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Center for Northwestern Art: Featured Objects

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Each of the slides in this presentation provide learners with an image found at a northwestern art museum and a critical analysis of what can be seen in each piece. Learners can view this prior to a museum trip in order to build...
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Photosynthesis

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students are introduced to the process of photosynthesis. In groups, they test the effects of the lack of sunlight on plant leaves and compare the results with their hypothesis. They note the characteristics that plants and animals share...
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PhysioEx: Chemical and Physical Processes of Digestion

For Teachers Pre-K - Higher Ed
In this anatomy worksheet, young scholars complete 22 review questions in the format of short answer, table completion, and fill in the blank after finishing an online virtual experiment about the chemical and physical processes of...
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Describing a Chemical Reaction: Playing with Copper

For Students 7th - 11th
Three experiments involving pennies help young chemists see the chemical reactions between copper and other elements. The first experiment is rhetorical (it prompts students to leave a bright penny out for a year) but the second two...
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PKU Yes Food Target

For Students 4th - 10th
In this PHE worksheet, students estimate and write the total amount of PHE in different foods and see if it fits into their pattern. Students do this for 28 foods.
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Global Greenup

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students utilize satellite images to track the life cycle of vegetational growth over a large area. Animal migratory patterns are compared to this cycle.
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Polite Listeners and Traffic Rules

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students consider the necessity of rules. In this citizenship lesson, students consider the reasons for rules and they complete traffic light activities.
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2005 USDA Food Guide

For Students 4th
In this food pyramid worksheet, 4th graders will answer 6 multiple choice questions about the newest version of the food pyramid (released in 2005), compare and contrast the old and new food guide using a Venn diagram, write a brief...
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Museums in the Classroom Pumpkin Project

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students identify the 5 stages in the life cycle of a pumpkin. They create a model showing the correct order of pumpkin life stages. They explain a pumpkin's life cycle to a partner, using their model.
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Air Pollution:What's the Solution?-Weather's Role

For Students 7th - 9th
In this air pollution and weather worksheet, students collect data using an online animation to determine the air quality at given times along with the wind speed and temperature in a particular city. Students make 3 bar graphs using the...
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The Stroop Effect

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the specific areas of the brain that process different types of information. They examine processing conflicts. Students participate in a hands-on minds-on activity using the Stroop Effect. They design psychological...
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Genetics Basics

For Students 9th - 12th
In this basics of genetics worksheet, students review the concepts of genetic inheritance by writing the alleles for genetic traits inherited in offspring. They identify dominant and recessive traits given allele pairs, answer five...
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Food Chain

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners discuss what makes plants grow and who eats the plants. They are asked where do we get all of our energy? Students are asked to draw and label a picture of the sun in the center of the yellow strip of paper. They are explained...
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Invertebrates

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students answer the problems that are related to the concept of invertebrates. The first question has the ordering of and sorting of invertebrates.
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The Math of Science: Ratios and Proportions

For Students 7th - 9th
For this ratio and proportion worksheet, students learn about ratios and how to solve problems with ratios and proportions. They solve three problems using what they learned.
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Correcting Bad Data Using Parity Bits

For Students 8th - 10th
In this parity bits instructional activity, students read about pixels and data strings. Students are given 2 data strings that are corrupted by cosmic ray glitches and they identify the bad data and create a valid data string.
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Transportation Unit

For Teachers K
Students maintain a journal and write about various types of transportation.  In this transportation lesson, students write using flash cards to describe vehicles. Students listen to stories and sing a song...
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Fireworks

For Students 8th - 10th
In this fireworks worksheet, students read about pyrotechnics and the chemical make-up of fireworks. They are given a chart of elements and the colors they emit. Students answer three critical thinking questions about fireworks and their...
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Getting in Shape Again

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners create rocket shapes out of pattern blocks. They draw a picture of a rocket, build a pattern block rocket following simple directions, and complete a graph of the shapes used.
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Adding Tenths

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders pictorially represent tenths place with decimal bars and add decimals in the tenths place; students use decimal bars to represent tenths and solve simple addition problems with the tenths place.
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The Wheat Plant

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students sequence stages in the life of a wheat plant. They identify the six main parts of the wheat plant. They plant some kernels of wheat in the classroom so students can watch the growth and development. They record the plant's...
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Science Experiment: Take a Rainbow's Temperature

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this science experiment worksheet, students gather materials and perform an investigation using thermometers and prisms. Students are asked if red is hotter than blue. They answer 6 questions.
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Life Means Water Environment

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate pH levels in bodies of water and experiment with acid/base reactions. In this water and pH activity, students observe changes in pH levels of a sample solution and observe a Bronsted-Lowry reaction. Students...
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Leaf Chromatography

For Teachers 8th - 10th
In this leaf chromatography worksheet, young scholars separate the pigments of a leaf using paper chromatography. They answer 4 questions about their results and draw the colors they observe on their chromatogram from the leaf.