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Lesson Plan
Michigan Reach Out

Guess What! A Lesson About Atoms

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A lesson plan outlining a very simple way to introduce students to how the structure of the atom was determined. Uses a mystery box with surprise items inside.
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Lesson Plan
Bryn Mawr College

Serendip: Who Took Jerell's I Pod? An Organic Compound Mystery

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Brief text summary of what learners learn in the Who Took Jerell's iPod? lab along with links to download Student Handouts and Teacher Preparation Notes in PDF or Word formats. Students are challenged to solve a mystery by testing for...
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Mystery of the Mirrors (1 3)

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
This lesson plan from the Illinois Institute of Technology incorporates observation with hands on activity through various stations.
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Activity
Bryn Mawr College

Serendip: Using Blood Tests to Identify Babies and Criminals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Brief text summary of what students learn in the Using Blood Tests to Identify Babies and Criminals lab along with links to download Student Handouts and Teacher Preparation Notes in PDF and Word formats. The lesson includes two...
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Unit Plan
US Geological Survey

Usgs: Schoolyard Geology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The purpose of this lesson plan is to provide teachers with some activities they can do on school grounds. Activities include mapping, describing sedimentary rocks, and solving a mystery.
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Unit Plan
Georgetown University

Georgetown University: Edgar Allan Poe (1809 1849)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This site is a professor's guide for students. This guide features information on how to distinguish between Poe and his narrators in his stories.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: I'm So Crushed

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this activity, students will have an opportunity to solve a mystery. They will discover why a soda can collapses during a demonstration due to the effects of changes in temperature and atmospheric pressure. Students will gain further...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Number Clues

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson allows students to observe and participate in problem solving activites involving mystery numbers, clues, and characteristics of numbers. This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science, GEMS...