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A Light in the Dark

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A Light in the Dark

In this problem, students investigate how to construct a simple circuit from a battery, flashlight bulb, and items that might be found in someone’s ...

Wiring a Cabin

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Wiring a Cabin

In this problem, students wire the lighting in a miniature house to meet preset specifications. These specifications can be altered to make the proble...

Cool It

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Cool It

In this problem, students are asked to build a battery-operated, personal fan from household materials. This entails building a small electric motor. ...

Roly-Polies

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Roly-Polies

In this lesson, children will use observation skills to describe the physical features of roly-polies. They will make comparisons with other animals t...

Jumping Crickets

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Jumping Crickets

In this lesson, children will use vocabulary and drawings to represent detailed observations of crickets and use these observations as a basis for mak...

Observing Earthworms

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Observing Earthworms

In this lesson, children will observe and describe characteristics of earthworms and compare them to other animals. Students will investigate how vari...

Snails

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Snails

In this lesson, children use observation skills to describe the characteristics of snails. Students will infer the role of the mucus or slime in snail...

Swimming Fish

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Swimming Fish

In this lesson, children will use vocabulary and drawings to represent detailed observations of goldfish and will use their observations as a basis fo...

Critter Camouflage

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Critter Camouflage

In this lesson, children will observe and compare how different animals can be camouflaged on different surfaces and in different environments. They w...

Spiderwebs

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Spiderwebs

In this lesson, children will observe spiderwebs to discover that spiders come in different sizes, patterns, and shapes. Children will discuss the fac...

Feeding Birds

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Feeding Birds

In this lesson, children will experiment with different foods to determine bird preferences. Students will record and analyze data, and use the data t...

Sorting Seeds

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Sorting Seeds

In this lesson, children will observe similarities and differences among a group of seeds or beans. Students will sort the seeds or beans based on the...

Seeds in Our Food

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Seeds in Our Food

In this lesson, children will use their observation skills to describe the characteristics of different types of seeds that each fruit has. Children w...

Where Vegetables Come From

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Where Vegetables Come From

In this lesson, children will make observations and comparisons of vegetables to understand that each comes from a part of a plant. Assessment criteri...

Sprouting Seeds

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Sprouting Seeds

In this lesson, children will observe and describe the physical properties of lima bean seeds and observe how the characteristics change when the seed...

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