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Acid Upset! Too Much in Our Oceans (levels: 4, 5, 6)
online lab, lab, ocean acidification, climate change, chemical reaction

Acid in the Water (levels: 3, 4)
acid water, science vocabulary, pollution, impact of pollution , acid mine drainage

Biomes of the World (levels: 2, 3)
biomes, biomes of the world, integrating content

Biomes of the World, Part II Writing About Biomes (levels: 2, 3)
biomes, characteristics of biomes

BMI and Is Obesity a Disease? (levels: 4, 5)
Life science, Human body and health, Nutrients, Nutrition, Weight, Body mass Index, BMI

Breathtaking Technology! (levels: 4, 6)
STEM, Environment, Technology, Air Quality

Conservation, Transformation, and the Flow of Energy (levels: 1, 2, 3)
science, energy, contextualized lesson plan

A Different View (levels: 2, 3)
point of view, perspective, opinion

Disruptions of Ecosystems (levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Disruption of Ecosystems, scientific method, science, ecology, endangered species

Distinguish Between Correlation and Causation (levels: 3, 4, 5, 6)
correlation, causation, common cause, reverse causation, oversimplified cause, bidirectional causation , coincidence, bivariate data

Drip, Drip, Drip, or the Case of the Leaky Faucet (levels: 4)
science experiments, ratios , proportional relationships, measurement, data

The Eclipse (levels: 2, 3, 4, 5)
eclipse, solar, mythology, culture, technology

Exploring Science Terms and Cell Basics (levels: 3, 4, 5)
cell, cells, building blocks

Exploring the Scientific Method Through Experiment Vocabulary and Design (levels: 3, 4)
scientific method, scientific process, scientific investigation, scientific vocabulary, control, constant, independent variable, dependent variable, data collection, hypothesis, controlled experiment

Fossil Fuels Debate (levels: 3, 4, 5)
fossil fuel, fossil fuels, evaluating argument, writing argument, alternate energy, debate, fracking, writing an extended response

Frogs at Risk (level: 3)
frogs, ecosystem, species, life science

The Future of Solar Energy (levels: 3, 4)
STEM, Environment, Engineering, Solar Energy, Career Pathways

Global Warming (levels: 3, 4)
global warming, climate change

Honey Bee Troubles (levels: 1, 2)
reading, reading for information, main ideas, supporting details, reading strategies, reading comprehension

Interpret the Slope and the Intercept of a Linear Model in the Context of Seed Germination Data (levels: 3, 4, 5, 6)
slope, intercept, slope intercept, seed germination, data

Invasive Species (levels: 4, 5, 6)
invasive species, data, graph, ecosystem

Is Solar an Effective Energy Source? (levels: 2, 3, 4, 5)
STEM, Environment, Technology, Solar Energy

Keeping Warm: Insulators & Conductors (levels: 3, 4)
percent, percentage heat loss, heat , heat loss, insulate, conduct, science lab

Newton's Laws of Motion and Distracted Driving (levels: 4, 5)
Newton, Newton's laws, Newton's Laws of Motion

Oh! The Air We Breathe (levels: 3, 4)
STEM, Environmental Science, Air Quality, Pollution, Health Disparities

Oil and Gas Boom In and Around Monroe County (level: 3)
oil and gas boom, oil drilling, fracking, environmental regulations, drilling for gas

Organize, Represent, and Interpret Data (levels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
measurement and data, data, data points, interpret data, organize data, represent data

Pandemics (levels: 4, 5)
Life science, Human body and health, Disease, Transmission of disease, Pathogens, Disease prevention, Vaccine

Percent of Increase and Decrease Applying Percentage Skills to Make Informed Nutritional Choices (levels: 3, 4)
percent, percent increase, percent increase, nutrition, calorie, making informed nutritional choices, calculating percent

Personal Medical History (levels: 3, 4)
personal medical history

The Plastic Crisis - Its Effect on Humans, Sealife and the Oceans (levels: 3, 4, 6)
STEM, Environment, Engineering, Water Pollution, Ecosystems, Hydrodynamics

Scientific Method (levels: 3, 4, 5)
scientific method, conduct an experiment, writing assessment, hypothesis

Scientific Processes (levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, )
scientific method, scientific processes, hypothesis, steps of the scientific method

Short Answer Response for a Scientific Investigation (levels: 4, 5, 6)
scientific method, scientific process, scientific investigation, scientific theory

Water the Matrix of Life (levels: 3, 4, 6)
STEM, Environmental Science, Ecosystems, Water Usage, Water Conservation

What In the Engineering Are You Doing? (levels: 5, 6)
STEM, Environment, Engineering, Air Quality

What is that Green Stuff on Lake Erie? (levels: 2, 5)
STEM, Environment, Technology, Water, Ecosystems, Algae Blooms

Why is Solar Energy Important? (levels: 2, 3, 4, 5)
STEM, Environmental Science, Solar Energy






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