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Consumerism - Brand Comparison Lab

For Teachers 10th - 11th
The student will have an opportunity for themselves to determine which brand they prefer by comparing national and store brands by their appearance, cost and flavor. They will be looking for the best economical value.
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Oh Nuts! - Calories Count

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students measure and record the mass of the nut to be tested to the nearest 0.01 gram.
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A Catering Idea

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners plan meals, create a shopping list, determine the cost of the meal, including incidentals such as labor and electricity used. In addition, they consider the cost of plates, table cloths, napkins, etc. Students prepare a meal and...
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Nutrition Dictionary Worksheet

For Students 7th
In this vocabulary worksheet, 7th graders use words associated with nutrition. Students respond to 10 words, looking each up in the dictionary and writing one fact that they have learned about each specific word.
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Medicare Reform

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers calculate how much of each paycheck is deducted into the Medicare system, explain the need for health insurance and Medicare, and work in small groups to develop their own plan to reform Medicare.
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Health: Overweight Youth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Investigate the primary causes for the increase in overweight youth and discover its impact on the health care system. After watching segments from the Bill Moyers Now program, your students develop campaigns to implement in school that...
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Cereal Box Redesigns

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine cereal boxes for nutrition information.  In this nutrition lesson, students redesign cereal boxes to reflect their nutritional value. Students understand that some cereals contain too high a percentage of sugar and not...
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Captain Planet Foundation

George Washington Carver and the Sweet Potato

For Teachers 1st
Learn about George Washington Carver's important contributions to agriculture by studying the sweet potato. First graders read about the inventor's observations and prepare sweet potato slips for the class garden. Additionally, they...
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All Things Chinese

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders bring in items or pictures related to Chinese culture. The items are displayed in the room as a museum exhibit.
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Global Community: T-Shirt Activity

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Examine fair trade and the impacts it has on the global community. Kids consider how t-shirts are made, where they come from, and how fair trade works. They design t-shirts that describe the affects of fair trade on various populations...
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Representing Fractions, Decimals, and Percents

For Teachers 5th - 7th
In this fractions, decimals, and percents lessons, students explore various methods of representing fractions. They demonstrate situations that represent rational numbers. Students create a foldable exploring fractions, decimals and...
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Macromolecules

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
In chemistry, organic means something contains a carbon base. A helpful presentation starts by defining macromolecules as large organic carbon molecules. Scholars answer questions about each topic on the associated worksheet. It covers...
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Survivor In The Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students engage in a lesson which adapts the idea behind Survivor to an outside-of-class project. How many students would survive? students take responsibility for meeting deadlines while strengthening their writing and communication...
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Where Are the Dinosaurs?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars examine the concept of extinction by studying dinosaurs. In this living environment lesson, students view dinosaur video clips and define the word "extinction." Young scholars visit the "Zoom Dinosaur" website to...
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Adjective Clauses

For Students 5th - 6th
In this adjective clauses activity, students combine two sentences with an adjective clause using the relative pronoun provided. There are 10 questions. Students will need to write small or use a separate sheet of paper.
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Integrating Science and Literature: Life as We Knew It

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Supplement your science units with science fiction novels!
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Getting Real: Using Real Life Materials

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine many different types of real-life materials such as menus or newspaper articles. They practice filling out job applications or ordering at a sitdown restaurant.
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Fit For Life: Eat Smart and Exercise

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the problem of obesity among teenagers. They view a video and discuss what could be done to avoid becoming overweight. They also explore the importance of exercise.
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Fit for Our Future

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Learners understand the importance of physical fitness as part of a healthy lifestyle.  In this health lesson students create a display and presentation about what they learned. 
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Sink or Swim

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students explore sinking and floating.  In this buoyancy lesson, students conduct an investigation dealing with regular and diet soda. Students drop various soda cans into water and then discuss why some float and some sink. 
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The Mind-Body Connection

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders learn about the human body. In this biology lesson plan, 2nd graders will begin with the basics of understanding charts and graphs and progress into units that cover the body systems, and mental and emotional health....
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Changing the Density of a Liquid - Heating and Cooling

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
During a unit on density, pupils ponder whether or not temperature affects this property. By carefully inserting blue cold water and yellow hot water into a room-temperature sample, they will see the answer. Make sure to have done the...
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Using Color to See How Liquids Combine

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Blue-tinted water is added to unknown liquids that have been tinted yellow to find out how they interact. This is a memorable activity that is part of an investigation on the properties of liquids, which is part of a unit on the...
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Dissolving a Substance in Different Liquids

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Second of six lessons in a unit on dissolving, this one focuses on how sugar behaves in different liquids. Learners stir it into water, alcohol, and oil and make observations. This lesson can stand alone, but is best used as part of the...

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