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- 3rd - 5th
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Students learn information about the planets Mercury, Venus, and Earth by playing a trivia game. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students examine and describe the layers of the Earth. They use clay to create a model of the different layers. They share their model with the class. Full Review »
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- 5th - 6th
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Students identify and describe the earth's interior. Using eggs as models of earth's interior, they demonstrate how the eggs' shells represent tectonic plates and discover how earthquakes occur. They complete worksheets and conduct Internet research while writing a one-page paper on what they investigate. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students describe composition of our planet Earth and identify, describe, and demonstrate knowledge of the forces that change the Earth's crust. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students use computer images to explain why the Earth has seasons and examine the phases of the moon. They create 3-D images and present them to the class. They answer a series of questions at the end of the lesson. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students conduct a variety of activities and experiments about the make-up of the earth, densities of the various layers of the earth, how large bodies of water affect the earth's temperature, comparing the heating a cooling properties of sand and water, etc. Full Review »
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- 9th - 11th
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Students investigate the changes in Earth systems that occur during both human and geologic timeframes. They examine evidence of changes of Earth systems that take place in various time frames and students give examples of Earth system process that have happened. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students work in groups of three. They discuss current knowledge of the moon and sun. They discuss a solar eclipse. Students use a ping-pong ball and a baseball to simulate positions of earth, the moon, and the sun during a solar eclipse. Students will use the ratios they find with this experience to determine the distance away a paper plate must be in order that it is eclipsed by the base ball. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students are introduced to the topic of Earth/Space Science. As a class, they define new vocabulary related to the subject and repeat the word if not prounced correctly. To end the lesson, they record the words in their journals and develop a word wall. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students study the makeup of the earth, including the core, the mantle and the crust. They compare the temperatures and thicknesses of each layer. In pairs, they make a model of a cross-section of the earth out of modeling clay. Full Review »
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