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Spot of Serious Trouble
Students examine the controversy surrounding the MMR vaccine. In this health lesson, students visit selected websites to discover the causes of measles, the history of the MMR vaccine, and the two sides of the vaccination debate.
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Population Dynamics
Students investigate the causes and consequences of population growth and the envrionmental factors that contribute to it. They discuss what they think the world's population will be in 2050.
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Vegetable Party
Students classify vegetables and eat them as a salad. In this multi-disciplinary science and health lesson, students bring various vegetables to school and classify them in several different ways. Then with parent helpers, the students...
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Recycling and Waste Reduction
Students investigate recycling and waste reduction and its positive impact on the environment. In this environmental science lesson, students determine how and why materials are recycled. They apply their knowledge by making...
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Saving the Bay
Students investigate water pollution prevention. In this ecology wastewater lesson, students activate prior knowledge about sewage, then view a video explaining the waste water sewage system used in the San Francisco Bay area. Students...
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Researching Infectious Diseases
In this researching infectious diseases worksheet, students write a report on one of the infectious diseases listed, using the web links for research, then answering 13 short answer questions about it.
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Rolecards Sheet 1
In this science and environment worksheet, students answer short answer questions about different science and environment topics on these role cards. Students complete 16 questions.
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The Global Impact of Insect Borne Diseases & Agriculture
Students study the global impact of insect borne diseases, the appropriate use of pesticides, and the concept of human interrelations on a world wide scale. They examine how to safely apply a pesticide, according to the label.
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Environment: How'd That Pollution Get There?
Students examine how global wind and water patterns aid in the spread of worldwide pollution. In groups, they read articles about the domino effect of pollution and create posters displaying its journey. On blank world maps, students...
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A Helthy Diet
Students examine their eating habits and experience analyzing data and drawing conclusions. They construct models of the molecular backbone of saturated and unsaturated fats. In addition, they examine the labels of their food, record...
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Heart Word Game
In this heart health crossword, students locate 14 words to solve clues and place them in the puzzle. Although this appears to be part of a heart health adult presentation, older students could benefit.
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Sea Turtle Rescue
Learners create a three column chart about working with wildlife and how different organizations help sea turtles. In this sea turtles lesson plan, students compare the Oregon Coast Aquarium, the Coast Guard, and Sea World and what they...
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Trust throughout the day
Students draw a picture of a world with and without trust. In this trust lesson plan, students discuss how trust plays a role in their lives every day and how the world would be if we couldn't trust each other.
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Delve Into Diseases
Fifth graders research diseases that affect people all around the world and write about their research. In this diseases lesson plan, 5th graders answer questions about vaccines, facts, differences in diseases, and more.
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Sars
Students discuss the Sars outbreak in 2003. In this biology lesson plan, students research the effect of the outbreak to the world. They create a public announcement about the topic.
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Making Your Local Ethical Shopping Guide
Students write a research action plan on how to buy products that are environmentally friendly even in tough world conditions. For this ethical business lesson plan, students learn that the economy, food prices, natural disasters, and...
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Plate and Planet
Students investigate the health hazards of modern agriculture and how we can choose better food options. In this healthy eating lesson plan, students identify different indigenous people in photographs and discuss what they might...
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Design a Space Station
Sixth graders investigate living in space. For this science lesson, 6th graders discuss what it is like to live in space and create their own space station or space city of the future.
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Living with Benefits and Risks
In this radioisotopes learning exercise, learners determine which radioisotopes are used to detect cancers and look at how radiation exposure influences health. This learning exercise has 4 fill in the blank and 14 short answer questions.
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Rice Nutrition
Third graders investigate nutrition by researching rice. In this food lesson, 3rd graders read about the healthy aspects of rice and how many people in the world eat it. Students read nutrition labels and discuss the...
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Water Use Around the World
Students compare their water use with other places around the world. They calculate the amount of water they use in a week and discuss how to conserve water. They discover the amount of clean water throughout the world.
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Invasion of the Germs: We Fight Back!
Students fight off germs. In this technology skills lesson plan, students create claymation videos with accompanying podcasts that educate others about the H1N1 virus and methods to fight germs.
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Health, Pollution, and Safety: Why Should We Care?
Students examine the impact of reducing the carbon dioxide emissions. They identify ways alternative fuels can lessen the effect of emissions on communities. Working in teams they conduct research from various community and Internet...
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Looking At the World Through Different Eyes
Young scholars are introduced to the concept of reframing as a problem-solving alternative. They present the value of incorporating adults into their suport system. Students draw what they think Creep Face and Maggie saw when they...