Three egg race activities: Balloon Rockets, Build a Lighthouse, and Firewriting.
http://www.creative-chemistry.org.uk/activities/eggraces_main.htm
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3-5, 6-8
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Learn about paleontologists, their discoveries, and theories. Includes discussion questions, extensions, printables, links, vocabulary.
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/dinosaurdetectives/in...
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6-8
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Students will examine owl pellets and what their diet consisted of, specifically rodents. This will further their understanding of simple food chains as well as bone structure and identification.
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/life8.html
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3-5, 6-8
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A series of experiments about electricity and magnetism
http://web.archive.org/web/20040603203002/www.galaxy.net/~k12/electric...
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3-5, 6-8
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More than 30 tree-related lesson plans in PDF format.
http://www.idahoforests.org/plans.htm
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Preschool, K, 1-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12
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Students will make a rain catcher and examine and graph rain levels within one month to calculate the average percipitation at their home.
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/earthspace6.html
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6-8
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Newton's Apple - Experiment with different salt compounds to mummify an apple.
http://www.ktca.org/newtons/13/mummy.html
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1-2, 3-5, 6-8
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Activities for classes demonstrating how desert plants conserve water--a supplement to the film Ocean Oasis.
http://www.oceanoasis.org/teachersguide/activity8.html
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3-5, 6-8
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As part of a Rain Forest Action Club, students choose an area to research, become experts on a topic or area of study, and create a mini-museum of their findings to present to the community.
http://www.earthwatch.org/ed/pm/lessons/hornmuseum.html
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6-8
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Understand the rock cycle, three main kinds of rocks: sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous, and the process of weathering.
http://fga.freac.fsu.edu/resources/misc/rock.htm
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6-8
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Learn about the Tyrannosaurus rex, predators and scavengers. Includes discussion questions, extensions, printables, links, vocabulary.
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/trex/
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6-8
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A series of experiments about sound and its application to animals, musical instruments and communications.
http://web.archive.org/web/20041010041521/www.galaxy.net/~k12/sound/
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1-2, 3-5, 6-8
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Students will learn a few key weather terminology and a variety of climates through examining and recording weather characteristics in a variety of communities around the world.
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/earthspace4.html
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3-5, 6-8
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A series of experiments and modeling exercises in elementary chemistry. It provides an introduction to atoms and molecules, the phases of matter, and chemical reactions and touches on the chemistry of the human body, photosynthesis and nuclear energy.
http://web.archive.org/web/20041019002056/www.galaxy.net/~k12/matter/i...
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3-5, 6-8
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Students will learn about the plants and animals of the Mesozoic age. Includes discussion questions, extensions, printables, links, vocabulary.
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/dinosaursruled/index....
Grade Level(s):
6-8
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5
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