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"And So They Did" Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read a story and perform a play. They identify different characters and assign roles to their classmates. They answer comprehension questions to end the lesson.
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Airbrush & Business Card

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders design and produce a business card as modeled in class using Corel Draw. They demonstrate proper care of airbrush equipment and use proper airbrush techniques with complete accuracy.
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Drink It Up!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners investigate how the human body needs water by recording their water consumption for a day. They sing a song about drinking water, make and drink Kool-Aid and eat apple slices, and conduct an experiment to determine how much...
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Happy the Fish

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the ways in which people's actions affect fish. They discuss pollutants that are in the water. Students define the terms chemicals, cooling pond, and pollutant. They create a book about Happy the Fish.
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Feeding Paramecia

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students prepare a slide of Paramecium cultures and observe (through a microscope) the organism's thin transparent membrane and what happens as they "feed" them stained yeast cells. They sketch the path the ingested yeast takes as it...
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Water Hardness- Causes and Testing

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine what materials cause water hardness and the relative measure of water hardness in a two part lab activity. In part one, 8th graders add an assigned soap test solution to eleven different test tube solutions in...
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The Mister Runtles' Bet

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils listen to a story dealing with exponential and linear growth. After reading the story, students complete a table comparing information. Using a calculator, pupils graph the rice and daily population of flies. They study the...
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Knocking Over Pollutants

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use encyclopedias, science reference magazines, books, and other media to obtain information related to science concepts to complete a biographical sketch about a pollutant. They describe the six common pollutants and how they...
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How Green Are We?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify and interpret the importance of energy efficiency in connection with air pollution. They communicate with families and peers about ways to more effectively contribute to the reduction of air pollution. Finally,...
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You're Getting Warmer!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify that the atmosphere traps heat and makes the surface of the Earth warm enough for life and recognize that air pollution can cause a rise in temperature and ecological decline. They name human activities that can cause...
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Digging Detectives

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students demonstrate basic procedures for archeological excavations. They explore an archeological site, students using various archeological methods and techniques to determine some of the aspects of past life and culture.
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Think Green

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students experience and practice compositing and recycling through hands-on-activities. They distinguish between which items from their trash can be recycled, composted and reused. The process for making recycled paper is also covered in...
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Teaching Ideas and Resources

For Students 1st - 5th
In this teaching website, parents and teachers have access to a variety of lesson plans, worksheets, and resources. Materials in all subject areas can be used and printed for various subjects.
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Household Hazardous Waste Identification

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders learn about reduce, reuse, and recycle and identify household hazardous products. Students learn about less hazardous alternatives and complete an inventory of hazardous materials in a typical household.
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Storm Drain Dumping

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Pupils develop an awareness of what happens to water contaminated through neighborhood runoffs. Students perform an experiment that shows what happens to runoff when it's diverted to different places.
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Air Pollution Survey

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students identify the different sources of air pollution andevaluate knowledge of air pollution concepts in school and community. Students brainstorm ways of reducing air pollution and instruct school and community in reduction of air...
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Acid Rain Keeps Falling On My Head

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students measure the pH of local rain water. Students map the location of the collected rain water according to pH levels.
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Making Embryo Sets

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students preserve embryos to study embryonic development from day 3 through 21.
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Spraying Strawberries

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students decide how many times to spray a strawberry crop. They apply marginal analysis and discover the "law of diminishing returns."
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Shopping

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students do a shopping simulation in order to have a chance to apply their math skills in a real life fashion. They decide how much money they have, what they want to buy, if they have enough money and how much change they should get back.
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Prefix-Suffix Concentration

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners correctly match prefixes or suffixes with their appropriate meaning. Prefix-Suffix Concentration is a game that allow students to practice and review prefixes and suffixes and their meaning.
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Flour Art

For Teachers K
Students create pictures using white and whole wheat flour, oatmeal, and cornmeal while learning the different types of grains used to make breads.
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What Does It Mean?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students demonstrate an understanding of words with multiple meanings. They give the meaning for each "trunk" in the sentence.
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Introduction to Inventions

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders construct an invention to the best of their creative ability using the teacher provided resources. They identify four scientific processes during the experiment and log them on the teacher prepared ditto.