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Propose the Solution
Many environmental issues are interrelated. Reforestation not only helps reverse rainforest depletion, but also helps reverse ozone depletion. In this activity, students create a word web to help the1
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Many environmental issues are interrelated. Reforestation not only helps reverse rainforest depletion, but also helps reverse ozone depletion. In this activity, students create a word web to help them see how three environmental issues are related, then they write a paper to the chairman of “Students Coalition on the Environment,” proposing solutions.
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Evaluate a Product
We wash our hair with shampoo and conditioners; we spray on perfume and cologne; we clean our clothes with laundry detergent and our dishes with dishwashing detergent. What is really in these househo1
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We wash our hair with shampoo and conditioners; we spray on perfume and cologne; we clean our clothes with laundry detergent and our dishes with dishwashing detergent. What is really in these household products and how healthy or potentially hazardous are they? In this activity, students research common household products and share their findings with classmates.
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Create and Question
Genius is defined as the ability to ask the right question. It takes clear thinking and solid information to ask a good review question. In this activity, students ask a number of review questions, a1
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Genius is defined as the ability to ask the right question. It takes clear thinking and solid information to ask a good review question. In this activity, students ask a number of review questions, and answer questions other students create. Students reflect on the questions they made up and the questions they received.
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Science or Fiction?
For many centuries and in many cultures, people have used questionable medical practices including using leeches, herbs, animal extracts and even dirt. For years, alchemists mixed metals to come up w1
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For many centuries and in many cultures, people have used questionable medical practices including using leeches, herbs, animal extracts and even dirt. For years, alchemists mixed metals to come up with gold. Astrologists attribute numerous phenomena to the cosmos. Are these practices science or fictions? In this activity, students explore the scientific basis for such practices.
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Concept Mobile
Presenting and explaining information are two communication tasks essential for any professional, including scientists. In this activity, students create a mobile illustrating scientific concepts, wr1
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Presenting and explaining information are two communication tasks essential for any professional, including scientists. In this activity, students create a mobile illustrating scientific concepts, write a description of the mobile and the science topic and then present it to the class.
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How Does This Thing Work?
We take appliances, machines, and electronic devices for granted. Take your television for instance. You turn it on and programs magically appear in full color with sound. How does it work? In this a1
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We take appliances, machines, and electronic devices for granted. Take your television for instance. You turn it on and programs magically appear in full color with sound. How does it work? In this activity, students explore how things work.
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A Scientific Breakthrough
Science is a field loaded with awesome discoveries and achievements that have altered our perceptions of the world and our daily behaviors. In this activity, students pretend they are present during1
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Science is a field loaded with awesome discoveries and achievements that have altered our perceptions of the world and our daily behaviors. In this activity, students pretend they are present during a scientific breakthrough or discovery, and send a telegram to a friend describing the event.
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Science News Report
Dissection reveals digestive system! Scientist creates chemical change! In this activity, students write a newspaper article on any science topic. Students work together to collect all the necessary1
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Dissection reveals digestive system! Scientist creates chemical change! In this activity, students write a newspaper article on any science topic. Students work together to collect all the necessary information, then write their own articles.
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Graphic Conclusions
Science texts and articles are fond of charts, graphs, tables, and diagrams. Why are they put in the text? What do they mean? What conclusions can be drawn? In this activity, students analyze what th1
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Science texts and articles are fond of charts, graphs, tables, and diagrams. Why are they put in the text? What do they mean? What conclusions can be drawn? In this activity, students analyze what the graphics mean and share their analysis with teammates.
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Interviews About You
Birth, growth and development are science topics that we all have personal experience with. Make a connection between these topics and students’ own lives with this writing activity. In this activity1
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Birth, growth and development are science topics that we all have personal experience with. Make a connection between these topics and students’ own lives with this writing activity. In this activity, students interview parents or caregivers about their own birth, growth and development, write out their interviews, then work with teammates to polish their interviews.