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Water Unit

For Students 7th - 12th
In this water worksheet, students review the properties of water including the density, boiling point, and evaporation. Students define mixture, solute, and solvent. This worksheet has 22 short answer questions.
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Foundation work for writing

For Students 6th - 10th
In this writing worksheet, students read and practice the correct steps on how to write a good report. Students read a total of eight steps.
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Integration, the Skill that Binds

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders use mathematical concepts to help clarify their beliefs, effect solutions, and improve verbal skills. They use the steps common to the scientific methods as an aid in development of cognitive skills.
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The Life and Times of Robert Frost

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the life and times of Robert Frost. Using a fact worksheet imbedded students access websites to gather information about the life and writings of Robert Frost.
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WHAT, IF ANYTHING, IS A ZEBRA?

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students read the essay, "What, If Anything, Is a Zebra?" following a teacher made reading guide. They investigate cladistics, shared derived characteristics, with further online research to enhance their study of evolution and...
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Pseudogene Suite

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use Biology Workbench to explore DNA sequence data for the GULOP gene in humans, chimpanzees, orangutans, and crab-eating macaques and the beta globin gene and its pseduogene in humans, gorillas, and chimpanzees.
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Hominoid Cranium Comparison

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe, measure and compare cranial casts from contemporary apes (chimpanzees and gorillas, typically), modern humans and fossil "hominids" (erect and bipedal forms evolutionarily separated from apes).
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FOOTSTEPS IN TIME

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students measure and correlate their foot lengths and body heights, then use this data to estimate height of Laetoli hominids. They use metric measurement and graphing to determine these heights.
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Fisheries And Songs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view examples of songs that have the ocean and its life as their themes. After hearing and reading them, students write their own, having done research on the social and political issues of the ocean's environment.
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Comparison of Human and Chimpanzee Chromosomes

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students actively engage in the careful analysis of chromosome banding patterns and identify examples of inversion in homologous chromosomes.
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Lesson plan: Today's young leaders

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils explain teen involvement in integrating society, and determine programs for teens in different organizations.
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CREATING A CLASSROOM HOLIDAY

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars invents a holiday for their classroom, including name, customs, songs, foods, and other defining characteristics based on the research they have conducted and the discussion in Lesson Three.
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Hyped Up Over North Carolina Symbols

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders obtain knowledge of North Carolina symbols and create a multimedia presentation to be presented to the class.
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2D Concept Visualization: Cell Organelles Presentation

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners create simple 2D concept driven visualizations of cells and cell organelles and organize them into an effective presentation.
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Ponle Color a Venezuela

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students demonstrate the ability to express the Spanish future tense using . They read an advertisement for a studenT contest to promote a certain product, then write and present a contest of their own.
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Horrid Homonyms

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars explore homonyms, which are words that sound alike but have different meanings.
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Create Your Island Paradise

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create a descriptive essay and map describing their island paradise. They try to evoke the reader's senses: seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, and tasting. They revise their paragraphs using their partner's feedback.
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Inventions of the 19th Century

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore inventions that have been created since the nineteenth century.
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A Species and Its Environment

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research an endangered species in Canada and create a multimedia presentation that answers the question "What challenges would you face as this endangered species?"
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An Investigation of the Effects of Marijuana and Alcohol

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students, in groups, research the physical, psychological and social effects of alcohol and marijuana on the people who use them. They prepare a class presentation with their research.
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Locating Images

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students discover how to search effectively for images online using the Google Image Search engine. They distinguish between those images that are relevant and those that are not relevant to a search that they initiate and see how to...
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Note Taking

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students discover how to transfer information from highlighted articles to note cards. Providing students with an organized system to collect and record data provide them with a lifelong skill.
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Natural Selection

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students construct a working definition of the word "evolution," and list the key points of Darwin's theory of natural selection. They create paper moths to help them explain the importance of camouflage and how it relates to natural...
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Air Quality

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students determine potential sources of major air pollutants, explain how acid rain is generated and how it affects the environment, discuss global warming, and explore protective role of ozone and cause of ozone layer thinning. Lessons...