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Fizzies Virus

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars participate in a simulation activity about how disease spreads. They describe how disease spreads and trace a disease to the first infected person.
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Growing Old

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders participate in a simulation in which they experience problems elderly people face on a daily basis.
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What's the Matter? (Grades 6-7)

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students explain the physical properties of matter. They, in groups, perform a variety of experiments, each demonstrating a different property of matter. A very nice, hands-on lesson!
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Short "E" Searching

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students engage in a activity which uses resources from the PBS show, Between the Lions to help identify the sound "e" in words that are written, read and sung.
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Mixing in the Kitchen

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students identify the different types of mixtures. They identify examples of solutions, suspensions, colloidal dispersions, and emulsions through a game and basic experiments.
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Household Chemistry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars use indicator paper to determine if substances are acidic, basic, or neutral. They test for Ph levels in them. They investigate the effect of oxygen on darkening fruit cut and exposed to the air. They observe vitamin C as...
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Adjective Riddles

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a riddle using adjectives to describe an unknown edible substance to their classmates.
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The Five Senses - Magic School Bus

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners identify five senses, draw parts of body that relate to each of the senses, hear different sounds in the environment, write those experiences in their journals, and list at least four objects/things that relate to each of the...
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There are Microbes in my Food!

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders produce yogurt in the classroom as an example of the use of microbes in food production, and record observations in science journals.
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Being There: Exploring China And Japan

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students discover the culture, society, geography, and history of Asia through games, food, art, and literature in this multi-day instructional activity about China and Japan. An exciting instructional activity for upper-elementary or...
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Making Connections: Exploring Our Brains through the Five Senses

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students record observations and create drawings and models of anatomy using their five senses. They describe the structures of a neuron and analyze each of their functions. They compare and contrast the typical structural features of a...
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Developing Environmental Awareness Through Problem Solving

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners examine the relationships among living and non-living parts of the environment. Using their senses, they identify the objects in their classroom. In groups, they participate in experiments to discover where electricity comes...
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The Five Senses

For Teachers K
Students research the five senses and their location on the body using both literature and the Internet. They design a slideshow that highlights their research on the senses. They study how some people do not have all of their senses.
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Health and Nutrition

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students examine vocabulary words that deal with the parts of the body. They identify the body parts and organs associated with the five senses. They identify common illnesses, causes and treatments. They research various lifestyle...
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Sequencing the Cystic Fibrosis Gene: A Simulation

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders use this activity to simulate the sequencing of gene and to detect the presence of possible genetic defects. They use diagrams that represent bands of nucleotides in order to determine the sequence of a small piece of the...
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Observing a Stream Ecosystem

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners use their five senses to explore a river ecosystem. They experience how their senses provide them with additional information about the environment through the use of teacher made stream boxes.
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Our Five Senses

For Teachers K
Students are introduced to the five senses through tasks that require them to use each sense in isolation. Students discover how humans use their senses to learn more about their environment.
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Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Learners identify the physical and chemical properties of matter. They review the types of matter. Students list the four states of matter (Solid, Liquid, Gas and Plasma). They recognize and describe the different types of matter.
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Joyeux Noel From France

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this French Christmas reading comprehension worksheet, students read a page long story about holiday customs in France. This is written in the form of a letter from a French child. The students then answer 5 questions about the story...
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Physical vs. Chemical Changes

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemical reactions learning exercise, students read about the differences between physical and chemical changes in substances. Then students identify situations as either an example of physical or chemical change. Students learn...
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Insects

For Students 4th - 5th
For this insects and bugs worksheet, students choose the multiple choice answer that answers 15 questions or facts about insects and bugs correctly.
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Slugs and Snails

For Students 3rd - 6th
Slugs and snails are the focus of this life science worksheet. Student read a selection on these animals, then answer ten comprehension questions. Then, students must draw an "alien portrait" using the characteristics of slugs and snails...
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Word Hunt

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this word hunt worksheet, students supply as many words as possible to name things that are described. In this short answer worksheet, students write nouns for thirty descriptions.
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Which Word Doesn't Belong?

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this which word doesn't belong activity, students determine a word that does not belong in a group, Students choose ten answers.

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