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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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Science: Hurricanes As Heat Engines

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Young scholars conduct Internet research to track the path of Hurricane Rita. They record the sea surface temperature of the Gulf of Mexico during and after the hurricane and draw conclusions about how hurricanes extract heat energy...
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Warm and Cold Air

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners 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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Japan and Art

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students discuss the art of Japan as it relates to Japanese culture and geography and then create individual postcards reflecting the information learned from the lesson plan. This lesson plan includes possible enrichments.
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Water Cycle

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students 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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Rainbows

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students reinforce their knowledge of clouds and how rainbows are formed.
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The Sky and the Dichotomous Key

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students conduct observations and use a dichotomous key to identify clouds they see.
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Piece of the Sky: Introduction for Making S'COOL Observations

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Young scholars 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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The Effects of Volcanoes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students use the internet to research the effects of volcanoes. They create a chart showing the negative and positive aspects that a volcanoe can bring to an area. Using PowerPoint, they create a presentation showing the negative and...
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Physical Changes and the Water Cycle- Three

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders take note of the changes in the water level in a cup of water that is left out. Using a model of the water that depicts a lake and landscape that is being heated by a heat lamp, the students observe precipitation, and...
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Earth's Surfaces

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify and define geology and earth surface vocaulary and their meanings to classify rocks and explore caves and their properties. Students find rocks and test them according to Moh's scale. They create a color coded earth...
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August Glyph

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this August glyph worksheet students color the bubble letters in August according to the directions. Students display their personal preferences in the way they color the letters.
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Paws in Jobland

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore jobs in different countries . In this lesson about different countries through research. Students are broken into groups and given a country to research. Each group is provided with a worksheet with 14 questions to be...
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Wind

For Teachers K - 5th
Students complete activities to study wind intensity. In this wind study instructional activity, students discuss wind speed and direction. Students then build a kite and windsock to help them study wind intensity. Students learn to use...
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Introduce Vocabulary: Dolphin’s First Day

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners explore language arts by reading a story with their class. In this tier two vocabulary activity, students read the book Dolphin's First Day and discuss the vocabulary used in the story. Learners participate in a word play...
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Who Wants To Be A Fitnessaire? Closer

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students enjoy a review game to measure their knowledge about physical activity and the various components of fitness.
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Tick-Tock: Biological Clock

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Learners complete several activities that stimulate their assessment of time. They consider the term 'biological clock' and how animals in the wild depend on their own internal clocks for survival.
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Seasons' Journey : Putting it All Together

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders complete a diagram of the revolution of the earth around the sun and write a one paragraph explanation of the factors that cause seasons.
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The History of Christmas Trees, Part One

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Young scholars read an article about Winter Solstice celebrations. They consider the symbolism of evergreens in winter and how different cultures have used evergreens in winter celebrations throughout history.
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Fall Similes

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students create descriptive autumn similes and write them on fall-themed paper. They first write the autumn simile, and then arrange the plants around the border of the paper. They use natural plants which must be pressed.
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Sun or Shade?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use a thermometer to measure the air temperature in several places around the school and then graph the data. They grow 3 plants in different sunlight and record the growth.
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Lightning It's Shocking, It's Frightening, It's Lightning!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders decide what they want to explore lightning, how to go about finding the answers, and deciding what skills they need to further study some of their questions.
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Newspaper Knowledge

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read the local newspaper and interpret the written information.
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Is the Probability Probable?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders compare experimental results with mathematical expectations of probabilities. They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to gain practice with the concept of probability.

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