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Friction

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students are introduced to the concept of friction. Using that information, they discover ways in which friction can be useful. They participate in different activities to see fricition in action. They complete a grid worksheet and...
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Sound and Hearing

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students form an understanding that there are many different types of sound. The core concepts are presented in the most basic form for elementary school. Also students investigate how sound travels.
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Sorting and Using Materials

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students practice sorting and classifying objects. In groups, they choose a variety of materials and describe how each one looks and feels. They must agree on how to classify each object and share their groupings with the class. They...
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Interdependence and adaptation

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students use keys to identify animals and plants in local habitats. Students are asked if they remember what the word habitat means. Students make a list of three different local habitats and brainstorm animals and plants they might...
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Changing circuits

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students identify that there are conventional symbols to represent the components in circuits. Students use these symbols to draw diagrams of circuits. They are reminded that electric circuits can be drawn in diagrams using symbols. ...
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Teeth And Eating

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students are introduced to several concepts about milk teeth and permanent teeth. They view photos of baby teeth, complete a worksheet that depicts their current tooth development and identify ways in which to care for permanent teeth.
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Solids And Liquids

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars discuss the properties of solids and liquids. They complete a worksheet to show the boiling and melting points of several substances and consider if these factors affect how humans use materials.
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Properties of Rocks

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars compare the properties of rocks. They identify objects made of rocky materials such as walls, sidewalks, etc. Students describe and group rocks based on their characteristics.
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Forces in Action

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students investigate different forces and draw arrows to signify specific directions of force. Students are then shown a brick and they are asked to draw a diagram which will include labels for the forces that are acting on the brick....
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Forces and Movement

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate the forces of pushing and pulling by participating in a whole group activity involving a toy car. Students then participate in a small group experiment involving a toy car, small weights and various materials....
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Life cycles

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify and explain the parts of a flower and their role in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed dispersal and germination using the Internet. Students will also study and discuss the key points and...
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Plants And Animals in the Local Environment

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Pupils observe the various living things they can find outside their playground making sure to look both on the ground and in the air. They develop a large poster Venn digram, as a class, of plants and animals that live in the air, on...
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Reversible and irreversible changes

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students define the words "reversible" and "irreversible." They complete a worksheet that shows a number of changes. Students must decide which are reversible and which are irreversible.
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Pushes and Pulls

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners discuss and investigate how various vehicles move. In a small groups, students then create a wheeled vehicle and find a way to make it move using various resources provided by the teacher.
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Caldecott Medal Winners

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this Caldecott medal winners worksheet, students read the list of Caldecott medal winners. Students read the year, book, and author for years 1938 through 2008.
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Comparing Eclipses

For Students 4th - 8th
In this eclipses worksheet, learners will compare diagrams of a total solar eclipse with a total lunar eclipse. Students will complete 6 short answer questions based on these diagrams.
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Secret Code Riddles: Addition & Subtraction

For Students 4th - 6th
In this riddle worksheet, students use mathematics to break a secret code. They solve addition and subtraction problems to discover the answer to given riddles. There are 9 riddles, with an average of seven to nine problems to solve...
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Angles of Elevation and Depression

For Students 10th
In this angles of elevation and depression worksheet, 10th graders solve 4 word problems that are related to determining the angles of elevation and depression. First, they define angle of elevation and angle of depression as used in the...
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Changing Circuits

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students observe an on-line activity to review the basics of electrical circuitry, then research answers to related questions on-line.In this lesson on changing components in a series circuit, students discover how different components...
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Habitats

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners investigate the habitats of living things and the cycle of the food chain. In this scientific inquiry online instructional activity, students examine the habitats of plants and animals as well as the food chain as they sort...
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Solids and Liquids

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners investigate what happens to solids and liquids when they change from one form to another. In this states of matter activity, students work in groups on a virtual experiment that requires them to collect data regarding the...
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Moving and Growing

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars learn to understand the role of both skeletons and exoskeletons. In this lesson on exoskeletons, students locate and label bones on diagram of a human skeleton, and observe and discuss bones of chicken and fish. Young...
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Keeping Warm

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners investigate how different types of objects act as thermal insulators. In this online lesson plan, students hypothesize how particular objects act as insulators and then complete the online activity to determine which materials...
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Changing Sounds

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students identify how the pitch and the loudness of an instrument can be altered. In this online science of sound instructional activity, students employ the use of an interactive whiteboard to examine the loudness and pitch of a guitar,...

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