Recipe: Basic Sourdough Starter
Description	Following this recipe, students make a basic sourdough starter. They also discover the science behind the cooking.
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Type	Activity
Grade Level	6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Jay Jay the Jet Plane - Everyday the Weather Changes
Description	Students observe and chart the weather over a two week period. Students discuss how the weather is the same or different for each day.
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Grade Level	preschool education

Guide for Developing a Severe Weather Emergency Plan for Schools
Description	This guide was written by Barbara McNaught Watson, Warning Coordination Meteorologist with the National Weather Service, Baltimore-Washington Forecast Office. It has been adapted for use by the National Weather Service around the country with help from other Warning Coordination Meteorologists. While it is designed specifically for schools, the principles used can be applied to any facility that is used by people including businesses, shopping malls, depots, hotels and hospitals.
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Type	Literature
Grade Level	unspecified

Everybody Needs a Rock
Description	This lesson can be done with any kind of objects (seeds, leaves, tools, junk, shells, etc), that you have available to complement your curriculum.
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Type	Lesson plan
Grade Level	2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Is Anybody Out There?
Description	In this lesson, students focus on the tremendous public interest in the potential of extraterrestrial life. Students read and discuss an article about the search for alien life. They then divide into small groups and discuss the issues and implications of this search. Finally, they write about the complex issues involved in this search and its implications in one of several suggested genres.
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Type	Lesson plan
Grade Level	6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Recipe: Saltwater Taffy
Description	Following this recipe, students make saltwater taffy. They also discover the science behind the cooking.
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Type	Activity
Grade Level	6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Hominoid Cranium Comparison (The "Skulls" Lab)
Description	Students describe, measure and compare cranial casts from contemporary apes (gorillas and chimpanzees, typically), modern humans and fossil "hominids" (erect and bipedal forms evolutionarily separated from apes). ("Hominoid" is the collective term for apes and humans.) The purpose of the activity is for students to discover for themselves what some of the similarities and differences are that exist between these forms.
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Type	Lesson plan
Grade Level	7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, adult/continuing education, community college

What's Wrong with the Plants?
Description	This lesson unit is designed for high school biology students who have a working knowledge of plant anatomy and physiology. Students will sharpen their investigative skills as they attempt to determine what is wrong with some unhealthy plants. They will design and (possibly) carry out an investigation to determine possible causes of the plants' sickness. After researching common causes of plant diseases, they will learn more about the cause of the sickness in their own plants.
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Type	Unit of instruction
Grade Level	9, 10, 11, 12

Jay Jay the Jet Plane - Many Things Need Air to Work
Description	Use various bubble making instruments to create different size bubbles from dishwashing detergent and water.
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Grade Level	1, preschool education

Frontline - Drug Wars
Description	This guide is a supplement to the FRONTLINE program "Drug Wars." It is designed to provide teachers with background information and ideas for activities that stimulate discussion, promote an understanding of the issues and encourage further research in high school classrooms. This is a 4 part series.
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Grade Level	9, 10, 11, 12, higher education