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BOTTOMS UP?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students view a Magic School Bus video that teaches about the digestive system. They create a life-size model of the digestive system.
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What a Waste!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the kidney, bladder, and function of the excretory (urinary) system.
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Skeletal System

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the functions of the skeletal system. They collaborate in small groups to determine the function of the skeletal system, the types of joints and movement, bone strength and growth, and bone injuries including...
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Snapshot Day Definitions & Activities

For Students 7th - 10th
For this watershed worksheet, students read through related definitions and complete 17 short answer questions about deposition and erosion in the Hudson River.
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Breathing Victory

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students discuss anaerobic respiration and how it relates to sprinting. After discussion of related processes, students create a brochure that explains the complex processes behind every muscular interaction.
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Primary/Elementary Activity: Energy in Food

For Students 4th - 5th
In this food energy learning exercise, students rank the foods by the amount of energy they think the various food items have in them. Students then answer the 4 questions about food energy.
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Dietary Fiber Introduction

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research fiber and consider its sources, functions and importance to overall health. They sample high-fiber items, complete worksheets and take a quiz on their fiber research.
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From One End to the Other

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders become more familiar with how our food is broken down mechanically and chemically. They also trace the food through the alimentary canal.
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River Study

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore a stream in their area and show the class the topographic map of the stream. They locate the topographic map and name the streams, lakes and ponds in their watershed. They write a paragraph about their stream and...
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Internal Systems and Regulation

For Students 7th - 9th
In this internal systems and regulation instructional activity, students correctly decide if given statements are true or false. Students apply information learned about the circulatory system to the given statements to determine...
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Your Digestive System

For Students 9th
In this digestive system worksheet, 9th graders identify and explain any difference found in color of the mixtures in two glasses. Then they determine what enzyme was produced by glands in the mouth changing the starch in a chewed cracker.
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The Digestive System: An Overview

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers label main structures of the digestive system, describe each structure's function, and describe sequence of events involved in digestion.
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Circulatory System Design

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the different parts of the circulatory system and their function. They work together to create their own model of the system and use it to determine the rate of blood flow. They answer questions related to their model.
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Enzymes

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders test their saliva for enzyme activity. In this enzyme lesson, 10th graders conduct an experiment to test the enzymatic activity of their saliva. They relate the lack of certain digestive enzymes with alcoholism.
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Oh That Gross Digestive System!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students get an understanding of the main components of the digestive system and how the system takes the food we eat and converts it into energy.
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Life Giving Rivers

For Teachers 3rd
Students examine the world's rivers in this six lessons unit which mingles science with social studies. The dynamic forces that create erosion in nature are also seen as habitats and ecosystems that are affected by environmental and man...
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Soiled Again

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers propose and perform an experiment using the scientific method. The purpose of the experiment is to discern some earth materials or combinations of earth materials that best increases the pH of "acid rain". From the results...
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Major Lakes of North America

For Students 9th - 12th
In this North American activity, students explore the locations of the major lakes on the continent. The map may be used for a variety of geography lessons.
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Rivers that Flow from the Continental Divide: The Journey of Two Rivers

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore river routes. In this social studies lesson, students trace the route of a river from its source and discuss the Continental Divide. Students draw the route the river takes and name the states it flows through. Students...
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Yeast Power!

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars examine how not all microorganisms are bad and that some can actually be beneficial.  In this yeast instructional activity students complete an experiment with yeast and answer questions.
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Current Events and Fish

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine current events impacting aquatic life in their communities. They search for newspaper, magazine and television reports for information about aquatic life in local bodies of water. Students can write letters to...
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Oceanography

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify saltwater and freshwater habitats and the resources found in them. They compare and contrast the two habitats and discuss their findings. They discover the resources bodies of water can provide.
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Big Blue Sky- Based on the Montana Quarter Reverse

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use a Montana quarter to help describe geographical features such as landforms and bodies of water. Students read an article about Montana as a group and discuss examples of landforms and bodies of water. After reading,...
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Skates

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars gain understanding of structure, characteristics, and basic needs of living things and their role in world, identify parts of skate, observe details of skate's body and skate egg case, and identify unique characteristics...

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