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BATS: NEED NECTAR, WILL TRAVEL

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students play the role of nectar feeding bats on their annual migration and try to avoid the different hazards that hinder their progress. They describe the annual migration of long-nosed bats including key elements such as: where the...
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HAPPY SOIL, SAD SOIL

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students will be able to identify the characteristics of healthy soil and unhealthy soil.Take the class outside to an area of thick grass near trees, if available. Compare the clothes people wear to the thin cover. Discuss the reasons...
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Workplace Safety -- Part 2

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students continue their examination of the importance of workplace safety. As a class, they state the purpose of OSHA and how the labor laws affect teenagers. They discuss ways to avoid accidents and what to do in the event of an...
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Arthropod Data Collection

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students describe the life cycle of various bugs as well as their predators and feeding habits. The class participates in a discussion of the various methods scientists use to gather data including research and experiment. After...
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Sliding and Stuttering

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders use a spring scale to drag an object such as a ceramic coffee cup along a table top or the floor. The spring scale allows them to measure the frictional force that exists between the moving cup and the surface it slides on....
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Diurnal Cycling Experiments

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students carry out an experiment to monitor diurnal fluctuations in dissolved oxygen, carbon dioxide, pH, and water temperature. They determine the CO2 and pH of the samples (and optionally, dissolved oxygen). Students complete their...
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Claymation Video

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students photograph important landmarks in town, write descriptive articles, and share them with other students through the school newspaper and web site. They also create a documentary-style video that speaks to an organization within...
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Science 911: Car Crash Testing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore, experiment and analyze the concept of using dummies in a car crash test. They collaborate in a series of tests designed to simulate what really happens in a two-car collision. Each student incorporates probability,...
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U.S. History: The Great Depression

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine the Great Depression and federal relief programs such as the Civilian Conservation Corps. Focusing on Texas, they assess the effects on poor farmers and discuss what they would do for a living had they lived in...
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Friction Fun

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students are introduced to the concept of friction. They each get a penny and rotate to a different station consisting of an incline with a different type of surface to test the friction of it. Students then write down what happens at...
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Green Building and Development

For Students 9th - 12th
In this environment worksheet, high schoolers find the solutions to building an environmentally friendly home and they examine the long-terms costs associated with ownership.
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Bones: The Body's Support

For Students 5th - 12th
In this bones learning exercise, students compare the axial and the appendicular skeletons. Students also review the bone components. This learning exercise has 6 matching, 8 short answer, 4 fill in the blank, and 6 true or false questions.
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The Endocrine Systems

For Students 5th - 12th
In this endocrine system worksheet, students review the structures and functions of the parts that make up the endocrine system. This worksheet has 7 fill in the blank and 6 matching questions.
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Mirror: Worksheet A, Great Figures

For Students 7th - 8th
In this health activity, students identify celebrities who have a variety of body types. They write their feelings when seeing another person who is fat. They list people they admire, and list three characteristics that make a person...
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Modifying Words

For Students 8th - 10th
In this grammar instructional activity, learners read a piece of text and practice modifying fourteen words to grammatically complete the paragraphs correctly.
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Simple Machines and Mechanical Advantage

For Students 7th - 10th
In this simple machines science worksheet, students read about simple machines, mechanical advantages, calculating mechanical advantage, output force versus input force, and distance effort versus distance of resistance. Then students...
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Nouns and Pronouns Quiz

For Students 6th - 9th
In this grammar worksheet, students complete a 20 question quiz in which they first write the possessive form of the word in parenthesis. Then they circle the correct possessive adjective, possessive pronoun, or reflexive pronoun in the...
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Adjective Clauses and Adjective Phrases

For Students 6th - 9th
For this grammar worksheet, students circle the correct answer to the 6 multiple choice questions pertaining to adjective clauses and adjective phrases.
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Worksheet 5: Developing Policy Goals

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
In this research guided project worksheet, students develop policy goals as they respond to 7 short answer questions that challenge them to assess community needs.
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Classification of Changes

For Students 6th - 8th
In this classification of changes worksheet, students identify each example as either chemical or physical changes. Students also classify other examples as either element, compound, solution, colloid, or suspensions. In the other...
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Pollution Solution!

For Teachers K - 7th
Students listen to the story "Clean Air, Dirty Air" by Lynne Patchett and discover the main types of pollution and how these affect their bodies. In this pollution instructional activity, students work in small groups to create a machine...
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Summary and Paraphrase

For Students 3rd - 6th
For this summary and paraphrase worksheet, students review the definition for a summary and paraphrase. Students learn the steps for writing a summary and then write one for the passage.
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Supreme Court Confirmation Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students consider the responsibilities of Senate Judiciary Committee members. In this judicial hearings lesson, students participate in a mock Supreme Court Confirmation and discuss the outcome.
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Energetic Citizenship

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers analyze how to use less energy. In this energy conservation lesson plan, students discuss fluorescent and incandescent light bulbs and experiment to examine the energy of both sources using thermometers. Middle schoolers...