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Lesson Plans 6-8

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Lesson Plans: PreK-2 | 3 - 5 | 6 - 8 | 9 - 12

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Lesson Plans

• Forces of Flight - Lift Students design and test airplanes to understand the concept of lift and how it affects flight.
  
  
• Quadrant Analysis Students create a slide show depicting items found in their one square meter quadrant.

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Internet Lesson Plan

• Animal Information Database
  http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/index.htm
  These are resources from the Sea World/Busch Gardens Education Series, which provide many useful links to facts and information about animals.
  
  
• Butterflies 2000
  http://library.thinkquest.org/C002251/index2.shtml
  A broad and comprehensive information site about butterflies. The first part contains information about butterflies and moths. There are also game as well as a trick film.
  
  
• Charlotte, The Vermont Whale
  http://www.uvm.edu/whale/whalehome.html
  The story of a whale artifact that was found in Vermont. This is a virtual tour of the story about a whale in Vermont.
  
  
• Chem4Kids
  http://www.chem4kids.com/
  A colorful, well-designed site for the high school chemistry student; includes "tricks" for remembering aspects of atomic structure.
  
  
• Cyber Zoo
  http://lsb.syr.edu/projects/cyberzoo/index.html
  The Cyber Zoo offers a large collection of photographs, movies, and information on a wide variety of animals. An excellent resource for students as well as teachers.
  
  
• Ecosystems of Our World
  http://library.thinkquest.org/11353/ecosystems.htm
  This site offers information on ecosystems of the world, as well as biomes, and the differences between them.
  
  
• The Field Museum
  http://www.fmnh.org/Home.htm
  The Field Museum in Chicago has for years provided the public with fascinating exhibits. Experience the wonderful educational experiences available to everyone via the online exhibits hosted by this museum.
  
  
• Florida Panther Net
  http://www.panther.state.fl.us/
  Here you will learn about the Florida state animal, the Florida Panther, its habitat and the fascinating plants and animals that share its southwest Florida home.
  
  
• Froguts
  http://www.froguts.com/
  Froguts is the first true virtual online interactive simulation of a frog dissection.
  
  
• Green Sea Turtles
  http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/life/turtle3.htm
  This is a very informative site full of information regarding the Green Sea Turtles and their habitat.
  
  
• NWF's Nature Quest
  http://www.nwf.org/naturequest/
  Interactive environmental activities for kids of all ages with a focus on endangered species. These interdisciplinary activities are designed to introduce students to wildlife they can find right in their own backyard.
  
  
• Space Camp
  http://www.spacecamp.com/
  Information about all the various space camps available for children. The camps are 5 day programs jam-packed with astronaut training for young people. Activities include simulated Space Shuttle missions, training simulators, rocket building, and scientific experiments.
  
  
• Taking the Measure of the Universe
  http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/resources/resources_index.html
  This NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory poster and its activities are related to the Space Interferometry Mission (SIM). The content is geared for students in grades 6-12 and is designed to make the use of measurement and computation in mathematics visible to students. (PDF file)
  
  
• Tornadoes
  http://whyfiles.org/013tornado/index.html
  Information about tornadoes and how they are formed.To scientists who study them, twisters are the most fascinating storms on Earth.
  
  
• Transistorized
  http://www.pbs.org/transistor
  At Transistorized!, you'll learn about one of the most important inventions of the 20th century. Tune into a flurry of interactive science and amazing technology. Once here, you'll learn about how the transistor was created, and how it came to be used in everything from early radios to the integrated circuit. Games like Periodic Puzzle and Wafer Maker provide an understanding behind the transistor's science.
  
  
• UM Weather:
  http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/
  Easy access to dozens of weather products--conditions, forecasts, warnings, radar, climate information, satellite photos, weather cams, etc.
  
  

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August 4, 2005

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