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Curated OER

Neuroscience for Kids

For Students 7th - 12th
In this neuroscience learning exercise, students explore the Neuroscience for Kids website and then complete the questions. Students compare axons and dendrites, the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous system, and the different...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Archaeology For Kids Quiz 13

For Students 4th - 6th
In this archaeology for kids quiz 13 learning exercise, learners interactively answer 5 multiple choice questions about ancient / old things as part of an online magazine.
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Activity
US Environmental Protection Agency

A Mock Town Meeting on a Proposed Tank Farm

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Intended as a follow up to the Protecting Your Drinking Water activity, young environmentalists use their assessment of the a hypothetical town's water supply to debate the installation of underground chemical storage tanks. With the...
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Photosynthesis Lesson Plans

For Teachers 4th - 7th
You can teach students about the importance of plants and the process of photosynthesis with motivating lesson plans. Follow along and find out how one science teacher uses experiments, stories, and her love of plants to get kids excited...
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American Chemical Society

Mysterious M&M's

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
The first in a six-lesson mini unit, all using M&Ms® candies, this physical science activity gets kids to observe a single piece and discover what happens when it is placed in a plate of water. The activity can be used to introduce...
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Lesson Plan
Earth Day Network

Staying Green While Being Clean

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Clean up the environment with a lesson that focuses on replacing hazardous cleaning supplies with green, environmentally-friendly products. Using a dirty patch of surface as a control area, kids clean other parts of various surfaces...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water Pollution

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study the impact of human activity on water quality and on the ecosystems of Earth. After a discussion on the various ways that water can be polluted, groups of youngsters get together to figure out the best way to clean a...
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Beyond Benign

12 Principle Match Up

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Can you find a match? Scholars review the 12 principles of green chemistry by playing a matching game. The second lesson of the series reinforces the principles from the first lesson. Individuals play the matching game and also complete...
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Worksheet
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

Pesky Plastics: The Problem with Plastic

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
What can happen to the environment if plastic continues to pollute it? Learners read about the implications of plastic on health, water, and nature in a two-page reading passage. After they finish reading, they work on six comprehension...
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Lesson Plan
Global Change

The Carbon Cycle and its Role in Climate Change

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
So how does the carbon cycle work? Kids participate in a hands-on activity that allows them to understand the chemistry behind climate change and global warming. They act out the process of photosynthesis by labeling themselves as...
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Lesson Plan
Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Build Your Own Aquifer

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Ever wondered how an aquifer works? Introduce your class to the amazing way many people get water by exploring how underground aquifers work. Two fun hands-on activities are used to help kids understand what an aquifer is, how it works,...
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K12 Reader

Plants Are Producers

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Here's a handy two-part activity that uses an article about plants to assess reading comprehension. After reading the passage, kids answer questions based on the information in the text.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Reading Comprehension 8

For Students 7th - 8th
What is a gall, and where is one typically located? Learn about this interesting insect home while reading this short passage. If you're looking to give your kids some test prep, this is a great resource for you! After reading the short...
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Lesson Plan
California Academy of Science

Pollution in Our Watershed

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
The concept of a how pesticides and other chemicals pass through a watershed can be difficult for younger learners to grasp without a concrete example. In the activity here, some blank paper, markers, and a spray bottle are all you need...
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K12 Reader

The Rock Cycle

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
This cross-curricular reading comprehension worksheet asks kids to read a passage of the rock cycle and then to use information in the article to respond to a series of questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pollination of Flowers by Moths

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Turn your classroom into a pollination station as your kids transform into moths or predators trying to survive and aiding in plant reproduction along the way. Using silent party blowers as proboscises, the moths will have two minutes to...
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PPT
Curated OER

First Aid

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
First aid is a skill anyone can and should learn. Give kids a good set of life skills such as tending to small wounds, bleeding, sprains, or insect stings. Slides provide text to reinforce each major first aid skill. Tip: You need a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hazards of Defrosted Food

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Peas spoilage hot, peas spoilage cold: examine the bacterial growth on newly defrosted peas versus peas that have been defrosted for 24 hours. Using the session one questions in the "Microbes and Food Spoilage" PDF, learners will make...
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Lesson Plan
Polar Trec

What Is My Footprint?

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
How do one's habits and lifestyle choices affect the environment? Through a short online survey, learners will calculate their own carbon footprints then determine how to reduce their impact on the environment through simple steps, such...
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Activity
Perkins School for the Blind

The Three Basic States (Phases) of Matter

For Teachers 4th - 8th
There are three basic states of matter: Solid, liquid, and gas. Help your learners with visual impairments to understand the chemical nature of each state of matter with tactile elements. Marbles are used to model the particles in each...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Breaking News English: Working Mothers Pass on Stress to Kids

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English learning exercise, students read "Working Mothers Pass on Stress to Kids," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Safe Pets, Safe Kids

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore the concept of pet safety. In this pet safety lesson, students discuss dangerous objects and settings for humans and pets. Students find or draw pictures of these objects/settings and create a bulletin board for display. 
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Curated OER

M&M Science and Math

For Teachers 6th - 12th
A series of math and science activities feature M&M's® as manipulatives to help kids work through equations. The resource includes exercises on finding averages, percent of compositions, moles in chemical reactions, genotypes and...
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Lesson Plan
Science-Class.net

Rock Candy Crystals

For Teachers 5th
Candy is one of my favorite words, and it's an even better word when it relates to science. Yes, candy science can happen when you grow rock candy crystals with your class. The entire process for growing these edible wonders of nature is...