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Out Spot, Darn Spot

For Students 9th - 12th
Encourage your classes to be laundry helpers! Learners explore the chemistry of stain removal with a lab investigation. By identifying the components of the stain, they identify the most effective solute for its removal.
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Teach Engineering

Superhydrophobicity – The Lotus Effect

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Discover and demonstrate the Lotus Effect and superhydrophobic surfaces with the eighth installment of a nine-part series that teaches scholars about surfaces that exhibit superhydrophobicity. The lesson continues also describes...
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Calvin Crest Outdoor School

Survival

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Equip young campers with important survival knowledge with a set of engaging lessons. Teammates work together to complete three outdoor activities, which include building a shelter, starting a campfire, and finding directions in the...
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Density Column Lab - Part 2

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Groups suspend objects within layers of liquids to determine the densities of different liquids and compare them to the densities of objects calculated in Part 1. The groups then carefully test their calculations by layering the liquids...
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Foil Boats

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
How many pennies can an aluminum foil boat hold? That is the challenge in a collaborative activity designed to explore the concept of buoyancy. Learners use aluminum foil to build makeshift boats and test the weight they hold before...
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Curated OER

Kitchen Cleaners

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students, in groups, select two cleaning agents that they feel solves their cleaning problem.
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Curated OER

Run-off Race

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students create wetland models in pans and use them to experiment to see how plants help slow the flow of runoff water and keep our waterways clean.
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Curated OER

Fresh Water From the Oceans?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in an activity in which they demonstrate how the evaporations of water from the oceans results in fresh water in the form of rain. They create a saltwater solution in a flask and boil the water until most of the...
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Curated OER

Food and Fiber: Helping the Environment and You

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the many uses of corn-based products and the importance of water resources. They consider how biodegradable products help to keep water clean. They perform experiments to observe how corn pellets dissolve while...
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Curated OER

Examining a Hazardous Waste Site

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify activities that produce hazardous waste. They examine how contaminants are spread in air and water. They work together to create a model to show how the contaminants move through water.
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Curated OER

Tracking Pollution - A Hazardous Whodunit

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read a story problem about the issue of hazardous waste and pollution in a fictional town. In groups, they create a topographical map and predict how the water might flow and determine the place of contamination. To end the...
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Curated OER

Oil Spill Cleanup

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students participate in an oil spill simulation and how to clean it up. In this oil spill lesson plan, students also calculate the cost of the clean up of an oil spill.
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Curated OER

Choices Make A Difference

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners are explained that wastewater treatment plants are regulated as to the quality of water they may discharge into our rivers and canals. They are explained that wastewater treatment plants clean many pollutants out of the...
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Curated OER

Case of the Missing Pumpkin

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the process of decomposition in plants. For this plant biology lesson, students use a cleaned out pumpkin and observe how the decomposition process takes place. Students write down adjectives to describe the pumpkin.
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Curated OER

Dr. Seuss Science

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students read Bartholomew and the OObleck by Dr. Seuss and experiment with solids and liquids.  In this science and reading lesson, students observe and discuss the properties of liquids and solids.  Students make predictions of what...
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Curated OER

Germs and the Importance of Washing Your Hands

For Teachers K
Students determine the importance of hand washing through experiments. In this hand washing and germs lesson, students listen to a reading of Germs! Germs! Germs! by Bobbi Katz, and discuss what they learn about germs. They experiment by...
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Hazardous Waste Cleanup Methods

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how hazardous wastes are cleaned up. They work together to identify the positives and negatives of cleaning up certain hazardous wastes. They answer questions as part of the activity.
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Curated OER

Oil on the Beach

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore how oil pollutes the oceans. For this science lesson, students investigate various materials that could be used to clean up an oil spill. Students discuss which materials worked best and how humans can reduce oil spills.
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Ocean Pollution

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore ocean pollution.  In this ecology lesson, students view a video entitled This Pretty Planet and identify common biodegradable products. Students participate in activities designed to simulate the negative effects of...
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Food Safety

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners recognize that safe food preparation is important to good health.  In this food safety lesson, students participate in an activity learners separate, clean, chill, and cook food safely. Students use Glo Germ to find where germs...
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Curated OER

What is an Aquifer?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students examine how an aquifer operates. They discuss the implications of the groundwater becoming contaminated. They work together to create an aquifer model to observe the connection between surface water and groundwater.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Formula of a Hydrate Lab

For Students 10th - 12th
In this hydrate worksheet, learners find the formula of an unknown salt by determining the mass of water in the heated compound. Students burn off the water and record data to establish the final mass and formula of the hydrate.
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Curated OER

Hazardous Chemicals in Your Neighborhood

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the effect of hazardous chemicals on humans. They discover how the chemicals are cleaned up and the facilities in their neighborhood. They identify federal and local agencies that oversee environmental hazards
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Building a Model Springbox

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students examine ways to protect fresh drinking water. In this clean drinking water lesson, students listen to the story of Lauren Fry  about building a springbox to collect groundwater.  Students build a springbox.

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