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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 12th
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Students use maps to identify ten cities highlighted on an image of Earth at night as seen from space. They identify the seven continents on a map image of Earth and use map resources to identify ten selected cities on Earth at Night map work sheet. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students diagram the Earth and sun during different seasons, to help them explain the earth's relationship to the sun, which causes the seasons. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students examine and identify the layer of the Earth. They discover three facts about each layer and construct the layers out of Jell-O. They share their model with the class. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students explore layers of the earth to develop an understanding of earth's basic structure. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 9th
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Students use a nectarine to represent the planet earth in order to explain the ratio and proportion of the earth's crust, core, and usable land surface. They identify the crust, mantle and core of the earth. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students identify characteristics in correlation with each season and identify dates of the changing seasons. They identify and describe how the Earth rotates around the sun and its effects on the temperatures of the earth. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students discuss how Aristotle concluded that the Earth was round. As a class, they review theories about the Earth's shape and describe how life on Earth would be different if it were flat. Individually, they make a moon book in which they take a pretend journey to the surface. To end the lesson, they make a model of the moon in its different phases and show it to the class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 5th
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Students investigate that the sun is at the center of the solar system through role play. One student is the sun and one student is the Earth. The students then show how the Earth orbits around the sun. Students view a flashlight and globe experiment to study the differences between night and day on different sides of the Earth. Students complete worksheet independently. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st
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Students discuss the changes humans go through in a lifetime and compare those changes to the Earth. They discuss the different time periods while viewing a time line as well as Pangaea and how Earth's continents have changed shape. Fossil impressions are made after coloring and putting together a Pangaea puzzle. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students review the different layers of the Earth. In groups, they focus on one layer by drawing a cross section of the layer and cutting it out of a flexible material. To end the material, they present the layer to the class and explain the makeup and characteristics of the layer. Full Review »
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