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- Grade Range
- 3rd
- Rating
Students view and discus a teacher made barometer. They discuss the design and purpose of a barometer. Students record the position of the straw marker each day in their weather journals. They discuss the change of the weather that accompanied the barometric changes. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd
- Rating
Students comprehend the water cycle. They are told that the water cycle is a series of movements of water and the matter changes that occur. Students are told the steps in the water cycle are storage, evaporation, precipitatio, and run off. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd
- Rating
Students use thermometers to take the temperature of different surfaces around their school to look for the effects the sun has on controlling the temperature. They recall information on temperature and thermometers. Students are given an activity page, they predict the temperature prior to going outside. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th
- Rating
Students discuss meteorology. They gather weather information from a class weather station (air pressure, temperature, wind speed, and wind direction) and use this information and that from a wind and air pressure chart to make predictions about the weather. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 6th
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Students research the characteristics of cities in two different geographical areas. Using the internet, they take notes on the information they collect and record their observations on the two cities. They discover how the location and climate of an area affect the people who live there. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students discuss the Grand Canyon and the Glen Canyon Dam. After discussion, they conduct research on the reasons for the 1996 flooding of the Grand Canyon, the changes that were caused by the flood, and the results of the flooding experiment. Proposals are written, based on research, on whether or not controlled flooding should be a regular practice. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
- Rating
Students comprehend that static electricity is the cause of lightning. They comprehend that lightning forms because of an accumulation of electrical charges inside a cloud due to friction from dust, ice, and water droplets. Students also comprehend that the bottom of a cloud becomes negatively charged and discharges a lightning strike when enough charge has built up. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
- Rating
Students explore and discuss hurricanes, and examine how meteorologists, weather officers, and NASA researchers use measurement and data analysis to predict severe weather. They plot points on coordinate map, classify hurricanes according to NOAA guidelines, calculate speed of storms, make predictions on hurricance landfall, and interpret and analyze data. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd
- Rating
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of weather and observations are made over the period of several weeks. The results are obtained as data and graphed titled as temperature, cloud formation, precipitation, or wind direction. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th
- Rating
Students evaluate the contributions of female services pilots during World War II. They discuss the service of the women as well as the conditions they confronted. Students compare and contrast the treatment of male and female pilots during this period. Full Review »
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