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Head, Heart, Hands, Health
Fourth graders complete a compare and contrast activity for American agriculture historical events. In this historical events in agriculture lesson, 4th graders review a timeline and complete research for agriculture in the 20th century,...
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Location of Cities 201
Students work in pairs to locate the ancient cities on a world atlas using the longitude and latitude measurements. They examine the physical and human futures that explain their locations.
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Commonalities and Differences from Africa to Cleveland as Evidence Through the Gullah Community Connection
Students explore Afro-American history. They identify the commonality between African, Carolinian and Cleveland Black culture. Students explore the water cycle, oceanography, hydrology and bio-geochemical processes. They discuss the...
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Elements of Biology: Biomes
Students describe the different types of biomes. In this biology lesson, students create a map of assigned biome with descriptive paragraphs. They share their findings to class.
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NOAA Research Project
Students research any topic relating to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research cruise that Mrs. Richards be participating in.
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Making a Food Web and Learning About Ecosystems
Third graders examine the difference between a food web and food chain. They also examine the importance of the sun in a food web and food chain. Students understand what happens when you remove parts of the chain.
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Seed Selection for Genetic Variation
Students will research the origin of corn, analyze factors that contribute to shorter and longer growing seasons, and use the scientific method to answer the question: Did seed selection contribute to the successful movement of corn from...
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Treasure Hunt Region
Students are introduced to new geography related vocabulary words. In groups, they focus on a different region of the school and develop a new name for it. They create a treasure map for another group to use in the region of the school...
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Reading Comprehension: Oceans
In this ocean comprehension worksheet, students read a short passage, then complete 4 short answer questions about oceans. Worksheet contains a link to additional activities.
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Mississippi’s Contribution to Space Exploration
Eighth graders engage in a class discussion while going through a PowerPoint on Mississippi's contribution to space exploration. In this Space science lesson plan, the students will also participate in Brain Pop quizzes where they will...
Science Museum, London
Science Museum: Climate Science Info Zone
Media-rich interactive explores Earth's climate, investigating what might be causing the climate to change and how to prepare for it in the future.
Boise State University
Boise State University: Ocean Exploration: Abyssopelagic (Abyssal) Zone
Learn about the very cold, dark region of the ocean known as the abyss. Includes information on the origin of the name of this ocean zone, as well as information on its depth and animal life.
Columbia University
Nasa: Sedac: Population, Landscape, and Climate Estimates
[Free Registration/Login Required] A huge resource for researchers without GIS capabilities who need data on population and land area by country across a range of physical characteristics. These include measures such as the number of...
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Mcdwn: Climate
Wonderful site! Learn about climates and gather helpful information. When you are done, take the climates quiz to show what you have learned.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Climate
The climate where you live is called regional climate. Global climate is a description of the climate of a planet as a whole, with all the regional differences averaged. Includes links to additional resources on climate and climate change.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Effect of Atmospheric Circulation on Climate
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at how atmospheric circulation cells affect the climate of regions.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Air Quality and Climate Change
Air pollutants have an impact on our planet's climate. Some pollutants cause the climate to warm, while others cause a temporary cooling effect.
National Weather Service
National Weather Service: Jet Stream: Climate
The Online School for Weather discusses the world's major climate categories based upon general temperature profile related to latitude.
The Wonder of Science
The Wonder of Science: 3 Ess2 2: World Climates
Work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos that directly address standard 3-ESS2-2: world climates.
Climate Zone
Climate Zone: Climate of Haiti
A valuable guide to climate information of Haiti as reported from the airports. Information includes average monthly temperature and rainfall. Some general facts and a map are also featured.
Climate Zone
Climate Zone: Mauritania
Information on the climate of Mauritania. A map of the country has been provided, as well as a description of the terrain.
Climate Zone
Climate Zone: Bolivia
A valuable guide to climate information in Bolivia broken down by stations. Information includes average temperature, rainfall, and snowfall. Some general facts and a map are also featured.
Climate Zone
Climate Information for Guyana
Discover the climate of Guyana with this helpful site which reports climate information from Georgetown, Guyana.
Climate Zone
Climate in Mexico
Tables for the different climate regions in Mexico show the average monthly temperature, rainfall and snowfall in this North American country. General geographical information and a map are also included.