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Molecules And Temperature

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explain that molecules are in everything living and nonliving. They explain that molecules are too small to see but we can watch their movement.
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Investigating Density: Heavy Ice

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students end up learning the formula for density and calculate the densities of various materials, and predict if they sink or float.
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Density Stratification and Ocean Circulation

For Teachers K - 4th
Young scholars examine how circulation currents of the ocean. They use a tub of hot and cold water to demonstrate the currents. They discover how salinity and temperature of water affect its movement.
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Color Me Square

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify and describe basic geometric solids. Working as a class, 2nd graders describe geometric solids using the proper vocabulary and counting faces, bases, corners, and edges. In pairs, students use a computer drawing...
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Plant Motion: The Untold Secrets

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students identify and categorize knowledge needed to design an experiment. They observe, recognize and describe the motion viewed. They document any changes caused by various solutions.
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Contemporary Figure Heads

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students will compare historical figureheads to determine their purpose and meaning for the sailing vessels. They will use plaster to carve and create figureheads that are contemporary representations of themselves and their culture.
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"th" numbers

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders practice the code in English for fraction is that the words end in "th." They write and solve problems involving halves, quarters, thirds and fifths as they realize that the meaning of fraction words one "x-th" is that it...
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Look at Those Leaves!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students research tree leaves. For this tree leaves lesson, students observe, measure, and sort tree leaves. Students examine leaves individually, in groups, and in relationship to the entire tree.
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Geometric Shapes: Everyday Objects

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this shapes worksheet, learners analyze pictures of common objects. Students mark the geometric shape that each item is shaped like. Note: There is a misspelled word on the page.
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Calculating Area

For Students 4th - 6th
In this area activity, students calculate the area of shaded figures shown on grids.  ï»¿A reference web site is given for additional activities
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The States of Water

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students observe water changing states from a solid to a liquid to a gas.
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Can You Crack Them?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students test the strength of the arch in eggs. Then form hypothesis for how to increase their strength.
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Present Hunt

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this game students move around a game board by spinning a spinner and moving to the next place on the board whose shape matches the one they spun.
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MOSAICS

For Teachers All
This instructional activity will teach the students about how Mosaics are made and how they have been used in the past history and in modern times. Students will construct their own paper mosaics.
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Insulation and Buoyancy

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students predict whether their hands be warmer in ice water with or without a blubber mitten. They construct a blubber mitten using plastic, Crisco and compare their results with a control group. They observe how this affects buoyancy too.
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Surfing Safely on the Internet

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explained and demonstrated what the Internet is and the safety rules for using it. They navigate the Internet using search tools and the browser.
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PD-ROM 2.2: Our Quad Needs Sod (Ms. Ana England)

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students use formulas for common geometric shapes in order to solve a real-life, multi-step problem. They calculate material cost based on price/sq. unit.
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Into the Pond

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders use a pond to explore macroinvertebrates and other organisms. They use a dichotomous key to classify the organisms and maintain a journal recording their findings.
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Ozone Pollution: Smog Alert

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students simulate the development of smog. They discover how it forms naturally in nature. They read news articles about the ozone and pollution. They discuss what they can do to lower the pollution they generate.
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Drink It Up!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students 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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Paint Plus

For Teachers 1st
Using the computer and the Paint program, Students explore the different tools available in the paint program, and then create a picture showing two sets of pictures and an equation.
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Beetle Wheels

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders link the development of skip-counting patterns to bars on a relationship graph. They also plot our skip-counting patterns on a hundred's board, counting by 2's and also by 4's.
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Sampling Rocks

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students will collect and analyze a sample of rocks from the schoolyard. They will array the collected rocks by characteristics such as size, weight, and color, to see if any generalizations can be made about the types of rocks that can...
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Lengths of Ladybugs

For Teachers K
Students are read a book about ladybugs. Using the test, they estimate which page shows the longest trip the ladybug made. They assemble their own ladybug book by following directions on a worksheet. They take measurements on each...