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World of the Pond

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Field trip! The class will review what they know about organisms that dwell in freshwater ponds, then trek down to the old water hole to collect specimens for examination. This includes several web links, useful tips, and an excellent...
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Weather Crossword Puzzle Worksheet

For Students 5th - 6th
In this weather vocabulary worksheet, students read 20 clues pertaining to storms and weather science. Students fit answers in a crossword puzzle. There is no word bank.
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Your Own Fresh Water Aquarium in the Classroom

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore aquariums. In this fish and ecosystems lessons, students establish a freshwater aquarium environment using materials provided. Students read about and care for the classroom fish.
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The Natural World

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this nature worksheet, students complete the sentences about nature by choosing the correct words. Students complete 11 sentences total.
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Tick Around the Clock

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students examine and discuss the differences between clocks they are shown. Using the internet, they research how people used to tell time before clocks. They review what the long and short hand on the clock represent and practice...
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What's the Forecast?

For Students 6th - 8th
Rain gauges, thermometers, and wind vanes. After reading a short article about weather forecasting, readers identify the tools meteorologists use to predict the weather.
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The Furry News: How to Make a Newspaper

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students investigate the process of making a newspaper using children's literature to create context for the lesson. The readers are asked to predict the events of the story as it is read to them. Then the teacher uses guided questions...
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Exploring Nature: Powerful Forces

For Teachers K - 5th
Students observe samples of artwork which use line, shape, and form to show movement and depict natural forces of nature. They create their own piece of artwork that shows a natural force and movement and then write a descriptive...
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Radiation Budget

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils examine the radiation budget and the launching of the Budget Satellite. They role-play as designers of the satellite and construct one with a power source, instruments, and sensors. they explain how their satellite functions once...
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Book Week Celebration

For Teachers K - 12th
Students discover the importance of reading. They participate in a school wide book celebration. They participate in activities to get them interested in reading.
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Science Crossword Puzzle

For Students 6th - 8th
Class members read 25 clues about all areas of science, including biology, chemistry, weather, physical science, and insert their answers into a crossword puzzle. There is no word bank and the students would need experience with tough...
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Weather Proverbs

For Teachers K - 5th
Your class explores weather proverbs and superstitions from around the country and writes their own proverb about weather. They interview community elders to learn proverbs about Alaska and its weather. Then they discuss several example...
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The Effects of Weather on People

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students discover the causes of different types of weather and it's effect on society.  In this environmental lesson, students utilize the Internet to examine cloud types, normal weather conditions and the type of weather considered...
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Weather Internet Scavenger Hunt

For Students 6th - 8th
In this earth science worksheet, students visit the weather sites listed to answer the weather questions on the sheet. They define super cell and complete the paragraph. Students also name and sketch three types of snowflakes.
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Chemquest: Physical Changes or Chemical Reactions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore physical and chemical changes. In this chemistry lesson plan, students will go outside to observe changes seen in nature. Students will then work in the lab to identify changes at different stations prior to doing a...
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Jr. Chef Club Super Snacks Lesson 6

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners explore healthy snacks. In this nutrition and cooking lesson, students observe and identify food groups on USDA's MyPyramid food guide. Learners discuss how fiber helps our digestive system and follow a recipe using yeast to...
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Graham's Law Of Diffusion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students demonstrate Graham's Law by observing a gaseous diffusion. After a lecture/demo, students perform an experiment then complete a write up activity which is imbedded in this plan to reinforce what they have observed during the...
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What's Your Angle?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read the story, Magic Schoolbus Inside the Human Body. Then they form right, acute, and obtuse angles using the joints inside their bodies. They write a brief summary about what they learned about angles as a review the...
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The Pickle "Dill"emma

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers study a problem in their local farming community regarding a pickle factory, and the class is asked to help determine if the pickle factory is the source of a seed germination problem.
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Observing Weather

For Teachers All
Students investigate the weather by reading children stories.  In this weather observation instructional activity, students read Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and several other stories about weather before they create a KWL chart....
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Indoor Gardening

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students determine how a plant grows best. In this botany lesson, students observe variables that affect plant growth. Students explore how to grow and maintain a plant. Students make observations of their plant as it grows.
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Amazon Rainforest Conservation, Brazil

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore rain forests.  In this rain forest instructional activity, students participate in a "BioBlitz" of their schoolyard, observing and recording every living thing in a designated area.  Students visit websites about rain...
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Notes: Characteristics of Stars

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate stars and the solar system by completing a worksheet.  For this space science lesson, students complete a fill in the blank worksheet based on the stars and components of the cosmos. 
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Global Warming and Climate Change

For Teachers K - 9th
Students explore the environment by writing a persuasive letter. In this global warming lesson, students identify the key problems with our energy consumption in the United States. Students complete worksheets and write a letter...

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