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Research a Severe Weather Pattern of Interest

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students select a severe weather pattern of interest (tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, lightning, hail, and thunderstorms) and research these patterns to collect data for a report they write in the next lesson plan.
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Introduction to Severe Weather Patterns

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students review basic weather concepts and terminology, and explore weather modeling tools.
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Rain Forest Reporters

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Students research and write articles for an imaginary scientific magazine about rain forests. In this rain forest lesson, students research both ecosystems and magazine writing styles. They act as reporters and editors of their own...
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Eruption!

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students role-play as villagers, the governor, volcanologists, or the press in a simulation about the possible threat of a nearby volcanic eruption.
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Acceleration, Drag, Gravity, Motion, Forces, and Friction

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders build and run mousetrap cars in order to measure distance, time, and mass for their cars. They use these measurements to calculate average speed and kinetic energy, then create a slide show to visually explain how the car...
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Smart Move!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students visualize a communication system. They encode, decode, transmit, receive and store messages. Students use a code sheet and flashlight for this process. They will also maintain a storage sheet from which they can retrieve...
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Amazing Alligators

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students uncover facts about the alligator: including but not limited to habitat, characteristics, food, traits, habits, offspring and interesting facts.
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Earthquake Epicenter

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students use chart data to determine the location of the epicenter of an earthquake. This task assesses students' abilities to generalize and infer, organize data, interpret data, and apply mathematical concepts.
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What a Bohr!

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners define, identify and illustrate the parts of an atom, and investigate the Bohr atomic model. Students watch a multimedia presentation to understand an atom's parts and their functions. In groups, they create a model of an atom...
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Food Chains

For Teachers 2nd
Students study food chains by creating their own slide show using KidPix. They compare information after sharing their slide shows as a whole group. As the children are watching the slide shows of their peers, they tally every time...
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Unit Plan Template

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners research the adaptations of desert animals and build their research skills. In this the adaptations of desert animals lesson, students describe major factors that desert animals have on their habitat. Learners explore how to...
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Introduction to Inventions

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders construct an invention to the best of their creative ability using the teacher provided resources. They identify four scientific processes during the experiment and log them on the teacher prepared ditto.
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Upcycled Garment or Art Work

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain the importance of recycling waste products. For this art lesson, students research different upcycled fashion designs and accessories. They design their own product and present it in class.
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Exploring Space Fiction

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students visit web sites with information on space fiction and collect information for their stories.
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Classroom Heart Rates

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars check and record heart-rates of other classmates. They compare and design questions to explain the differences in their findings. Possible explanations might include: the effects of culture, lifestyles, age and gender on...
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Climate and Weather

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students become familiar with weather terminology and different representations of data as they explore various on-line weather sites. They practice using and interpreting data determining the effects of the time of day, time of year and...
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Collecting and Recording Data# O

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students observe plants growing over time, measure specific plant growth, and gather and record data on plan growth.
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Collaboration the Internet

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars work collaboratively, via the Internet, with another class/school/country, to share and analyze data. They nteract with another class to construct a reasonable explanation for the evidence they have gathered.
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Discussion of Adaptation

For Teachers K - 8th
Students discuss ways in which dinosaurs adapted to their environments. They apply the same logic to an analysis of human habitat, survival needs, and survival need fulfillment to explain how people have adapted to their environment.
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Visiting Museums

For Teachers K - 8th
Students visit museums and gather information about dinosaur habitats, survival needs, and how they met these needs.
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Global Warming: The Greenhouse Effect Debate

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners gather information about the Greenhouse Effect and participate in a debate about the merits of this theory on both sides. They explore the Greenhouse Effect, and its possible long-term effects, from a variety of resources.
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Global Warming: Introduction to Global Warming

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students gather information about global warming and climate changes in preparation for future lessons on the Greenhouse Effect.
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Exploring Space Fact and Fiction Unit: Creating Space Fiction

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners create stories about imaginary planets.
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Science Lab Safety Procedures

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders watch a Lab Safety video and discuss particular questions related to lab safety. Lab equipment is then distributed and the students inspect the equipment and record their finding in their journal. Finally, in groups, 8th...

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