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Chemistry: Classifying Materials

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students classify materials. In this chemistry lesson, students examine the properties of solids, liquids, and gases. Students discover the elements, compounds, and chemical symbols.
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Magnetic Discovery Bottle

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars examine how to conduct simple investigations and use simple equipment to gather data.  In this magnet lesson students decide what types of objects are attracted to magnets. 
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Rube Goldberg Project

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars apply inquiry and problem solving approaches in science. They design a device (invention) that solves a special problem.
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Postcards from California: A Unit on Geography, Social Studies, History and California's Resources

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine patterns that influence population density in the various regions of California. The unit's three lessons utilize graphic organizers for the interpretation and presentation of data.
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Make a Sound Viewer

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students see, and thus better understand, the vibrations that sound makes through this simple project.
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Men in Black Line Dance

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students practice and perform a line dance to Smith's song Men in Black.
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Conserving Energy Resources

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders research on energy conversion. After they have researched several types of energy resources, teams of two to four create posters which depict how these resources can be conserved.
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Gold Mountain

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students read primary and secondary sources to find jobs as a Chinese immigrant. In groups they create a chart listing jobs for Chinese and write a letter about employment and living conditions to a Chinese friend.
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Lumini Stick Macarena

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use lummi sticks to perform a routine and identify a rhythmical beat.
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Dinnertime On The Reef

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify the main parts of a coral reef. They describe a coral reef food chain.
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The Immigrant Experience

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students utilize oral histories to discover, analyze, and interpret immigration and migration in the history of the United States. A goal of the unit is fostering a discussion and encouraging students to make meaning of the bigger...
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Regolith Formation

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students compare and contrast the process of regolith formations. In groups, students define regolith and discover how regolith is formed on the Earth and on the Moon. They participate in experimental activities to simulate regolith.
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Vibration and Pitch

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the relation between vibrations and pitch. They observe and discuss an experiment involving a bicycle and a piece of cardboard in the spokes, listen to a comb with cardboard, and listen to various sounds and...
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Alligator

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars investigate the musical concept of rhythm through the use of creating a beat. The beat must have a specific and purposeful rhythm. Student can then define the term of rhythm easier after performing the activity.
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Alligator

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students perform musical routines with lummi sticks and motions. As they hit the sticks together in time to the music, students move the sticks over their head, sit on their knees, lay on their tummy, on their side, and on their back....
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Nemo Tag

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students participate in tag games to exercise. They are divided into two groups: barracudas and Nemo fish. Barracudas tag as many students as possible. Once tagged,t he students perform fish motions, in place, until a "Nemo" touches...
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The Most Important Equation in Astronomy!

For Students Higher Ed
In this astronomy optics learning exercise, students calculate the angular resolution and maximum resolution for given telescope specifics. This learning exercise has 3 problems to solve.
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Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars research the exploration of Antarctica by the explorer Sir Ernest Shackelton. In this Antarctic exploration lesson, students watch a movie about Sir Ernest Shackelton and his ship the Endurance. Young scholars study a map...
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Journey Through Earth

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students study plate tectonics.  In this plate tectonics lesson students build a cutaway scale model of the Earth. 
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Retell A Story Through Dance

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students tell stories through dance. In this ballet lesson, students learn pantomime dance skills and examine "The Nutcracker" ballet performances as they examine ballet as storytelling.
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The Day the Atom Died (Grade K-1)

For Teachers K - 1st
Students investigate what is wrong with the Rutherford atomic model. In this chemistry instructional activity, students answer questions about the atomic model after watching a video. They draw conclusions from the video and discuss how...
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Sonar and Marine Mammals

For Students 6th - 9th
For this marine science worksheet, students study online reports and data on sonar effects on marine animals. They complete 7 short answer questions that follow.
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The Connection Between Pigment and Light Colors

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers learn the procedure for mixing secondary colors from primary pigments and observe the results of mixing two primary colors.
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Which Wrap Is Wrapped Right?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars investigate the integrity and strength of different types of food wraps. They test the wraps and create a graphic organizer for the data. Once it is organized then a lab report can be written. The lesson plan contains...

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