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The Ocean Floor

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Learners explore the ocean in this earth science lesson. They use the Internet to gather information on parts of the ocean including the beach, ocean floor, continental shelf, trenches, and the animals that inhabit these parts.
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Clouds

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore various cloud types. In this earth science lesson, students use pictures of the four types of clouds and identify them by name. Students construct pictures of clouds using chalk and blue paper.
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Weather Olympics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers consider the effects of topography on climate patterns. In this earth science lesson, students research weather patterns and make inferences of how the land forms may create different climates. Middle schoolers compare...
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Moon Phase Stations

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate the moon. In this Earth science lesson plan, 3rd graders discuss the moon phases and how every 4 weeks the moon cycles through these phases.
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Utah Weather

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore Earth science by researching weather patterns on the Internet. In this Utah climate lesson, 4th graders discuss why each climate on our planet is exposed to different weather settings and how they are measured....
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Sowing Seeds

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars observe earth science by participating in a planting activity. In this seeds lesson, students identify the process for seeds to transform into plants which eventually produce food. Young scholars sow seeds in the ground...
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Sunlight & Soil

For Students 4th - 5th
In this earth science worksheet on sunlight and soil, students use data collected in a chart to construct two graphs. Following, they answer five questions as they relate to the experiment performed.
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Survival of the Spiniest

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this earth science instructional activity, students identify and discover the amazing ways that desert plants adapt to harsh habitats. They use discussion and drawing to explore their existing knowledge about deserts. Then, students...
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Stack #84200 Word Search

For Students 9th - 10th
In this science worksheet, students locate and identify various vocabulary terms related to earth science and biology. There are 12 words located in the puzzle to find.
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Electricity Word Search

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this earth science worksheet, students find 16 words associated with electricity hidden in a word search puzzle. They write the words on the back of the worksheet.
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Electricity Cloze Activity

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this earth science activity, students fill in the missing words in an electricity cloze activity. They write the words on the blank lines in 10 statements.
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Electricity Cloze

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this earth science worksheet, learners fill in the missing words in 10 sentences about electricity. They use the electricity words that are shown in a word bank at the bottom of the page.
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Rocks and Soils Graphic Organizer

For Students 4th
In this earth science worksheet, students complete a chart by describing different types of rocks and soils. They search for the specified rocks in their world and describe them using the words in a word bank at the bottom of the page.
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Dendrology Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine leaves that are assigned to them.  In this earth science lesson students work in groups and find examples of leaves that the instructor asks for. 
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The Greenhouse Effect

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate the temperature change in open and closed containers. For this earth science lesson, 7th graders relate this lab activity to greenhouse effect. They create a line graph from data collected in the experiment.
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Where Are the Dinosaurs?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create a dinosaur egg with balloons and newspaper.  In this earth science instructional activity, students explore the extinction of dinosaurs.  Students view a web clip and relate it to the extinction of animals they...
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Rocks

For Teachers 6th - 8th
For this earth science worksheet, students examine the differences between the igneous, sedimentary, and the metamorphic type of rocks.
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Brain POP - Dinosaur

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this earth science worksheet, students complete a sheet by filling-in each blank with the correct response. They identify various types of dinosaurs and what they ate. Students also identify their various characteristics.
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Biome Project

For Students 7th - 9th
In this earth science worksheet, learners act as travel agents for a particular biome and construct a brochure to sell the class on benefits of taking a vacation to their biome. They include each of the features given in the exercise.
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Erosion

For Students 7th - 9th
In this earth science worksheet, learners describe the course of the river from its source to the mouth, including shapes of the valleys and erosion processes in each course. Then they identify possible types of erosion that would have...
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Deposition

For Students 7th - 9th
In this earth science worksheet, students study the diagram on the sheet and describe the river valley. Then they list the main type of work done by the river at a specific stage. Students also explain the formation of the floodplain.
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Simply Sediments

For Students 6th - 8th
In this earth science instructional activity, students use a plastic bottle and sediments from their community to create a sediment bottle. They identify what types of sediments they locate. Students also identify which ones float and...
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Fossil Fuel Scavenger Hunt

For Students 6th - 8th
In this earth science worksheet, students complete each of the statements with the correct fossil fuel. They identify when and where electricity first became available. Students also define fossil fuels and where they first got their...
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Water: H2O = Life

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
For this earth science worksheet, students explore and describe animals and their adaptations, including their habitats, physical characteristics, and competing organisms. They also explore and describe how others use water around the...

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