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Keeping Warm: Science Review Game
Test the class on what they know about thermal conduction, insulation, and heat. This interactive game provides 15 questions related to the science of temperature, heat, and cold. Keep your class warm with a fun review game!
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Today's Weather
In this weather worksheet students complete an interactive activity and complete a series of short answer questions on temperature and weather fronts and predict the weather.
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Let the Weather Help You Dress
Students observe weather daily for at least a month and graph the weather for one month. Then they use weather vocabulary such as sunny, windy, rainy, stormy, cold, snowy, foggy, and hot, and share their predictions about weather. ...
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Mealworms: Warm or Cold?
In this mealworms learning exercise, students test if the mealworms like warm or cold areas. Students complete 5 questions total on this learning exercise.
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Hot, Cold, Fresh and Salty
Students observe the effects of layering water and what is more or less saline than normal. In this geoscience lesson students create saline solutions, layer them and observe how the water becomes different temperatures in different layers.
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When You're Sick
Second graders identify symptoms of illness and how they can get better. In this health instructional activity, 2nd graders use Venn diagrams to categorize what the character of a story did to get well, and different types of symptoms.
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Let's Learn the Flu Facts
Students explore the common causes for colds and the flu. After discussing cold and flu symptoms, students complete a worksheet. They discuss ways to stay healthy and prevent colds and flu. Afterwards, students complete a puzzle...
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The Effects of Temperature on Solids
Students explore the effects that extreme temperatures have on the material properties of solids. They investigate the properties of a material whose state depends on extreme temperatures and witness how it interacts with room...
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Kids Health: Going With the Flow of Nosebleeds
Getting hit in the face is not the only cause of nosebleeds. Lots of kids have nosebleeds, they are quite common. Even thought they can be scary and gross, nosebleeds are usually not really a big deal. Use this site to learn more about...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Create Shade to Protect From the Sun
In this fun activity, students will get creative with craft materials. They will figure out how to protect an "animal" and its territory from getting too hot in the sun. What will they build to keep their animals cool?
Library of Congress
Loc: Poetry 180: Herd of Buffalo Crossing the Missouri on Ice
This poem s about a herd of buffalo who are crossing on a frozen river.
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Cbc Kids: Frigid Facts on Being Out in the Cold!
Why do we shiver? What is frostbite? Find out the COLD hard facts here.
Other
Baby Center: Colds
This Baby Center site answers common questions a mother/father might have if her/his child gets the common cold. Includes special links.
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Kids Health: Cold, Ice, and Snow Safety
Playing in the snow is fun, but it can also be dangerous. KidsHealth website helps you learn about the importance of dressing for the weather to protect your body and health. This page also includes information about the dangers...
WebMD
Web Md: Understanding Common Cold
This site from WebMD Health provides a basic overview of the common cold. Includes links to additional topics on the cold, such as symptoms, treatment and prevention. This is a good site to get general knowledge on this particular subject.
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Molecules in Motion
Slide the temperature gauge and see what happens to the movement of the molecules.
Other
Cherokee Messenger: Native American Herbal Remedies
Traditional Native American herbal remedies for dozens of maladies are listed here.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Weather Fronts Study Guide
Review the main types of weather fronts using this study guide.
Other
Warmair.com: Heat Gain
An excellent page describing the variables lead to rising temperatures in the home. The causes and sources of such heat gain are identified and explained. Lays the groundwork for understanding the importance of and need for home air...
Other
Senses: Online Word Search Puzzle
Have fun finding words associated with the five senses: smell, taste, touch, hearing, and sight. When finished with the game, rescramble the word search and play again.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Kids Science: Weather
Kids learn more about the science of the weather. Sunshine, rain, snow, cold, hot, and windy.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Hot or Cold
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains 10 phrases that should have either the word hot or cold in it. The students should use the Activotes to vote if they think the missing word is hot or cold. Space is there for...
US Department of Agriculture
The United States National Arboretum: Basic Plant Requirements
Site provides a brief description of some of the environmental parameters that influence plant growth.
Other
University of Alaska: Freezing of Hot and Cold Water
What will freeze first - hot water or cold water? Read this article and be surprised. This article provides great information about the freezing of water.