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Stalagmite Stalactite
The difference between stalactites and stalagmites, and how both are formed, is the subject of a cross-curricular reading comprehension worksheet that asks kids to read the passage and then respond to comprehension questions based on the...
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Fossil Kit I - Lesson Plan
Here is a 14-page lesson plan that deftly outlines a wonderful educational experience for your youngsters. In it, students learn about a variety of animals that have left behind clues of their existence in fossil form. Many excellent...
Outdoor Learning Center
Outdoor Survival
Which of the following can you survive without for the longest time: water, food, or a positive mental attitude? The answer may surprise you. Guide learners of all ages through games, activities, and discussions about surviving in the...
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Primary Sources and Protagonists: A Native American Literature Unit
Introduce your middle schoolers to the lives of past Native Americans. First, learners work together to put photographs in a sequence. Then, using their sequence, they create stories to share with the whole class. No matter how old your...
Broadway GPS
ALADDIN: Broadway's New Musical Comedy
Aladdin, Disney's Broadway musical comedy, is a magic carpet ride. Prepare your class for a field trip to the show with a study guide that is a treasure trove of activities, cultural connections, and background information.
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WS 8.9 Presentation Questions
In this mixtures worksheet, students answer twenty three questions about student presentations on topics such as amalgams, homogenized milk, antifreeze and coolants, soaps and detergents and water softeners.
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Novel Creation
Learners create an alternate ending with digital animations to illustrate their text. In this novel creation lesson, students read a novel and analyze the plot in small groups. Learners collaborate on an alternate ending...
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Bat Fact Page
Third graders investigate unusual bats and draw their own interpretation of the bat. They use rhyming words to write a creative story about bats. Facial features of microbats and megabats are observed and then classfied in groups.
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Outdoor Survival
Students are introduced to basic outdoor survival concepts. They identify the seven basic needs for survival. Students describe the symptoms and treatment for frostbite and hypothermia. They compare and contrast the value of different...
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Nottingham
In this language arts activity, students fill in the blanks on 5 sentences. They answer 7 comprehension questions. Students complete a cloze activity of the transcript. The transcript of the article is included, although the main intent...
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Bat Word Unscramble
In this bat word unscramble worksheet, students determine 10 words that are associated with bats. They write two facts about bats using a number of the words that they unscrambled.
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Investigation 2 - Classifying Rocks
Fourth graders identify basic properties of minerals and rocks. They access websites and utilize worksheets imbedded in this lesson to further their understanding of rock classification.
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Stormy Sailing
Students access a website that show portraits of the Tall Ships of Atlantic Canada. They talk about what it might feel like to be on one of the sailing ships in stormy seas. They write diary entries while role playing that they are on...
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Women of Science
In this important women of science learning exercise, students click on the links in the questions about important women of science to find the answers to the questions and then come back and answer the questions. Students answer 16...
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Plants in Texas: Then and Now
Seventh graders discuss continuity and change, identify various plant materials, and compare and contrast ways in which early people used plants in Texas in prehistoric times with ways that modern man in Texas uses plants today.
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Word Search: Sunset of the Sabertooth
In this reading comprehension word search, students find 10 words and mark them in the puzzle. All pertain to the book Sunset of the Sabertooth.
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What Goes On Down Under?
Young scholars explore the sources for recharge and discharge of groundwater. They research the connection between surface water and groundwater. Students construct a model of an aquifer and explore recharge and discharge of the aquifer.
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TOEFL Practice Test- Vocabulary #1
In this language arts worksheet, students practice for the TOEFL test by answering 5 questions. Students read the sentence that has one word surrounded by apostrophes. Students choose the word closest in meaning to this word. Students...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Cave Formation: Biogeochemical Cycles
This video segment adapted from NOVA chronicles the discoveries that led to a radical new theory in which living organisms, not just geological processes, play an active role in cave formation. [5:42]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: How Caves Form
This interactive activity from NOVA Online shows four different ways in which caves are formed: by rainwater, waves, lava, and bacteria.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Cave Formation
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart asks students to label diagrams showing the stages of cave formation.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Speleology: Counting Formations in a Local Cave
In the past caves have been used for shelter, for religious purposes, and for burial sites. They were even used for food storage before refrigeration, because they are cool and have constant high humidity. Get ready for an adventure as...
Other
Adventure Caves: The Beauty of Cave Formations
Take a look at the inside of caves. Recognize stalactites, stalagmites and other features of caves.
PBS
Pbs Nova: The Mysterious Life of Caves
Companion to a PBS program in the Nova series. There are wonderful photos of the Lechuguilla cave system in New Mexico, and some new information on how caves are formed.
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