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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: How Is Water Recycled in Nature?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about nature's most reliable geochemical cycle, the water cycle.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Natural and Urban "Stormwater" Water Cycle Models

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students apply their understanding of the natural water cycle and the urban stormwater water cycle, as well as the processes involved in both cycles to hypothesize how the flow of water is affected by altering precipitation.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Natural and Urban Stormwater Water Cycles

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Through an overview of the components of the hydrologic cycle and the important roles they play in the design of engineered systems, young scholars' awareness of the world's limited fresh water resources is heightened. The activity lays...
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Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Earth Science: Water Cycle Bingo

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your understanding of terms associated with the water cycle in this bingo- style game.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Flow of Matter in Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this module, students will learn about the cycles of nature (water, carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus) that support the flow of nutrient matter through an...
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Ministry of Education, Sports & Culture (Samoa) Government

Mesc: Samoa School Net: Forces to Make Weather: Weather & Water Cycle

For Students 4th - 7th
Explains three forces of nature and how they impact the weather. These include infrared rays from the sun, differences in air pressure, and wind flow when hot and cold air masses meet. Supported by lots of visuals.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Biorecycling: Using Nature to Make Resources From Waste

For Teachers 5th - 8th
By studying key processes in the carbon cycle, such as photosynthesis, composting, and anaerobic digestion, students learn how nature and engineers biorecycle carbon.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Rock Cycle

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Through five lessons, students are introduced to all facets of the rock cycle. Topics include rock and mineral types, material stresses and weathering, geologic time and fossil formation, the Earth's crust and tectonic plates, and soil...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating the Water Cycle: Evaporation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this water cycle activity, students investigate the evaporation process by participating in an outdoor evaporation experiment held on the school grounds. Students will determine where evaporation takes place the fastest and how nature...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Making & Breaking: The Rock Cycle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn the components of the rock cycle and how rocks can change over time under the influence of weathering, erosion, pressure and heat. They learn about geotechnical engineering and the role these engineers play in the...
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Social Studies: Grade 3: A Log's Life

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Third graders learn about the interdependence of animals and trees in nature and the cycles of growth and decay. Students also learn about the importance of preserving balance in nature and what happens when we upset that balance. While...
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PBS

Pbs: Nature: Showdown at Grizzly River

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS Nature presents Grizzlies. Learn how grizzly bears raise their young around McNeil River Falls, a place in the wilderness of Alaska. This is a great place because of the salmon that swim up stream every summer.
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Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Nature Resets Body's Clock

For Students 9th - 10th
Article reports on a recent study which found that people who spent a week in the woods experience a shift of two hours in their internal clocks. Includes a list of vocabulary words from the article.
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PBS

Pbs Nature: Elephants

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Did you know that the elephant is the largest animal in the world? Discover more about where they live, what they eat and how they socialize when you visit this site.
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PBS

Pbs Nature: Ray

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The word "manta" means blanket in Spanish--and the Manta ray gets its name from its blanketlike appearance in the water. Learn all about their life cycle and habitat in text and pictures.
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Other

Manitoba Model Forest Network: Interaction Within Forest Ecosystems [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This comprehensive Grade 7 Science unit has three chapters on forest ecosystems, natural cycles in a forest, and human interactions with a forest. Each chapter has experiments, activities and questions complete with answers. There are...
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Other

Elmhurst College: Virtual Chembook: Carbon Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
A step-by-step discussion of the stages in the carbon cycle. Each step includes a diagram further explaining the processes involved, as well as pictures depicting combustion, respiration, photosynthesis, and decomposition.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Margay

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The Margay is a nocturnal feline that lives in Mexico and South America. The content of this source includes a look at this species' life cycle, habitat, characteristics, range, behavior. and diet.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Ology: What Do You Know About Stars?

For Students 6th - 8th
Test your knowledge with this ten-question quiz on stars. Focusing on stars in the Milky Way galaxy, questions range from the life cycle of a star to the number of stars in our galaxy.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Long Tailed Weasel

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Discover the Long-Tailed Weasel, a small carnivore that lives in various parts of North America. The content of this site includes a look at this species' behavior, characteristics, range, habitat, life cycle, and diet.
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Red Headed Woodpecker

For Students 9th - 10th
The red-headed woodpecker can be found in woodlands throughout the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. The content of this site includes information on the characteristics, habitat, life cycle, range, behavior and diet of this...
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Semipalmated Plover

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a clear and concise look at the Semipalmated Plover. The information covered in the source includes characteristics, habitat, life cycle, range, diet and behavior. You will also find clear photographs of this aquatic bird.
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Read Works

Read Works: Genre 1st Grade Unit: Identifying Information in Nonfiction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A activity in which students use the books Nature's Food Chains: What Polar Animals Eat by Joanne Mattern, Life Cycle of a Frog by Angela Royston, and Froggy Goes to School by Jonathan London to learn...
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PBS

Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Willow Ptarmigin

For Students 9th - 10th
Identify what makes a Willow Ptarmigin unique in comparison with other types of Ptarmigins when you explore this site. This source provides information ranging from characteristics, life cycle, range, habitat, behavior and more of this...

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