Seventh graders are introduced to making inferences about artifacts. Using a grid system, they locate the artifacts and determine where they originated from. They use this information to make conclusions about the way people lived...

Students study thermal energy and energy transfer to sea ice processes. In this energy transfer lesson, students make their own ice cream and discuss energy transfer and thermal energy. Students view a radiation overhead and its role in...

Students complete activities to study the frost and frost depth. In this frost study lesson plan, students use frost tubes to study and measure the frost at their school. Students measure the frost in the tube and enter their data online...

Students explore the active layer above permafrost and investigate various factors on the insulation value of the active layer.  In this energy transfer instructional activity, students conduct and experiment to determine the...

Students make observations. In this sensory skills lesson plan, students use their senses as well as tools that sharpen their senses to make observations regarding foods and other items.

Students practice trends forecasting to predict the weather. In this forecasting lesson plan, students learn how meteorologists predict the weather by looking at weather trends. They then predict their own forecast, analyze the results,...

Students interview an Elder to determine ways of forecasting the weather.  In this weather instructional activity, students use the information from an interview to make a weather prediction.

Students explore clouds.  In this weather lesson, students identify the steps in the water cycle, define condensation and evaporation, and relate this information to cloud formation.  Students perform a cloud experiment,...

Students observe and explain how a change in temperature causes a physical change in a substance.  In this physical science instructional activity, students use a soap making kit to observe the effects of adding heat to the bar...

Students demonstrate the three states of matter. In this matter lesson, students read Bartholomew and the Ooblek. Students create "ooblek" and discuss what state of matter it is.

Young scholars explore objects before and after heating using their senses.  In this matter and energy instructional activity, students experiment with a variety of objects and use their senses (except taste) to make predictions and...

Students observe a demonstration on the role of thermal conductivity in heat transfer.  In this thermal conductivity instructional activity, students design and conduct an experiment to compare the thermal conductivity of four...

Students understand that a psychrometer is a weather instrument used to detect humidity. In this psychrometer lesson, students build a psychrometer.  Students use their psychrometers to measure humidity activity.

Students conduct an experiment using the steps of the scientific method. In this scientific method instructional activity, students experiment with temperature and record their findings using the scientific method. Students complete a...

Students draw conclusions about how the ocean affects temperature. In this weather lesson plan, students use the Internet to gather data to help them come to a conclusion about how the climate in a certain region is directly affected by...

Students use water, beakers, hot plates, paper dots, and goggles to participate in a hands on activity where they see how a convection current creates wind. In this convection current lesson plan, students participate in a hands on...

Students compare weather data and draw conclusions. For this climate change lesson plan, students determine whether data collected over a period of ninety years shows a warming trend. 

Learners explore the concept of frost depth. For this frost depth lesson, young scholars conduct a scientific investigation that requires them to use a frost tube to measure, record, and graph frost depth data.

Students discuss how soil permeability is affected by permafrost. In this soil lesson plan, students freeze soil over night, and discuss how the environmental conditions of freezing affect soil and further affect vegetation.

Students evaluate geography by drawing an image in class. In this river lesson plan, students identify a list of vocabulary terms associated with bodies of water. Students identify how a river is formed and draw a picture of one...

Learners explore visual perception and how objects change as distance changes. In this distance and vision activity, students practice their scientific inquiry skills. Learners practice drawing objects from different points of view in...

Students enclose water in an airtight bag and leave it in a warm area to view the water cycle. In this water cycle lesson plan, students observe evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. They then discuss what they learned about the...

Students study weather patterns and learn to make decisions based on the weather. In this weather lesson plan, students plan a potluck based on the weather. Students use a decision tree to brainstorm about the activity. Students complete...

Students conduct an experiment that shows them how salt water allows things to float. In this salt water lesson plan, students mix ingredients together to create salt water and observe how it makes the oceans dense. They then interpret...