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1,177 Natural phenomena Lesson Plans
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- 7th - 12th
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Students describe the physical causes and effects (both physical and human cost) of natural phenomena/disasters. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students identify living and non-living things. They participate in a nature walk, complete sorting activities, produce art projects and use observational skills to distinguish living and non-living things. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students veiw various types of illusions. Using one of the illusions, they try to determine how a scientist might explain them. They discover a t-illusiton and use their own words to analyze them. In groups, they research a different solution Full Review »
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- 8th - 10th
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Students play the role of naturalist in their own community just as Thoreau was in his. They observe their communities looking for positive and negative aspects on the environment. They work together in groups to complete a model for their community. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine the honeycreeper family in Hawaii. They discover why the species is so diverse. They focus on environmental conditions in which would have affected their evolution. Full Review »
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- 5th - 7th
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Students write a description of typical weather for each of the four seasons. They use the vocabulary and structures of the target language to describe weather and nature in simple scientific terms. Students use the appropriate presentational strategies to illustrate and describe the weather for four seasons in a booklet. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students create timelines of John Muir's life while playing a game based on John Muir's travels. They discover that John Muir traveled around the world to compare and contrast natural phenomena and to speak out about preserving ecosystems as they play. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students participate in an outdoor activity in which they make direct but safe observations of the Sun. Students use a solar cell and voltmeter apparatus to collect data on the amount of DC voltage produced by the solar cell during a two-minute time period while watching cloud cover. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students are introduced to the terms related to the water cycle in their native language. In groups, they describe the steps of the cycle using different materials found in their art classroom. They describe how energy helps water transform into the different stages to the class to end the lesson. Full Review »
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- 4th - 12th
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Students use the internet to research facts about volcanoes. In groups, they locate the nearest volcano near them and find photographs of volcanoes erupting. To end the lesson, they build their own model of a volcano with different materials used to signify the lava. Full Review »

