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How does your flower grow?: Students will develop science process skills by observing plants in various conditions and recording their observation over a period of time; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Science); By Bobbie Toler.

How is dolphin communication similar to human communication?: In BioMusic, page 2.10; In this lesson, students will find several similarities between the ways humans and dolphins use sound to communicate. They will practice making their own dolphin sounds and use them to communicate with a partner. They will also use these sounds to accompany a reading of Dolphin Talk: Whistles, Clicks, and Clapping Jaws by Wendy Pfeffer.; Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 Music Education); By Debra Hall and Crystal Patillo.

How to make a linkage map based on phenotype of offspring: In Restoring the American chestnut, page 5; The approximate distance of two genes that are located near each other on the same chromosome can be determined by observing the phenotype of the offspring and calculating how the results differ from the expected Mendelian cross. This lesson walks students through those calculations and shows how to make a linkage map of three traits on the same chromosome. It uses actual traits found in American chestnut trees to teach this concept.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); By Shelley Casey.

I’m tired. Can’t we just stay here?: This lesson explores reasons that may have led to the domestication of plants and animals. A timeline of domestication is presented and students will create plant domestication “baseball cards.”; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Social Studies); By Harold Mackin.

Identifying a potato killer via PCR and gel electrophoresis: In CSI Dublin: The Hunt for the Irish Potato Killer, page 4; In this lesson, students use DNA extraction, polymerase chain reaction, and gel electrophoresis techniques to identify positive and negative leaf samples for the presence of the plant pathogen Phytophthora infestans.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); By Rebecca Hite.

In full bloom: This mini-unit uses the wonderful story of Miss Rumphius by Barbara Clooney. Miss Rumphius travels to faraway places and makes the world more beautiful by planting her favorite seeds. The book sets the stage for activities relating to core curriculum objectives to be implemented into the learning environment, using technology tools and applications to create student products.; Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts, Information Skills, and Science); By Kay Ball.

Incredible insect mouths: This lesson shows children that insects have different kinds of mouths. It also notes the kinds of foods that different insects eat. It is a hands-on experiment type of lesson in which the children act as insects and use different tools for their “mouths.”; Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Science); By Kelly Stewart.

Inquiry-based exploration of human impacts on stream ecosystems: The Mud Creek case study: This unit plan for high school earth and environmental science explores the impact of human activity on the health of streams in urban and non-urban settings. Students mimic current scientific research by measuring physical, chemical, and biological indicators of stream health.; Format: (multiple pages)

Inquiry: You are an earthworm: In CareerStart lessons: Grade six, page 3.5; This lesson for grade 6 will help students understand the cycling of matter. Students assume they are earthworms and learn by asking questions about their life processes. The lesson also introduces career possibilities in the soil science field.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6 Science); By April Galloway and Christine Scott.

Inside a baby seed: Students will identify the three main parts of a seed after the bean/seeds have been soaked in water overnight.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Science); By Thelma Pike.

An integrated lesson comparing the butterfly and frog life cycles: Students will build on their prior knowledge about the butterfly life cycle to compare and contrast the life cycles of butterflies and frogs. Students will locate butterflies on the school grounds and create pictographs and models of fractions to explain their findings mathematically. Students will also use a variety of resources to read about and study the food, space and air needed by butterflies and frogs to grow. They will create visual and written products to demonstrate their findings.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Development, Mathematics, and Science); By Martha Dobson and Margaret Monds.

Interdisciplinary integrated unit on DNA and genetics Part A: Science: The first part of an interdisciplinary week-long unit on DNA and genetics, focusing on science. Parts B and C of the unit focus on math and language arts.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7–9 Information Skills and Science); By Jane Lentz, Jimmy White, Tori Goldrick, and Marlene Smith.

Introducing students to environmental justice: A North Carolina case study: This lesson plan for science and social studies uses the 5E model to have students consider an environmental justice case study.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8–12 Science and Social Studies); By Dana Haine.

Is ATP worth the investment?: In this lesson plan, students learn about ATP using an economic analogy. Students use simple financial tables to explore the concepts of cost, revenue, and return on an investment as it applies to ATP in aerobic and anaerobic respiration.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); By MaryBeth Knight Greene.

Is it a duck? Is it a chick?: Students will compare and contrast the characteristics of a chick and a duckling by using a Venn Diagram.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science); By Debbie Beeson.

Is it living?: Students will identify living and nonliving things.; Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 English Language Arts and Science); By Genita Powell.

Isolating a potato killer: In CSI Dublin: The Hunt for the Irish Potato Killer, page 2; In this lesson, students use Koch’s postulates to demonstrate the causal relationship between microbe and disease by transmitting Phytophthora infestans from an infected potato tuber to a healthy potato specimen.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Science); By Rebecca Hite.

It's a zoo out there!: In Proto-ZOO-ology: A problem-based protist inquiry unit, page 3; This lesson is part of the unit "Proto-ZOO-ology: A problem-based protist inquiry unit." In this lesson, students learn about the diversity of protists.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 Science); By Cate Colangelo.

It's alive... or is it?: In Proto-ZOO-ology: A problem-based protist inquiry unit, page 2; This lesson is part of the unit "Proto-ZOO-ology: A problem-based protist inquiry unit." In this lesson, students continue to learn about the six characteristics of living things.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 Science); By Cate Colangelo.

Lactase enzyme lab: This lab will examine the specificity of an enzyme (lactase) to a specific substrate (lactose). Students will observe the actions of the enzyme and how shape is important to enzyme reactions.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Science); By Bert Wartski.

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