K-5 Lesson about plants.  Objectives include  1) Identify and describe the parts of a flowering plant
2) Differentiate between types of plants
3) Describe the needs of plants
4)  Define the term photosynthesis
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In this activity students will research the ethical and practical arguments in favor of cloning and against cloning. They will understand the argumentative and persuasive use of language through developing an ad campaign to try to persuade the audience to either support or refute cloning. Students will research, identify key points, and develop their own ad.

This lab utilizes teacher directions, student directions, and supplementary student sheets. It allows students to use manipulatives as bird beaks to "eat" different foods from different environments. Students are able to garner their data over a 2-day process, which serves as a wonderful discussion piece for how physical adaptations occur over time within populations; and specific adaptations are better suited for specific environments. There are discussion questions built within the data collection sheet, as well as recommended extension activities in the teacher directions. 

This lesson introduces students to the concept of tissue engineering by means of reading and researching suggested online sources to discover the risks and benefits. Students are asked to form an opinion on the future of tissue engineering by writing a short paper.

In this lesson from Discovery Education students work in small groups at several stations to explore sounds with a variety of materials and different mediums.  Students make observations at each station while they explore to help them to explain that sound is created from vibrations and travel as waves. The resource includes suggestions for using a KWL chart to synthsize student learning from the activity as well as suggestions for further reading and extensions to the activity.