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Q: How many geothermal features does Yellowstone have?
A: Yellowstone's 300 geysers make up two thirds of those found on earth.
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FRUIT GROUP
Capture your students attention and get them ready to learn with these worksheets. Try this word scramble on types of fruit at the beginning of a class session as a warm-up.
How Dirt Works
Students will:
- Learn about the value of soil as a natural resource.
- Learn why it is important to monitor and maintain the health of soil.
- Hear from Sophie Parker, soil ecologist for The Nature Conservancy.
- Explore strategies used to improve and maintain the health of soil.
Computer Technology
Students will:
- Inventions can change the way we live
- Many inventions start out with design flaws and are refined later by subsequent inventors and designers
- The computer, invented in 1834 by Charles Babbage and still being refined, is an example of such an invention
Comparing Sparta and Athens
Students will understand the following:
- The differences between totalitarianism and democracy
- The historical roots of the democratic tradition
Understanding Probability
Students will:
- Learn what probability is
- Learn different ways to express probability numerically: as a ratio, a decimal, and a percentage
- Learn how to solve problems based on probability
Lord of the Flies
Students will understand the following:
- On a literal level, Lord of the Flies deals with what happens to a group of boys stranded on an island with no adult supervision
- On a symbolic level, Lord of the Flies investigates what happens to civilized people when the structures of civilization disappear
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