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Tides and Currents

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research and describe how currents are formed. In groups, they relate specific terms to the formation of currents and locate different currents on a world map. They also examine tides, how they are formed and how they are...
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Cell Energy-Bubbling Plants

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the process of photosynthesis in plants and that oxygen is produced as a by product. They observe underwater Elodea plants "breathing" in a hands-on activity. After setting up the experiment, they observe the plant for...
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Cell Energy-Colorful Respiration

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the acid-base indicator, bromthymol blue (BTB), and what happens to it when you blow air into it or add plants and snails. Through an experiment, they test three different setups of BTB and record the color changes that...
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The Mier Expedition

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the significance of the Mier Expedition to the Republic of Texas. They discuss the suffering Texans endured during their escape attempt and incarceration. Using first hand interviews and recollections, 7th graders...
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Service Learning Project-American Civil War

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders study the American Civil War. As part of a service learning project, they volunteer to help preserve or promote a local Civil War site. They conduct research and write letters or lobby legislatures on behalf of historic...
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Scales, Scutes, and Skins

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Learners identify the various adaptations of reptiles and amphibians. After distinguishing between reptiles and amphibians, students discuss the ways in which their adaptations aid in their survival. They participate in a hands on...
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Popcorn Science

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify and apply the scientific method through an experiment with popcorn. Then they identify what independent, dependent, and control variables are and create a list of different variables that affect popcorn popping....
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Apples and Seasons

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify and interpret the idea that apples grow on trees and that these apple trees change as the seasons change. Then they gain knowledge of seasonal changes through a creative art experience for the students. Students also...
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Specific Heat and Insulation

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students measure the air and soil temperatures at designated times. They graph the temperatures of each on one piece of graph paper with different colors. Students compare the information for the two line plots and analyze their results...
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Moisture Advection

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students analyze meteorological data and arrive at conclusions using animations of dewpoint temperatures and winds. They view an animation and determine the preferred location(s), if any, for the advection of moisture into the state....
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A Guide (on the Side) to Physics

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concepts related to the study of Physics. They participate in class discussion and list common misconceptions of Physics. Students write and discuss the problem of Science illiteracy.
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Journal Assignment Directions

For Students 9th - 10th
In this journalism analysis worksheet, learners choose and editorial article and analyze the content. Students will write articles with a minimum of 350 words.
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The Sundial of Space Exploration

For Students 9th - 12th
For this science worksheet, students engage in the process of using a sundial to tell the time in various places. The sundial is meant to be cut out.
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What Makes A Community Sustainable

For Students 9th - 12th
In this environment activity, high schoolers read three different case studies in order to apply them to the categories of finding the best possible choices to make for helping a community flourish.
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Natural Resources

For Students 6th - 8th
In this environment worksheet, learners are given information and write an environmental story. The information includes the making and reading of a map.
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The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

For Students 10th - 11th
In this C.S. Lewis instructional activity, students define six vocabulary words from the Screwtape Letters and answer eight short answer questions relating to the content of the book.
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Where Do Fish Live in the Hudson?

For Students 6th - 8th
In this fish in the Hudson worksheet, students read a brief excerpt about what types of fish can be found in the Hudson River in New York. They identify which fish are caught in greatest numbers and those caught in the most places....
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Remembrance Day

For Students 6th - 8th
In this social studies activity, students read the information sheet that is based upon the holiday of Remembrance Day in Great Britain.
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Newton's First Law

For Students 8th - 12th
In this friction worksheet, students will read about fluid friction and examples of fluid friction. Students will also explore the role fluid lubricants have in reducing friction between two surfaces. Then students will answer two short...
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The History of Life

For Students 7th - 12th
In this Earth's history worksheet, students will complete 5 true or false questions based on the early history of the Earth. Kids will match 7 fossil vocabulary words to their definitions. Students will complete 4 short answer questions...
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Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills: Sound-Alike Words 2

For Students 4th - 6th
In this listening and speaking skills learning exercise, students will read 20 sentences each containing a misspelled homophone. Students will circle the misspelled homophone and write the correct sound alike word on the line.
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Bank On It! Antarctica

For Students 8th - 9th
In this vocabulary learning exercise, students read an informational paragraph about Antarctica. Students then fill in the 17 blanks with words from the word bank.
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Squigly's Tree Word Search

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this word search worksheet, students locate 24 words related to trees. The word list includes ash, birch, branches, and coniferous.
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Worksheet 37

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this math worksheet, students sketch the regions that give rise to the integrals. Then rewrite them as double integrals with the integration order reversed.