LESSON PLANS DEVELOPED BY OUR GK-12 FELLOWS IN COLLABORATION WITH MENTOR TEACHERS FROM OUR PARTNER DISTRICTS.
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K-3 |
4-6 |
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10-12 |
Succession: Patterns in the field and in seeds
Generate Hypotheses
Student Worksheet |
Biology - ecology, ecosystems, human impacts on the environment |
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Forest of Fortune: Management of natural resources in Michigan
Student Worksheet
Powerpoint |
Biology - ecology, ecosystems, human impacts on the environment |
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Die Another Day: Effects of genetics and the envronment on evolution
Powerpoint |
Biology - evolution, ecology
General Science - data collection and examination, creating charts and graphs |
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Where does plant mass come from? Photosynthesis and respiration in germinating bean seeds
Pre-assessment
Student Worksheet
Figures |
Biology - basic requirements for living things
General Science - inquiry, data collection and examination, creating charts and graphs |
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The Day After Tomorrow: Behavioral Survival |
Biology - behavior, ecosystems, evolution and adaptation, organisms and their environment
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Using Living Machines to Promote Inquiry Experimental Design
Living Machine assembly
Experimental Design wksht |
General Science - inquiry, reflection and social implications |
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| Pollination: What's on your flowers? |
Biology - organization of living things, ecosystems
General Science - inquiry, use of charts and graphs |
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| Do you want mustard with your spiders and ticks? |
Biology - life science (characteristics of organisms, organisms and their environments), evolution and biodiversity
General Science - inquiry |
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If you were a bluegill, where would you live?
Additional materials.
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Biology - populations and ecosystems, diversity and adaptation, interdependence of organisms |
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| Plants create shadows? |
Biology -basic requirements for livings things, fuctions of seed plant parts
General Science - explain how shadows are made, measuring, charts and graphs |
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Predators and Herbivores in Perrenial vs. Annual Habitats |
Ecology - relationships among organisms and their environments
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| Reviewing State Changes with Chocolate |
General Science - properties of objects and materials, state changes (solids, liquids, gases) |
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Food Chains - Acorn, Squirrel, Coyote |
General Science - constructing charts and graphs,sensitivity to the natural world, how science concepts can be expressed through art and language
Ecology - food chains, human influence on the environment |
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Datasets for Animal Tracking |
General Science - inquiry
Ecology - adapatations of organisms to their environments
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Shadows in Plant Communities |
Biology - ecology, photosynthesis
Physics - nature of light |
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Rainy Day Habitat Lesson |
Biology - ecology (food chains, food webs, behavior of organisms) |
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Behind the Scenes at Bird Feeders
Additional File - PowerPoint Presentation |
Biology - inquiry, animal behavior, ecology (organisms as part of food chains) |
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| Data Collection Methods: Looking for Birds ... Does it Matter How You Do It? |
General Science - taking data, inquiry
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Volume of Snow and Water |
General Science - inquiry, state changes, units of measure |
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Is CO2 an Atmospheric Pollutant? |
Biology - inquiry, ecology (human impacts) |
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Land Conservation Debate |
General Science - evaluation of evidence, awareness of the natural world, advantages and risks of new technologies, humans in the environment |
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Winter Schoolyard Temperature |
Earth Science - inquiry, weather
Biology - ecology (human impacts on the natural world, habitats/niches) |
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| Where does plant mass come from? |
Biology - inquiry, plant growth
Earth Science - composition and characteristics of the atmosphere |
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Sidewalk Ecology: Life on the Edge
Additional Files -Squish Activity |
Biology - inquiry, effects of soil on plant growth
Earth Science - soil compaction |
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Sea Monkey (brine shrimp) Adventures
Additional Files - Handout, PowerPoint Presentation |
Biology - inquiry, behavioral ecology |
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All About Corn - use a corn field and UDSA data to find out how many ears of corn are grown in the US |
General Science - inquiry, making measurements
Biology - ecology (human alteration of the environment) |
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Science Fair Projects - this documents provides resources and activties for hosting a science fair
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General Science - inquiry
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Hairy Leaves |
Biology -
inquiry, comparing and classifying organisms, adaptations, heredity |
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| Photosynthesis Overview
Additional Files - Handout, PowerPoint Presentation, Answer Key |
Biology - photosynthesis |
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| Saving Lady Liberty: A look at oxidation and corrosion and how they threatened the statue of liberty |
Chemistry - inquiry, oxidation and reduction |
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| River in a Beaker: Capacity and Competence |
Earth Science - lab activity to explore how particle size and velocity influence movement of sediments in rivers |
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| Planet in a Jar |
Earth Science - inquiry activity to explore albedo, carbon dioxide, and planetary temperature |
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Designing an Experiment - Students will work in groups to formulate hypotheses, decide how to test them, and design an experiment that is feasible. |
Biology - inquiry, experimental design |
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| Death by Parking Lot: Environmental Degradation Due to Imperviousness
Additional Files - PowerPoint Introduction, Excel |
Earth Science - inquiry, water cycle, hydrogeology Biology - inquiry, ecology (human alteration of the environment) |
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Air Pollution in Michigan: Sources, Monitoring, and Consequences for Human Health
Additional Files - PowerPoint Introduction, Major Air Pollutants, MSDS Sheet |
Earth Science - inquiry, human impacts on earth systems |
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Invasion of the Worms
Additional Files - PowerPoint Introduction, Student Worksheet
Web Resources - Great Lakes Worm Watch Homepage, Great Lakes Worm Watch Habitat Surveys |
Biology - inquiry, decomposition, diversity of organisms |
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Comparison of Historical Lake Ice Cover Data From Three Lakes in Michigan and Wisconsin
Additional Files - Student Handout, Introductory PowerpointExcel Data Files ( Standard, Simple, Teacher)
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Earth Science -inquiry, greenhous effect
Biology - inquiry, ecology (human alterations of the environment) |
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Cooperation - Why do we bother to work together?
Additional Files - Introductory Powerpoint, Excel data |
Biology - animal behavior |
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Exploring Sinking Rates of Phytoplankton
Additional Files - Handout, Introductory PowerPoint
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Biology - inquiry, physiology, aquatic biology
Physics - inquiry, forces and motion
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| Pond Pondering: A Closer Look at Data from Ponds
Additional Files - Handout, Introductory PowerPoint |
Biology - inquiry, ecology |
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| Organic versus Conventionally Grown Foods - What’s the Real Deal?
Additional Files - Handout, Introductory PowerPoint |
Biology - inquiry
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Optimal Foraging
Additional file - Handout |
Biology - ecology, evolution, biodiversity, animal behavior |
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Causes and Consequences of Mercury in SW Michigan Water
Additional Files -
PowerPoint Introduction, SW Michigan Dataset, Blank Map Instructions |
Earth Science - human impacts on earth systems, scientific reflection and social implications
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What does agriculture have to do with climate change
Additional Files - Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2, Robertson et al. article, Research from the KBS LTER, Global Warming Potential Graph, Soil Carbon Graph |
Biology - factors influencing ecosystems, human effects on ecosystems, carbon and nitrogen cycles, climate change
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| Global Climate Change: Using data to draw conclusions about a current political controversy |
Biology - inquiry, ecology (human impacts)
Earth Science -inquiry, biogeochemical cycles, climate) |
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| Where plant mass comes from |
Biology - photosynthesis, respiration |
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Stem Cells, Planaria and Regeneration
Additional Files - Handout, Introductory PowerPoint |
Biology - inquiry, cells (differentiation, regulation, mitosis/meiosis) |
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Plants, Transipiration and the Water Cycle
Additional Files - Teacher Outline, Introductory PowerPoint |
Biology - inquiry, ecology (interdependence of living systems, biotic and abiotic cycles
Earth Science - water cycle
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| Chemical Catalysts and Reaction Rates |
Chemistry - inquiry, conservation of matter, balancing chemical equations, reaction rates |
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Global Climate Change - Unit Plan
Additional Files - Climate Data Lesson, Climate Data PowerPoint Presentation, Global Warming Webquest, Greenhouse Gases PowerPoint, Is the Globe Warming Lesson , Is the Globe Warming Modifications, Underground Records of Changing Climate Article, What You Can Do to Stop Global Warming
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Earth Science - climate change
Biology - climate changes |
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An Inconvenient Truth Question Part 1
An Inconvenient Truth Questions Part 2 |
questions to go with watching the video |
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