Food Safety Scientist: Manipulating pH Level in Food

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Click to open and download Food Safety Scientist Unit: Manipulating Ph Level in Food, developed by South Dakota State University (SDSU) and New Mexico State University (NMSU). The Unit includes the fo...

Food Safety Scientist: Corn Mold Aflatoxin

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Click to open and download Food Safety Scientist Unit: Corn Mold & Aflatoxin, developed by South Dakota State University (SDSU) and New Mexico State University (NMSU). The Unit includes the follow...

Investigate Venomous Marine Snails Lesson Plan: BioDive Game

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Click to download lesson plans for the game BioDive, an immersive virtual reality experience, adaptable for grades 5-9.  The game challenges students to practice observation and documentation as...

April is Earth Awareness Month

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Celebrate Earth Day every day with eco-friendly movies and games! Earth Awareness Movies BrainPOP provides movies featuring a broad range of environmental topics in these Science units: Diversity of...

Introduction to Pendulums Lesson Plan: Pendulum Lab

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In this middle school lesson plan developed by our partner, PhET, students use an interactive simulation called Pendulum Lab to design controlled experiments to identify how variables affect the motio...

Planets and Galaxies Lesson Plan: Sizing Up the Universe Interactive Game

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In this lesson plan which is adaptable for grades 4-8. students use BrainPOP resources (including a free online interactive) to explore the vastness of the universe and the size and distance between c...

Solar System Game Lesson Plan: Build and Learn

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In this solar system lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades 3-8, students use BrainPOP resources to define a celestial body and explain how objects orbit and rotate. Students then use online gamin...

Atomic Bonding Lesson Plan: Atom Touch

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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 5-8, students play Atom Touch, a simulation that invites learners to explore principles of thermodynamics and molecular dynamics. Specifically, they gain a ha...

Computational Modeling Lesson Plan: Marvelous Models

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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 5-8, students play Marvelous Models, a game that challenges them to create models from scratch. Through play, students gain insight into a system through the ...

Molecule Arrangement Lesson Plan: Crystal Cave

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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 5-8, students play Crystal Cave, a game that challenges them to arrange molecules of different shapes and properties into an ordered, stable configuration. Th...