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Using Concept Maps to Teach Evolution
Young scholars encounter concept maps for reviewing evolution. Concept maps provides an alternative method of interacting with the information and a forum for asking questions about vocabulary, concepts and interrelationships. A quiz is...
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Simple Plants Concept Map
In this plant science worksheet, students complete a concept map on the classification of plants. They fill in 9 blanks with the correct words from the list.
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Cell Concept Map
In this cell worksheet, learners complete a concept map by filling in the blanks on the map with the appropriate terms related to the cell. Students are given a word bank and seven terms already filled in the concept map to get them...
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Concept Map - Organic Compounds
In this organic compounds, students complete a graphic organizer by placing 36 vocabulary words into their correct places in the concept map.
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Blood Concept Map
In this blood worksheet, students complete a concept map of the blood, the components of the blood, the cells of the immune system in the blood, homeostasis and the inflammatory reaction.
American Physiological Society
Thermal Insulators: Keep it Hot!
There's nothing like a cup of hot chocolate on a chilly winter's day. Except for when that hot chocolate quickly becomes lukewarm chocolate ... or even cold chocolate. What material provides the best insulation to keep the chocolate from...
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Unit II: Worksheet 5 - Velocity and Motion Maps
A chart with eight rows makes up this handout. The columns are labeled with two graphs ("x vs. t" and "v vs. t"), a written description, and a motion map. One cell in each row is filled in, leaving the rest for your class to complete....
Lrymple Secondary College
Plate Boundary
Scholars examine diagrams and complete a concept map to discover key details about convergent, divergent, and transform plate boundaries.
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Use Google Maps to Teach Math
Capture the engagement of young mathematicians with this upper-elementary math lesson on measuring time and distance. Using Google Maps, students first measure and compare the distance and time it takes to travel between different...
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Exploring Biomes Lesson 1: Mapping Biomes
Environmental science learners examine satellite imagery of temperature, vegetation, precipitation, and productivity. They use these maps to understand how scientists divide the planet into major biomes. As part of a larger unit on...
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Weather Maps and Prediction
Young meteorologists read basic weather maps by learning about the symbols that are associated with them. This two-day lesson has some excellent demonstrations and activities to get youngsters thinking about the weather in scientific...
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Fishes Concept Map
For this marine science worksheet, students complete a concept map on the different types of fish. They fill in 8 blanks with the correct answer from the word list.
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Birds Concept Mapping
In this biology worksheet, students complete a concept map about birds. They fill in 7 blanks with the correct terminology from the word list.
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Virus Concept Map
In this biology worksheet, students complete a concept map on viruses. They fill in 9 blanks with the correct terminology from the word list.
Sunburst Visual Media
Clouds
Support science instruction with a combination of engaging activities and skills-based worksheets that focus on clouds. Learners take part in grand discussions, write an acrostic poem, complete graphic organizers, solve word puzzles, and...
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Customized Topographic Maps and Models
Students explore the information depicted on topographic maps. They construct a 3-D topographic map of a local area. They go on a field trip to the depicted area and compare the 'real world' with their models.
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A Map as a Tool
Students study the concept of using a map as a tool with the usage of a balloon designed to mimic the features of the Earth with the major features marked and shown on the balloon.
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Weather Adjectives
How would you describe that twisting, powerful, destructive, ferocious tornado? Have your scholars analyze a tornado using adjectives: students write six adjectives on a graphic organizer, and then use each in a sentence below. This...
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Use Concept Maps to Teach the Transfer of Energy
Practical tips, lessons, and ideas for teaching the transfer of energy.
Consortium for Ocean Science Exploration and Engagement (COSEE)
Climate Change Impacts on Blue King Crabs
Carbon dioxide is not only causing global temperatures to increase, it causes the oceans to become more acidic. Lesson focuses on the blue king crab and the fragility of the habitat due to climate change. Scholars create a concept map...
National Geographic
Mapping the Shape of Everest
With Mount Everest as the motivator, your earth science class learns about topographic maps. Begin by showing a film clip from The Wildest Dream: Conquest of Everest, featuring fearsome virtual imagery of a path up world's tallest peak....
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Unit III: Worksheet 2 - Motion Maps
Make motion maps, draw graphical representations, and determine displacement. These are the activities included in this physics assignment. This is a great review of velocity, position, acceleration, and displacement concepts.
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Water - Our Future
How is it that water that falls as rain ends up coming out of the tap on our sinks? Learners trace water's journey and examine how along the way pollutants make their way into the water supply. They conduct experiments, use the Internet...
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Modern Reptiles Concept Map
In this life science worksheet, students complete a concept map on modern reptiles. They answer 13 fill in the blank questions using words from the list.