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What's That Brown Fuzzy Stuff on My Plum?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use Koch's Postulates to determine that a specific organism is the root cause of a specific disease and identify what Koch's Postulates are within a protocol. They describe symptoms and signs of diseased fruit and isolate fungal...
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Selecting Trees for Urban Environments

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students consider the best place to plant a tree. In this environment lesson, students identify urban locations that are compatible with particular tree types. Students decide what trees would go where and why they would survive.
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Conductivity of salt Solutions

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students investigate the concentration level of solutions. In this math/science lesson, students identify three different ionic compounds. They predict the conductivity of each using their collected data.
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Introduction to Mendelian Genetics using Fiction

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Young scholars investigate Mendelian Genetics by studying the history of Mendel and what it was like to be a 19th century scientist. They read a pieces of fiction during this investigation.
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World Population Study

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore an exponential relationship and how it relates to human population growth and the current global population crisis. They graph both exponential and linear information.
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Surface Tension (Soap Boat)

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Students investigate the affect of soap and water temperature on surface tension.
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WORLD POPULATION STUDY

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners explore an exponential relationship and how it relates to human population growth and the current global population crisis.
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Animal Adaptations

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders participate in an arthropod scavenger hunt. In groups of two, they identify and collect two specimens of arthropods in the school area, and create a table of all the specimens and what class they belong to.
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From Restriction Maps to Cladograms

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop a matrix to determine the number of differences between each set of primate species. They determine closely related organisms then complete the cladogram and answer a set of questions.
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Soil In The Amazon

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students grow plants in soil representing that found in the Amazon basin. They compare results to plants growing in fertile soil and soil fertilized with leaf compost. Students chart, average and graph plant growth by height. Students...
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Leaf Classification

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders work together to develop a leaf classification system. In groups, they are given a set of leaves and sort them based on their characteristics. They share their new classification system with the class and answer any...
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Monohybrid Crosses

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students define the terms monohybrid cross and Punnett Square. As a class, they discuss the Law of Segregation and probability to complete a practice problem. To end the instructional activity, they predict the probability of certain...
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Incomplete dominance, Codominance, Multiple Alleles

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the principles of incomplete dominance and codominance in genes. They apply genetic previously discussed genetic principles to determine solutions to inheritance problems including multiple alleles, incomplete dominance...
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NS 6: Monerans, Viruses

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students compare the structures and functions of viruses and bacteria relating their impact on other organisms. They review the main vertebrate groups. Students are describing the characteristics of the main group of vertebrates: ...
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Build-A-Bird

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create an imaginary bird. In this anatomy lesson, students analyze how artists represent birds historically, then determine the anatomical aspects that suit a bird to its habitat. Using this information, students create an...
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Photojournalism: Documenting the Four Greatest Threats to Global Sustainability

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers study global sustainability by viewing photos.  In this environment lesson students work in groups and create their own photo gallery.
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Terraqua Column

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create a TerrAqua column. In this ecosystems lesson, 6th graders build a TerrAqua column to conduct investigations on how living things impact the ecosystem.
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The Cell - Internet Activity

For Students 5th - 10th
In this cells worksheet, students click on the links to learn about the plant and animal cells complete a comparison chart and answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 10 questions total.
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Using Fabrics in Your Art Curriculum

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students use a dicut machine to do block printing on fabric. In this fabric lesson plan, students draw, carve, and print onto blocks for this art project.
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Mighty Macroinvertebrates

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders identify the names and features of macroinvertebrates found in Turtle River.  In this ecology lesson students use digital microscopes and take pictures of invertebrates. 
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Lenses

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners identify the different uses of lenses. In this physics lesson, students compare lenses with different magnifications. They record data and discuss results in class.
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Effects of Seed Soaking on Germination

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explain the standard growth pattern of a monocot seedling and word process a finished essay.
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Lake Pepperidge Farm

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students calculate proportions to determine the total population of Lake Pepperidge Farm. They collect a blind sample of fish and count the number of tagged and untagged fish. They collect data from all samples and record the data in a...
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Environmental Science/Water Pollution

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students study natural habitats, aquatic life, renewable and non-renewable resources. They discuss conservation efforts for sea otters and desert toad in this units.