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William & Mary

Inferential Reading Comprehension Considerations Packet

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Don't forget to read between the lines! Educators learn tips and activities to help scholars learn to infer to increase reading comprehension. Activities suggested include think alouds, backwards words, and who's who. the packet includes...
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eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Cool Basics on Natural Resources

For Students 4th - 7th
Looks at the two categories of natural resources, what they are used for, their distribution around the world, threats to natural resources, recycling and composting, and conservation.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Dot's Nature Bingo

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Find out how many of these objects in nature your students can spot with PBS Kids Bingo! Find all you need to play Dot's Nature Bingo here, in English and in Spanish!
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Natural Wonders

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Many of the interesting landmarks around the world are formed over time by natural processes familiar to us in our everyday lives. This still collage produced for Teachers' Domain features images of a variety of beautiful natural wonders.
Activity
National Geographic

National Geographic: Evaluating Natural Gas

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students examines the benefits and the environmental risks of extracting natural gas from shale. Includes handouts, a vocabulary list with definitions, and an interactive on how gas is extracted from shale.
Activity
National Geographic

National Geographic: Natural Gas: A Cleaner Energy Solution?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this activity, students read informational text on natural gas and compare it to other fossil fuels for its greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impact. They then prepare a pro or con position on whether natural gas is good...
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Geographypods

Geographypods: Theme 2: Natural Environments

For Students 9th - 10th
A rich collection of highly engaging learning modules on topics related to the natural environment. Covers four main areas - plate tectonics, forms and processes, weather and climate, and rainforest and desert. Within each of these,...
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Resources and the Environment: Is It Natural or Transformed?

For Teachers K - 1st
For this activity, students learn about natural resources. They sort materials into two categories, whether it is natural or if it has been changed by humans.
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Forces of Nature

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This educational site provides information about deadly forces of nature, such as, tornadoes, volcanoes, hurricanes, and earthquakes.
Primary
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Science Education Center: Natural Selection: Common Misconceptions

For Students 3rd - 8th
This video explores the misconceptions that students hold about natural selection. Go inside your student's heads to see what they are thinking during a lesson on evolution. Follow these suggestions for addressing these common...
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Natural Selection

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore natural selection by controlling the environment and causing mutations in bunnies.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Natural Selection and Selective Breeding

For Students 9th - 10th
Use the 5E model to learn about natural selection and selective breeding.
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Other

Natural gas.org

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of natural gas including history, supply and environmental impact.
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The Field Museum

Field Museum: Exhibits: Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the true powers of Mother Nature through this vivid collection of research, which delves into the causes of natural disasters and the impacts on those affected.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Kids: Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Nature Mobile

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is a pre-k or lower elementary activity. Students take a nature walk, collect things and hang them on a mobile.
Website
San Diego Natural History Museum

San Diego Natural History Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides general information, exhibits, museum news, etc. about the San Diego Natural History Museum.
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Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Natural Gas: Liquefied Natural Gas

For Students 9th - 10th
Article discussing what liquefied natural gas is, the liquefaction process, its history, how it is transported and stored, and safety considerations. (Published: September 13, 2011)
eBook
Other

Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts: The Energy Report: Natural Gas [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Chapter 5 of a report on the energy industry in Texas. It looks at natural gas, its history, and its uses. The economic impact of the natural gas industry in Texas is described, consumption, production, distribution through pipelines,...
Website
US Government Publishing Office

Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: Applying for Citizenship: The Naturalization Examination

For Students 9th - 10th
Ben's Guide is a fun way to present U.S. Government to students. This site presents a description of the Naturalization Examination in the process of becoming a U.S. Citizen. Links to related sites are available.
Handout
Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Chemical Engineering: Natural Gas Processing

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the composition of natural gas and what is required to make it market-ready, types of reservoirs, and what happens in a natural gas processing plant. Includes a diagram showing the whole process. (Published: September 12, 2011)
Website
Other

Reserva Natural Canon De Rio Claro

For Students 9th - 10th
This Spanish website is the principal page for the Canon del Rio Claro nature reserve in Colombia. Find out about the reserve, conservation efforts and how to visit.
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Education Development Center

Education Development Center: Natural Selection

For Students 9th - 10th
Use butterflies, mice, or finches to illustrate how natural selection changes populations. Each group has a different interactive animation that illustrates the concept.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Nature in Chinese Art

For Students 9th - 10th
The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides this informative page on the importance of Nature in Chinese Art. With information and pictures this in a nice resource for study.
Unit Plan
Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Biology: Charles Darwin Ii: Natural Selection

For Students 9th - 10th
Instructional module focusing on Charles Darwin's explanation of natural selection as the mechanism for evolution. Discusses how this force of natural selection promotes changes in species over time. Site also includes an interactive...

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