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Mona Lisa's smile: In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, students hear about how the Mona Lisa's smile appears to change depending on where on her face you look. (Learn more); Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 6–8 Visual Arts Education and Science); Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Modern Leeching: In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, students will hear about how leeches, popular in medicine in the 1800s, are still used by doctors today, sometimes for safely removing congested blood from a wound. (Learn more); Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 6–8 Science); Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Lying on email: In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, students hear about a study that explores the challenge of detecting lies and cons over email. (Learn more); Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 6–8 Science); Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Lying: In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks students hear about how people generally see their own lies as being less harmful and more due to situation and not personality, while they are more likely to blame personality if another person lies. (Learn more); Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 6–8 Science); Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

LIFE: From diversity to DNA: A collection of four units for seventh and eighth grade science covering human body systems, genetics, cells, and microbes and disease. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 Science); Provided by: Kenan Fellows for Curriculum and Leadership Development

JFK analysis: In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, students will hear atmospheric chemist Ken Rahn describe how he and a ballistics specialist have re-analyzed the data from two major forensic studies of the John F. Kennedy assassination. (Learn more); Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 6–8 Science); Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Inventors and innovators: The purpose of this Science NetLinks lesson is to use the Internet to explore the scientific enterprise and the contributions to science of various people. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Science); Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Inventing and presenting unit 1: Analyzing nonfiction and inventing solutions: This lesson is part of a three-part unit from ReadWriteThink titled “Inventing and Presenting.” In this interdisciplinary unit, students use what they have learned about experimentation and the scientific method, critical thinking, clear writing,... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Science); Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Introducing static electricity: Students perform simple experiments creating static electricity. They will demonstrate how opposite charges attract each other and like charges repel each other. Then students will explore a website that further explains these concepts. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 7–12 Science); Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Introducing atoms: In this lesson from Science NetLinks, students will be asked to review websites to learn about the atom's basic structure and the positive and negative charges of its subparticles. This is the first of a series of four lessons about static electricity. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 7–12 Science); Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Interpreting the evidence: This lesson, the second of a two-part series from Science NetLinks, offers useful information and activities to help students understand how scientists learn about civilizations that have disappeared. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Science and Social Studies); Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Human language: In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, students hear about how, despite apparent differences in language, all language systems possess similar human characteristics. (Learn more); Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 8 Science); Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

How scientists study aging: In this lesson, students will explore a website to learn how scientists are studying the relationship between aging and caloric restriction. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 Science); Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Hollywood dinosaurs: Students examine characteristics of the scientific process in the study of dinosaurs. This lesson allows students to differentiate between fact, theory, and speculation as they relate to dinosaurs. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Science); Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

The grooviest of fabrics: In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, students hear about the invention, manufacture, and development of polyester. (Learn more); Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 8 Science); Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Finger length: In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, students hear about a study that looks to finger length for signs of a man's pre-natal exposure to testosterone. (Learn more); Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 6–8 Science); Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Fatherly fish: In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, students hear about one type of fish that shows fatherly behavior. (Learn more); Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 6–8 Science); Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Eye tracking: In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, students hear how scientists can measure the way we process language by observing people's eye movements. (Learn more); Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 6–8 Science); Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Extending human ability through technology: The purpose of this lesson, from Science NetLinks, is to explore how technology has been used to enhance human abilities. Students also learn something about human capabilities and limitations. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Science); Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Dryer sheets: In this Science Update, from Science NetLinks, students hear how the old saying “opposites attract” relates to your laundry. Positively charged particles are attracted to negatively charged particles, which can cause static cling in clothing. (Learn more); Format: activity/lesson plan (grade 8 Science); Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

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