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Precipitation

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate the formation of rain. They experiment by boiling water in a tea kettle and placing ice cubes and water in a pan. They hold the pan of water over the steaming spout so that the steam strikes the bottom and sides of...
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How Much Water is in That Cloud?

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students participate in a demonstration about the water capacity of clouds. They work in partners to estimate how many drops of water a cottonball hold and then use an eyedropper to test their guesses.
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Am I Hot or Am I Cold?

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students practice using a thermometer to determine how the air around the earth gets heated and cooled by the sun. Students chart the daily inside and outside temperature for two weeks.
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Spring Fever

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students grow plants from seeds that can later be placed in outdoor settings. They care for the seeds while they germinate and begin to leaf out.
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Lightning and Thunder

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students conduct an experiment. In this lightning and thunder lesson, students learn how to figure out how far away a thunderstorm is.
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Rising Air

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the concept of rising air in the formation of clouds and precipitation. In this rising air lesson, students conduct an experiment with hot and cold water that shows how warm water rises due to thermal buoyancy. They...
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Evaporation in the Water Cycle

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students study the stages of the water cycle and evaporation. In this water cycle lesson, students read Water Cycles and color a diagram of the water cycle. Students review related terms and sing a song about the Water Cycle. Students...
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Backyard Bird Watch

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Pupils use the Internet, digital cameras, video cameras and other computer technology to observe and record information on local birds that visit their bird feeders. They consider factors such as weather and seed consumption.
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Global Climates and Seasons

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners look at the differences that exist in all four seasons. The resources of animation are available to be used to illustrate scientific concepts in a media that is engaging to students.
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Naya Nuki's Journey

For Teachers K - 4th
Students read "Naya Nuki Shoshoni Girl Who Ran" by Kenneth Thomasma. Students chart Naya Nuki's route on a map and identify the navigational signs she used to find her way home. Students also analyze the weather she encounters.
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We All Scream for Ice Cream

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students make ice cream while experimenting with the freezing point of water. They experiment with different amounts of salt.
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"Use an Anemometer," said the Meteorologist

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in an hands-on construction of an instrument to measure wind speed.
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"Use an Anemometer," said the Meteorologist

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work in groups to make an instrument the Meteorologists use to measure the speed of the wind after the teacher reads them a poem about the wind. Students then review vocabulary that they studied from their lesson.
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Warm and Cold Air

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine what happens to air when it is heated or cooled. They conduct an experiment using bottles and balloons, record and discuss their observations, and write a hypothesis.
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Fahrenheit vs Celsius

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students make a thermometer and write a paragraph about how they did it.
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Dinosaurs-Eoraptor

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore the Eoraptor. In this dinosaurs instructional activity, students read facts about the habitat and eating habits of the Eoraptor and illustrate a picture of the dinosaur.
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Water Cycle

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners answer short answer questions about the water cycle and other cycles. In this water cycle lesson plan, students explore clouds, rain, evaporation, and more.
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Day and Night

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students discuss why day and night occur after visualizing a teacher-led demonstration.
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Air Pressure is Powerful

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students construct a barometer and collect data on the changes in air pressure. They work is small groups using plastic tubing, corks, and green food coloring. They then use a formula to convert inches of mercury to barometric pressure...
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Cloudy With a Chance of...

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students listen to the story, "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs". Then the class creates their own version of the story with a theme of their choice. In small groups, they write and illustrate a paragraph for the class book.
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Piece of the Sky: Introduction for Making S'COOL Observations

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Students observe and discuss cloud cover. They identify percent of cloud cover, calculate cloud cover by fraction and convert to a percent, and compare their models with the current real sky cloud cover.
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Wind

For Teachers K - 5th
Students complete activities to study wind intensity. In this wind study lesson, students discuss wind speed and direction. Students then build a kite and windsock to help them study wind intensity. Students learn to use a wind meter for...
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Let's Settle It!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate and record data about sedimentation rates. They make a sedimentation bottle using aquarium gravel, sand and potting soil. They discuss the sedimentation rates that they see in their bottles.
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Bricks Soak Up Water

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students determine whether various rocks are porous or not. They conduct an experiment to determine if a brick is porous, calculate how much water the brick soaked up, and develop a conclusion.

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