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Convection

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students experiment with the cyclic process of convection and apply the principal to everyday events.
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Will it Stretch?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore elasticity and describe the effects of temperature changes on physical properties.  In this rubber band stretch lesson students complete an experimental activity and show their results. 
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Demonstration of Factors Affecting Soil Temperature

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Students examine the influences of water and mulch on soil temperature.  In this investigative activity students complete a soil experiment. 
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Environmentally Friendly Home

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss ways to make homes more environmentally friendly. They comprehend ways to reduce home resource consumption, such as passive solar heating, insulation, and geothermal heating and cooling
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Ice Energy

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Young scholars explore how chemicals change water. In this chemical change lesson, students participate in an experiment to observe how salt effects ice and how ice cream freezes.
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Transfer of Thermal Energy

For Students 7th - 12th
In this thermal energy activity, learners will explore different ways heat is transferred including conduction and convection. Students will look at how insulators work and how room temperature can affect heat transfer. This activity has...
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The Perfect Storm

For Students 6th - 10th
In this weather learning exercise, students read about the mechanics of a hurricane and then complete 4 short answer questions based on the reading.
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What Factors Impact a Greenhouse?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students analyze the Greenhouse Effect and the science of greenhouses. In this global climate lesson, students read background information about the 'greenhouse effect' and define 'albedo.' Students examine pictures of clouds, read about...
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Exothermic Reactions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers experiment, observe, measure, and analyze what occurs during an exothermic reaction. They safely design an experiment, control variables, and properly dispose of materials.
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Atmospheric Processes -- Convection

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students work together to discover how temperature changes can affect the density of water and air. They make predictions on what they believe is going to occur. They answer questions to complete the lesson.
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The Water Cycle/States of Matter

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the water cycle and different states of matter. They conduct research using a variety of resources in preparation for taking a quiz. Then students take the quiz in correlation to having...
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The Magic School Bus Wet All Over Clean-up!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the water cycle using activities from The Magic School Bus series. They determine what happens when water is heated and cooled by observing two different experimental set-ups.
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Globe Lesson 16 - Daylight Hours

For Students 6th - 9th
In this geography skills worksheet, students read an instructional passage regarding daylight hours and then respond to 5 short answer questions.
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Miller-Urey Experiment Amino Acids & The Origins of Life on Earth

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students study the Miller-Urey Experiment including its history and criticism.  For this origins of life lesson students repeat this experiment to see how it works.
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Processes of the Rock Cycle

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore, predict, and create each major rock form (sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous) with colored modeling clay, discover cycle of rock formation, and examine important relationships of heat and pressure in rock development.
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Rocks

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this earth science worksheet, students examine the differences between the igneous, sedimentary, and the metamorphic type of rocks.
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Clouds

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students look for the meaning of the water cycle and its relation to the formation of clouds. They read the information about the different types of clouds.
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How To Keep Gelatin From Melting

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate the concept of heating and prevention of temperature increase while they design a platform made to hold gelatin that is exposed to heat from melting. Students make observations and rate the effectiveness of their...
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Surface Air Temperature Trends of the Caribbean

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners investigate the seasonal changes to sea surface and near-surface air temperatures near the equator. They use actual satellite data to track and graph the differences in air and sea temperatures during different seasons in the...
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Hypothesize This!

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students role play scientists to prove a hypotheses. They determine whether or not walruses stay warmer in water or in air. Students also determine in which environment they lose more body heat.
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Solar Water Heater Kit

For Students 5th - 8th
In this earth science worksheet, students identify and experiment how hot water gets in a solar water heater. Then they respond to four short answer questions that follow related to the experiment.
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Rock Cycle in Earth's Crust

For Students 7th - 10th
In this rock cycle worksheet, students use a diagram of the rock cycle to complete 16 fill in the blank and 2 short answer questions.
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Moist Air & Clouds

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study the weather and water cycle of clouds. In this water cycle instructional activity, 5th graders read background information about evaporation, condensation, and the states of water.
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Miniature Water Cycles

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners construct a model of the water cycle in action using two-liter pop bottles to build a terrarium. Locate examples of evaporation and condensation in the water cycle (e.g., water evaporates when heated and clouds or dew forms when...

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