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Earth Day

Students participate in activities that familiarize them with what Earth Day is, why it is important, and why it is a celebration.

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4th - 5th
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The Planet Earth

Students explore the planet Earth, outer space, and Earth's axis. They demonstrate reading comprehension skills, including literal meaning, inference and critical analysis.

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2nd - 3rd
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Earth Changes

Students identify the structure of the earth by creating a model of the core, mantle and crust. They demonstrate the forces within the earth that cause constant changes on the earth's surface.

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4th - 6th
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Earth, Sun, and Moon

Students participate in a demonstration and complete an online activity that illustrates the earth orbits the sun once a year, and that the moon takes approximately 28 days to orbit the earth.

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4th - 5th
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Uncovering Earth's Secrets

Students examine the Earth's mysteries by role-playing geologists. They build earthquake-resistant cities, recreate volcanoes and geysers. They classify rocks and investigate soil. They observe the effects of erosion and build clay mountains.

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4th
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Earth Rocks!

Students study the basic elements of the Earth's crust: rocks, soils and minerals. They categorize rocks, soils and minerals and how they are literally the foundation for our civilization. They also explore how engineers use rock soils for many different purposes.

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3rd - 5th
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The Earth

Students complete a unit on the formation of the Earth. They read and discuss the book, "The Magic School Bus, Inside the Earth," write journal entries, create a play dough model of the Earth, complete various sorting activities, and construct volcanoes.

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1st - 5th
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Earth Models

Students distinguish between the branches of Earth Science and identify jobs/tasks in each branch of Earth Science. They summarize 'The Origin of the Earth'-Protoplanet Hypothesis. Students locate information on Earth's Shape, Dimensions, and Internal Heat.

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6th - 8th
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Inside Earth

Students describe the layers of the Earth and how the surface is changed by the movement of tectonic plates. In a lab, they label and measure different seismic waves and review earthquake hazards and safety procedures. They examine the relationship between volcanoes and earthquakes.

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6th
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Earth: The Apple of our Eye

Students are led through a demonstration in which they cut open an apple, which represents the earth. They follow through the hands-on lesson, cutting the apple into various portions--each representing some aspect of the earth.

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Kindergarten - 5th
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