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Chemistry Far and Wide

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemistry worksheet, high schoolers fill in 10 blanks with the appropriate term, they determine if 4 statements are true or false, they match 6 terms with their definitions and they answer 3 questions. Topics include areas of...
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Good Hygiene: A Healthy Smile

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Young scholars practice proper brushing techniques. For this dental hygiene lesson, students use a plaque disclosing tablet to practice the correct tooth brushing procedure.
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Biotechnology

For Students 6th - 12th
In this biology learning exercise, students complete a crossword puzzle with 23 questions on biotechnology. They identify the benefits and ethical issues about biotechnology.
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Science NetLinks: Sanitation and Human Health

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils learn something about the ways that sanitation technology has helped people. They do this by examining the history of sanitation in the context of disease outbreaks and comparing the quality of life in those times to that of today.
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Safe Food: It's Your Job Too!: Health

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers get an overview of the importance of food safety and become familiar with common foodborne pathogens.
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What's Your Type

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students record their blood types on a class graph and calculate the potential number of blood donors for each group.
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The Web of Life - Ecosystem

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students examine the concepts of ecosystems and interdependence. They construct block pyramids to demonstrate interdependence, and map off an area to observe and identify animals. They create food chain mobiles and play a web of life game.
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Sea Connections

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students, after locating different marine habitats on a globe, play a card game about ecosystems, food webs and organisms.
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Still Waters

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students construct a still to turn seawater into drinking water. They estimate the cost of distilling it. They investigate ways to make the conversion more efficient. They track the source of their home drinking water and make a map of...
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Classroom Composting

For Teachers K - 6th
Young scholars discover the benefits of composting. They identify the steps of decomposition as well. They are read a book and discuss what items decompose.
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Factors Affecting Microbial Growth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers listen to a lecture on four factors that influence microbial growth and they discuss how to test the optimal growth requirements of a designated bacterium. They design and carry out laboratory investigations to test...
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Phytoremediation

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students participate in a lab designed to facilitate the clean up and remove of substances ranging from heavy metals to dynamite. They focus on the remediation of copper. They discuss their results of this open ended inquiry experiment.
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Activity #8 Simulation of Oil Spills

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students conduct an experiment to simulate an oil spill and identify the characteristics of oil in water. They evaluate the effectiveness of various cleanup methods. They discuss the how to clean up an oil spill, and what causes oil...
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Water Filtration

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore, analyze, study and demonstrate the procedures that municipal water plants may use to purify water for drinking. They cover the clean water processes of aeration, coagulation, sedimentation, filtration and disinfection.
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What is a Nanometer?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers develop a concept of the relative size of objects in the nanoscale. They complete an internet assignment using the website,"Scaling the Universe to Your Desktop". Using analogies to common objects they get an...
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Fossil Adventure

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars work as a class to write a general definition of fossil based on their discussion and examine pictures of the different types of fossils. Once discussion is complete, they write and illustrate a book about a T Rex that...
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Prokaryotic vs Eukaryotic

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Pupils identify via slides prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. They identify plant or animal cells from slides or pictures. Students are given the question of the day. They are asked which has a nucleus, a prokaryotic or eukaryotic cell?
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Functions As Relationships

For Teachers 9th - 12th
For this algebra worksheet, high schoolers read the information about the relationships of functions and then they fill in the graphic organizer with the information at the bottom of the page.
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Test Your Research Skills-- You Either Know It Or You Don't! 3

For Students 5th - 6th
In this research worksheet, students use Internet searches or a research library to find answers to 15 questions about a variety of subjects.
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Life Processes and Living Things-Humans and Other Animals

For Teachers 8th - 11th
In this fill in the blank worksheet, students respond to 20 short answer questions by identifying foods that contain large amounts of sugar, carbohydrate, and fruit acids and explaining their effects on the body.
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Cell Theory, Scientists, & Cell Types

For Students 6th - 10th
In this cells instructional activity, students compare the characteristics of eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. Students describe how different scientists contributed to the cell theory. This instructional activity has 6 short answer...
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Water 1: Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the water cycle. In this water cycle lesson, students complete a hands-on activity that replicates the water cycle. Students record their observations.
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Tell Me the Tooth

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students demonstrate the proper teeth brushing technique. In this dental hygiene activity, students read the book I Know Why I Brush My Teeth and invite a dentist into the classroom to demonstrate the proper way to brush teeth.
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Red and Green Groups

For Teachers K - 1st
Students select fruits and vegetables from a group of items placed in a bag. In this food pyramids lesson, students focus on the fruits and vegetables. Students understand the need to eat foods and vegetables.