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Here you'll find short, lively activities to focus your class trip, or full-period lessons to integrate into your yearly curriculum. Dive in!
Highlights
Students will explore tectonic plate boundaries and different types of seismic waves generated by earthquakes.
Could you describe the kelp forest food web as a system?
Investigate why flowers have different shapes and colors.
How does the finite amount of carbon on this planet move around in the environment, from one place to another?
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3rd Grade - 8th Grade
Learn about the phases of the moon with this tactile activity!
3rd Grade - 8th Grade
This interactive lesson will demonstrate the difference between "rotation" and "orbit."
Kindergarten - 8th Grade
Use "windowpanes" to take stock of materials at the beginning of an investigative unit.
7th Grade - 12th Grade
See this concrete example of high reproductive potential which influenced Darwin's theory of natural selection.
Kindergarten - 1st Grade
How can you use the shape of a fish to identify it, and learn about where it lives?
Preschool - 12th Grade
Featuring over 40 activities, this guide will get your students outside throughout the year!
3rd Grade - 5th Grade
Learn about what macroinvertebrates live in your school yard!
3rd Grade - 5th Grade
Show off your Manor, and make it more appealing to a diversity of macroinvertebrates!