif of spinning and weaving in myths and folktales. They read various myths, complete a WebQuest, develop a mind map of story elements, and write an original "spider" story.
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Let's Heat Things Up!
Students build and evaluate simple models to understand the greenhouse effect. They explore the role of increased greenhouse gas concentration in global warming, and the implications of global warming theory for engineers, themselves...
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Kidney Filtering
Students investigate how kidneys function. They discuss how a dialysis machine works, and conduct an experiment in which they filter different substances through a plastic window screen, various sizes of hardware cloth, and poultry...
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Dirty Air And Bright Lights
Students are asked to think about their use of electricity, particularly around the holidays, and how it affects their quality of life and the lives of all of us. They explore the issue by tracing the connections and discussing how and...
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Current Groundwater Contamination Research
Students research the effects of groundwater pollutants on life. They name and describe 1 environmental factor that has an effect on our drinking water. Students read the Water-Groundwater and Pollution Article. They discuss and...
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Reduce, Re-use, Recycle
Learners determine the importance of recycling to reduce waste, to employ trash in useful ways, and to save the environment. They estimate the percentages of landfill waste that items constitute, based on what they found in their own...
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A Series of Intolerable Events
Eighth graders investigate the events that led to World War II. For this Holocaust lesson, 8th graders research primary and secondary sources about the events that led to the war. Students create PowerPoint presentations that provide...
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Separating Sentences With Commas and Conjunctions
In this grammar activity, students analyze and correct ten sentences with proper commas and conjunctions. Students share their answers with their classmates.
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4-H Goat Activity Page
For this 4-H animal science worksheet, students will work with their parents and leaders to create goat project plan of what they want to learn in the year. Students will keep track of their goat related activities and complete a word...
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4-H Goat Activity Page
In this 4-H animal science worksheet, students will work with their parents and leaders to plan and implement a goat-raising project. Students can get information about goats and keep track of their progress on this worksheet.
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Cross-Linked Polymer Lab
In this polymer worksheet, students make two types of cross linked polymers and they test their physical properties. These include their response to agitation, stretchability, viscosity, and resilience.
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Cross-Linked Polymer Lab
Students use short-chain polymers and borate ions to produce cross-linked polymers in the lab. In this cross-linked polymer lesson plan, students produce polyvinyl acetate slime and polyvinyl alcohol slime and test their physical...