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Water Quality

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate the water cycle and evaporation. They study the porosity and permeability of groundwater, and the capillary action in soil in this unit.
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We Can Read It Together!

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students practice various skills in order to help children to learn the skill of reading. The lesson emphasizes the importance of reading to young children on a regular basis. The skills of repetition of key words and phrases are...
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Learning About Thunderstorms

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research thunderstorms using the Internet, science book, or another reference book. Then, they can take a specific aspect of thunderstorms such as lightning, thunder, hail, rain, or something else that occurs during a...
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The Laughing Leaf

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students demonstrate real-object writing. They discuss a leaf that has human attributes, and using a real leaf write a story about a leaf that tells them a joke, and create an illustration of themselves and their leaf.
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MUD-Research Center Lesson Plan

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students research chosen sub-topics on mud. They research topics such as idioms about mud, crime solving using tire tracks and animal homes made of mud. Afterward, they choose a presentation method such as a Word document, PowerPoint...
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Mastering Spelling

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this spelling activities worksheet, students read each sentence, circle the spelling errors in each sentence and then write the correct spelling on each line.
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Teaching the Class about Community Helpers

For Teachers K
Students use the computer to research information about community workers on the Internet. In this technology instructional activity, students pretend they are the teacher and that they have to share what they know about the community...
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Making Fossils

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students better explain how fossils are created by making their own.
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Air Pressure

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students watch a demonstration on air pressure, discuss it, and do a worksheet to reinforce it.
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Recycled Water?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students participate in a hands-on activity to investigate how water is recycled in a small environment, and determine how water is cycled on earth.
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Senses -- The Touching Game

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice making educated guesses about objects in their hands. They guess what the object is without looking at it and choose a word that describes it. They practice using new vocabulary as well.
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The Inside Story

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students think about and investigate some of the social problems facing their communities: what causes them; how extensive they are; and what can be done to solve them.
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Paleogeographic Mapping (o.k. Fossils Are Neat But What Good Are They?)

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Students examine how evidence from fossils can be used in paleogeographic interpretation. They gain experience in developing multiple hypotheses.
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A Solar Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers make predictions about the global temperature of the earth and to see how this is dependent upon a number of variables. Students visualize how changing parameters can impact the global temperature of the earth.
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Sea Turtle

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students listen to a story about a sea turtle sanctuary. They participate in a discussion about the sea turtles. They analyze some of the hazards that can hurt sea turtles and brainstorm ways to help the problem. They write and...
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Ambush Warriors

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers identify four different categories of reptiles and explain how snakes deliver their venom to their prey.
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Dino Detectives

For Teachers 4th
As students examine maps of Utah, 4th graders search for clues about what prehistoric life was like in Utah.
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Water Quality

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine pieces of expository writing. They identify key words and vocabulary. In other activities, they read about water quality to practice reading for comprehension.
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Big Foot

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students measure the length of their feet and shoes using nonstandard measurements. They check their estimates and record theirmeasurements on a paper.
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Animals

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss the term "endangered". They identify the reasons some animals are in danger of being wiped out. They discover ways humans can help the species survive.
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Diversity and Adaptations of Organisms

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discover the difference between extinct and endangered animals and discuss the reasons why this has occured. They identify threatened and endangered animals living in their local area as well.
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Franklin Mountains

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine photographs of the eastern and western Franklin Mountains. As a class, they discuss what is shown and the different colored rocks and the orientation of the layers. In groups, they are given clay of two different...
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Why Care About Amphibian Population Decline and Malformations?

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students examine the reasons for preserving wildlife. They look at reasons for amphibian malformations and write an essay about the ethical issues that this brings up. They listen to the teacher read quotes about extinction and how the...
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Masses and Weights

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore the concept of weight and mass and the importance of units. Using a balance, they determine the weight of various objects in the unit of "pebbles" and in grams.

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