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Alternative Snowflakes

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover how snowflakes in nature are really formed, and recreate this process with paper and glue. This art instructional activity gets some scientific learning in as well.
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Mountain Myths

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students become familiar with Native American myths and legends created to explain volcanic activity. They apply the clustering, writing process and peer-editing techniques to the writing of an original myth about Mount St. Helens
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Heredity: Your Connection To The Past

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars investigate genetics and the process of reproduction in living organisms.
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Bubble and Squeak

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students complete a unit on the chemical and technological processes of food preparation. They observe various experiments, describe changes in materials through cooking, identify safety and hygiene issues, and cook various recipes.
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Egyptian Sarcophagus

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students conduct Internet research and then practice the process the Ancient Egyptians use to bury their dead by creating their own replica of a sarcophagus. This helps students examine the importance of the Egyptians' techniques used...
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Virtual Field Trip

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders are introduced to the concepts of weathering and erosion. In groups, they rotate between different stations to discover how each process effects different landforms. To end the lesson plan, they discuss each change in the...
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Colorimetric Assay

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review the basic lab techniques by following lab procedures. They analyze data by using raw data gathered. Students comprehend the processes occurring inside the column. They use specific chemicals to help determine the...
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Rock Cycle

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify various types of landforms of the United States. They discuss earth movements that produce geologic structures and landforms and define cycle as it relates to rocks and soil. They demonstrate the processes forming...
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Bias Sampling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students demonstrate how the results of a poll or other scientific study can be biased by selecting special types of people to respond or by asking only certain questions.
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Learning Cycle Lesson Plan #6 (Misconception)

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate evolution via natural selection and form an opinion. They support their opinion using scientific evidence and apply this to adaptations that have allowed certain organisms to survive.
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Landforms Acrostic Poetry

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders apply scientific information about various landforms. They use the information to write and word process acrostic poems which they illustrate with clip art or pictures from magazines.
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Writing about the climate

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students research the contributing factors to the Earth's paleoclimate. They determine the relevant climate data and use it to construct a science argument. In the process, they access data, capture images of the data plots, and...
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Flower Dissection

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils investigate th anatomy of a flower. They investigate the structures and processes by which flowering plants generate pollen, ovules, seeds, and fruit through dissection,
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Solving Problems

For Students 7th - 10th
In this solving problems worksheet, students answer twelve multiple choice questions about problem solving in science and the steps of the scientific method. These include identifying the problem, forming a hypothesis and setting up the...
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Passport to Ancient Civilizations

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars complete a project about Ancient civilizations. For this ancient civilizations lesson, students explore the contributions made by ancient civilizations and research the scientific and technological achievements of ancient...
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Salty Sea Water

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars conduct an experiment to find out if there is salt in the ocean. In this scientific inquiry lesson, students pour a cup of salt water onto an aluminum plate and observe the changes over a few days. Young scholars complete...
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Bias Sampling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore statistics by conducting a scientific study. In this data analysis lesson, students conduct a class poll about popular foods of their classmates. Students complete a worksheet and discuss how bias opinions affect the...
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Chromatography

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study about chromatography, a process used to separate mixtures.
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Who Are We? An Introduction to the Life Within Our Bodies

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine cell structure, cell division, and the basic structure of DNA. They read and discuss a case study of DNA research, answer discussion questions, role-play the process of mitosis, and complete a DNA Fact or Fiction worksheet.
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Nutrition in Space

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners compare and contrast the process of dehydration with the processes of freezing and canning. They predict energy sources that may be accessible in the future in different environments such as the moon and planets, most notably Mars.
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The Challenge to Deliver Insulin

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate these fundamental chemical and cellular processes. They recognize the long-term danger that comes from a diet of fast food, chips, and soda, realize that avoiding diabetes is their responsibility, and establish...
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Toddler's Delight

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students are challenged to design a toy or something that can attach to a toddler's car seat to help distract them during long car trips. Students research toddler toys prior to beginning the design process in order to determine the...
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Rollie-Pollie - - Ceramic Art

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students are introduced to a variety of sculpting techniques: rolling, pinching and scoring. They practice utilizing additive and subtractive processes in making simple sculptural forms to depict bugs. Each student also interprets...
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Buoyant Force

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students investigate the scientific concept of why some objects float when put in a liquid solution. They apply the laws of motion and force while conducting classroom activities. Students also take notes and answer target questions to...

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