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Cloud Forecast

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students record weather observations and research online weather data. In this weather observations instructional activity, students study the cloud cover for several days and record their observations in a chart. Students identify the...
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Clouds and Your Imagination

For Teachers K - 5th
Students study and illustrate clouds. In this cloud study lesson, students study clouds and then illustrate what they see. Students use their imaginations to interpret images from the cloud picture they drew.
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Ant Cartoon- Soil Unit- Coloring Page

For Students K - 2nd
In this soil study worksheet, students color a cartoon style ant. Students also read and color the sentence: Soil is nearly half air and water!
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Let's Go Fly a Kite

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students complete activities to learn about wind. In this wind activity, students study wind in an open field and use a kite to complete their observations. Students make a series of drawings to show how they flew their kites and explain...
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Natural Features as a Resource

For Teachers K - 3rd
Pupils research how people use land and water features to meet their basic needs. In this natural features activity, students review land and water features. Pupils discuss how the land is used to meet needs using a landscape picture...
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Look at Those Leaves!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students research tree leaves. In this tree leaves lesson, students observe, measure, and sort tree leaves. Students examine leaves individually, in groups, and in relationship to the entire tree.
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Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore what happens to water as it goes from solid to liquid and back. In this state of matter lesson, students observe, measure, and describe water as it changes state.
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Dinosaurs-Eoraptor

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore the Eoraptor. In this dinosaurs lesson, students read facts about the habitat and eating habits of the Eoraptor and illustrate a picture of the dinosaur.
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Learning About Trees

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students identify the parts of a tree. In this earth science lesson, students draw a tree on construction paper and label the parts of the tree.
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Mud Painting

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learners invent mud mixtures to paint with. For this mud painting lesson, students experiment with different mixtures to develop the perfect mud paint. Learners paint a picture.
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Digging in the Classroom

For Teachers 1st
First graders "excavate" a story. In this creative earth science instructional activity, 1st graders become archaeologists and dig through a box of dirt or other material to find pictures from a picture book. It is their job to then put...
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Weather Word and Picture Matching

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this weather activity worksheet, students draw a line from each weather related word to the matching picture. Students identify rain, tornado, lightning, sun, cloud, and snow.
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Weather Picture Matching

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this weather activity worksheet, students draw a line from each weather picture on the left to the matching picture on the right. Students complete 5 matching activities.
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Weather Words - Missing Letters

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this weather vocabulary activity, students look at each weather related picture and fill in the missing letters for the weather vocabulary words.
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Weather Handwriting Worksheet

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this handwriting activity worksheet, students look at each of the weather related pictures and trace the name of the following words: sun, cloud, tornado, and lightning.
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Weather Words in Alphabetical Order

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this alphabetical order worksheet, students study the weather words in the left column and write all 8 weather words into alphabetical order.
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Recycle It!

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this recycling worksheet, students discuss what the boy is recycling, what things can be recycled, and why people should recycle. Students then color the picture.
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Aspects of Weather

For Teachers K - 5th
Students recognize and observe weather phenomena. In this four part weather lesson plan, students are introduced to weather symbols through a story, then use a thermometer to measure water temperature. Next, students observe the...
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Weather Sentences

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this weather terms worksheet, students complete the first 4 sentences with a weather term to describe the day. Students then unscramble the words to make 4 weather description sentences.
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Help Save the Polar Bear

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this energy conservation worksheet, students read the poem about saving energy by changing light bulbs to save polar bears. Students may color the bear.
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The Woods and Pond

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore nature in a living, experiencing way. In this woods and ponds lesson plan, students recognize that ponds/woods environments are ecosystems, identify three of the trees in the area by their leaves and bark...
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How Can You Measure Weather?

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this measuring weather worksheet, students fill in the blank of 4 statements about the different tools scientists use to measure weather. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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What is Weather?

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this weather worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by writing in 1 main idea and 2 supporting details describing what makes up the weather.
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How Does the Sun Affect the Earth?

For Students 1st - 4th
In this sun worksheet, students brainstorm the different ways the sun affects the Earth. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.