Conquer your fear of thunder and proportions. After viewing a video of lightning and thunder, scholars consider how far away the storm is from the recorder. This obviously requires the use of proportions and rates.

Young scholars watch the video Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. They participate in daily lecture, and create vocabulary cards. Students participate in oral reading evaluation, and complete a writing assignment:Do things like those that...

Learners conduct an experiment. In this lightning and thunder lesson, students learn how to figure out how far away a thunderstorm is.

Students conduct experiments. In this weather lesson, students review what they know about weather elements such as cloud formation and storms. Students conduct demonstrations and learn how lightning strikes.

Middle schoolers read the novel "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry". Using the text, they gather information on how and why the Civil Rights Movement began. They use excerpts from Martin Luther King Jr's speeches to discuss the issue of...

In this lesson, 5th graders begin to describe the atmosphere;describe weather conditions along with seasonal changes. Students further explain safety precautions during severe weather and go onto Describe patterns of changing weather...

Students investigate equality by reading a historical fiction book in class.  In this civil rights lesson, students read the story Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry with their classmates and define the Jim Crow Laws that kept blacks...

Students describe the atmosphere, weather conditions, and climates. They describe seasonal changes in weather, the composition and characteristics of the atmosphere. Students describe patterns of changing weather and how they are...

Young scholars uncover the science behind lightning and thunder.Theyexamine electrical attraction between like and unlike charges, and the force that creates lightning, is first explained using static electricity.

Learners pick up science knowledge as they track and examine natural disasters. They keep a daily journal of results and reflections. Students get to follow a real tornado chaser and learn thunderstorm formation. They incorporate how...

Students examine art that shows some type of weather event. After watching two filmstrips on weather, they create a fog picture of themselves and read about lighting and thunder. They paint pictures in the style of five artists they have...

Seventh graders visit the Smithsonian and are shown different exhibits. They are to make their own drawing about one of the exhibits and write about the experience.

Students observe and count bird sightings around their schoolyard throughout the school year.

High schoolers describe Archaea. In this biology lesson, students examine biological communities and the role Archaea plays. High schoolers will compare and contrast the Archaea with bacteria and eukaryote.

Students explore hurricanes and tornadoes by conducting an experiment. In this weather pattern instructional activity, students define many extreme weather vocabulary terms and discuss the relationship with static electricity. Students...

Students describe the three types of underwater robots and the advantages and disadvantages of using them.  In this underwater activity students are given a task and identify the best robot for the job. 

Middle schoolers conduct various experiments to explore the concepts that static electricity is the cause of lightning.

Students study rock and roll with the music of Bruce Springsteen.

Students explore meteorology, discuss Earth's atmosphere, create drawings of the water cycle, create meteorology journals, and role play forecasters. Nine lessons on one page; includes unit test.

Students examine several concepts about weather in the seven lessons of this unit. This year long activity helps students to gather data seasonally about wind, clouds, precipitation, and temperature. Earth's three climate zones are...

Musical chairs may be a classic game, but Ruffe Musical Chairs is a unique lesson on invasive species! Using the time-honored game, pupils role play the behaviors of the invasive fish called Eurasian ruffe. Learning about this aggressive...

Students identify sources and importance of sound, discuss sounds heard on way to school, explain why sound waves can be "seen", and participate in various classroom activities and experiments that illustrate how sound travels.

Young scholars use aluminum, a thumbtack, an eraser, and more to create static electricity. In this static electricity lesson plan, students use this experiment to simulate lightning.

Students examine the process that creates limestone.  In this limestone lesson plan students complete a worksheet and participate in a lab activity.