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1. Life Science
1. Life Science
Pages 14-47
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The teacher's guide includes a unit overview, the 16 lesson plans, an annotated bibliography of additional resources, and information on maintaining live materials. A student activity book with simple instructions and illustrations accompanies the unit.
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The teacher's guide includes a module overview, the 5 individual activity folios, duplication masters (in English and Spanish) for student sheets, and an annotated bibliography.
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The teacher's guide includes an introduction to the unit, lesson plans for each of the 5 sections, a glossary, and blackline masters for a student journal. The module includes science background information, detailed instructions on planning for and conducting each activity, an extensive assessment component, and extensions for integration and enrichment.
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The teacher's guide includes a unit overview, the 15 lesson plans, an annotated bibliography of additional resources, and information on maintaining live materials. A student activity book with simple instructions and illustrations accompanies the unit.
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The teacher's guide includes an overview, the 9 Learning Experiences, reproducible masters for student sheets, and annotated lists of suggested readings and audiovisual materials. This module includes science background information, detailed instructions on planning for and conducting each activity, an extensive assessment component, and extensions for integration and enrichment.
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The teacher's guide includes an overview, the 13 Learning Experiences, reproducible masters for student sheets, and annotated lists of suggested readings and audiovisual materials. This module includes science background information, detailed instructions on planning for and conducting each activity, an extensive assess 20 ment component, and extensions for integration and enrichment.
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The teacher's guide includes an overview, the 14 Learning Experiences, reproducible masters for student sheets, and annotated lists of suggested readings and audiovisual materials. This module includes science background information, detailed instructions on planning for and conducting each activity, an extensive assessment component, and extensions for integration and enrichment.
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Myself and Others consists of 13 Learning Experiences, which require about 20 class sessions to complete. The teacher's guide includes an overview, the 13 Learning Experiences, reproducible masters for student sheets, and annotated lists of suggested readings and audiovisual materials.
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Students quantify their observations by taking measurements and recording them on growth graphs. Plant Growth and Development is a 16-lesson unit that requires 8 weeks to complete.The teacher's guide includes a unit overview, the 16 lesson plans, and an annotated bibliography of additional resources.
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The teacher's guide includes an overview, the 13 Learning Experiences, reproducible masters for student sheets, and annotated lists of suggested readings and audiovisual materials. This module includes science background information, detailed instructions on planning for and conducting each activity, an extensive assessment component, and extensions for integration and enrichment.
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The chapters in this module usually begin with primary activities and end with intermediate or advanced activities. Each chapter includes background information, activities, and student activity sheets.
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Series Acronyms Following are acronyms of series tides in "Life Science Supplementary Materials." (Series titles that are spelled out are not included in this list.) DSM Delta Science Module GEMS Great Explorations in Math and Science GEMS/PEACHES Great Explorations in Math and Science/Preschool Explorations for Adults, Children, and Educators in Science LEAP Learning about Ecology, Animals, and Plants REEP Regional Environmental Education Program STAR Science Technology and Reading Price and Acquisition Information Ordering information is presented in a block immediately below the annotation.
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Grades: 4-6 In Behavior of Mealworms, students investigate the behavior and physical characteristics of mealworms. After learning about the proper care and handling of these creatures, students observe and record data on mealworms' movement, food-getting behavior, response to stimuli, and behavior in a maze.
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Butterflies and Moths includes a brief module overview, a section on evaluation, a glossary, and blackline masters. The 11 activities take about 6 weeks (about 12 class sessions plus some daily observations)
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Grade: ~ Communities, an environmental education unit, introduces students to the idea of a "natural community" what it is, how it compares with the "human community," how humans affect the natural community, and how they can reduce their negative effects on the natural community. Activities include the following: students work a food chain puzzle; they draw maps of their own habitats; they collect plants and animals for a classroom aquarium; they role-play predators and prey; and they assess noise, litter, erosion and other examples of the effects of human actions on the natural community surrounding their school.
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Activities in the unit include the following: students draw a mural of their community; they use plant and animal cutouts to construct food chains and webs; they role-play predator and prey; they build a mini-ecosystem a terrarium; they collect and compare data on abiotic factors at the school site; they research and report on the impact of a particular human action on ecosystems; and they write letters to local officials about a land use issue they have researched. Communities contains an introduction that includes background information and a lesson summary.
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Grades: 4, ~ In Food Chains and Webs, students observe the dynamic interaction of the members of a food chain. They first plant rye grass in various mediums and then perform a controlled experiment on plant growth.
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Students learn about the basics of growth from seed to plant and about what makes plants thrive and grow. They observe plant life cycles and discover the structures and processes involved in plant reproduction.
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Reproducible student pages include a materials list and instructions for setting up and conducting the activity, including diagrams, recording sheets, and questions. The guide also includes a glossary, reproducible masters of student data sheets, and student and teacher references.
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contains 20 lessons organized in 4 chapters; a fifth chapter provides art and craft ideas. Teachers may choose single activities or teach each chapter as a unit.
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, suggestions for the care and handling of animals, and reproducible student data sheets. Each lesson plan includes an overview, background information, a list of materials, and detailed instructions for preparation and for conducting the activity.
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Grades: 3-5 In Plant and Animal Life Cycles, students work with pea plants and fruit flies as they learn about plant and animal life cycles. After focusing on the differences between living, dead, and nonliving things, students plant and germinate seeds and record their observations at each step in the cycle.
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Grades: K-6 ~ In Rain Forests: Iropical Irec~ures, students learn about the problems associated with deforestation in the rain forests, about the diversity of life forms in these forests, and about the ways people depend on tropical resources. Classroom and outdoor activities include experiments, stories, games, discussions, and simulations that integrate science with language arts, art, music, social studies, and geography.
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They compile a booklet of jump-rope jingles. The guide includes a list of resources, including books, computer software, and audiovisual materials.
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New York, N.Y.: Scholastic, 1995. Grade: ~ How we stand, bend, and lift are among the questions students learn to answer in Support Systems: How Bones and Muscles Work Together.
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Grades: 5, 6 In You and Your Body, students investigate several organ systems of the human body as well as foods and nutrition. Activities include students constructing models of an arm and a leg to simulate the role of muscles and joints in movement, and measuring their own reaction times, pulse rate, and lung capacity.
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Grades: K-6+ Through the series of interdisciplinary activities in All About Sea Turtles, students learn about these creatures and become more aware of endangered species. Activities include the following: students play a listening game using vocabulary words relating to sea turtles; they learn about the body parts of sea turtles by constructing a sea turtle puppet; they take on the role of sea turtle hatchlings to show how they are disoriented by bright lights; they run a relay race to learn 4
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Mathematics and science skills are tested, and other disciplines are integrated, as students investigate the following topic areas: seeds, seed structure, seed germination, seed dispersal, functions of plant parts, photosynthesis, seed and fruit development, and the structure of cells. Sample activities include comparing seeds by their physical characteristics, dissecting seeds, germinating seeds, using natural materials to make pictures of trees, and making models of plant cells.
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For example, students make insects out of clay and pipe cleaners, race snails to determine whether big snails or small snails travel faster, and test the temperature preferences of isopods. Mathematics and science skills are tested and other disciplines are integrated as students investigate the following topics: insects and spiders, mealworms, earthworms, snails, silkworms, isopods, aquatic creatures, adaptations and camouflage, and food chains.
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For each game, the teacher's guide includes purpose, procedure, questions for students to answer, and follow-up activities. Directions are included for 3 levels of games (preschool, intermediate, and advanced)
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Examples of the activities, which are copiously illustrated, include testing the effects of sunlight on seeds and seedlings; writing a short story from the perspective of a dispersing seed; and attempting to germinate fresh, frozen, and dried ears of corn to determine which condition is most favorable to successful germination. Each activity in the Nature Kit provides a complete lesson plan, including reproducible masters for student data sheets in English and Spanish.
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They survey an area for animal tracks, birds, litter, and shadows. This teacher's guide includes reproducible masters for student data sheets, a bibliography, and 4 posters that are used to stimulate discussion.
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They grow duckweed in different solutions, create mushroom spore prints, and set up an aquarium. Students learn about the habits and life cycles of a variety of wetland wildlife (including ducks, reptiles, frogs, toads, leeches, snails, bats, muskrats, and beavers)
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