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The Solar System

For Students 4th - 5th
In this crossword puzzle instructional activity, students read the 20 clues about the solar system. Students then complete the puzzle with 20 words related to the solar system.
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From Ground to Water

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore groundwater and issues relating to groundwater. They discus the problems involving groundwater. Students write a newspaper story addressing groundwater problems. They create a comic strip addressing groundwater...
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The Sun

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this space science worksheet, students learn 4 facts about the sun. Students also read a short passage about the sun to gain more information.
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Science: What Happens to Create the Lode?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students understand how mineral deposits are formed and why they are not evenly dispersed. They create and describe three different precipitates from four solutions simulating mineral ore deposit formation in sedimentary rock.
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Geologic Time

For Students 9th - 12th
In this geologic time worksheet, students review how fossils were formed and the events that mark the various geological eras and periods. This worksheet has 10 fill in the blank and 9 short answer questions.
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Give me Food!

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars study the food guide pyramid and use it to create their own eating program.In this health lesson students visit websites to calculate their BMR, activity level and weight then create a nutrition plan
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The Physical Environment

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use damp sand, a baking pan, and water to simulate erosion. In this erosion lesson plan, 4th graders participate in a simulation to show what moving water does to land.
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Rolecards Sheet 1

For Students 4th - 12th
In this science and environment worksheet, students answer short answer questions about different science and environment topics on these role cards. Students complete 16 questions.
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Metals, Nonmetals, Metalloids

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students recognize that metals, nonmetals, and metalloids have common attributes. They Identify physical and chemical properties. Students define ores and identify where ores can be found.
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The Science Behind Tsunamis

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Natural disasters can be teachable moments that create more scientifically literate citizens.
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Relative Dating - Telling Time Using Fossils

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Pupils use fossil range charts to explain relative dating. They graph for ammonites, marine organisms that went extinct at the same time as dinosaurs.
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Making a Globe

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students participate in a creative project where they construct globes. They label specific places on the globe that helps them learn how to read an actual globe.
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What is in Soil?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify and examine the components that make up soil. Individually, they use a magnifying glass to identify the organic and inorganic material in their soil sample. To end the lesson, they record the differences in the...
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Carving Mountains

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore geography by participating in an illustration activity. In this land-form lesson, students define vocabulary terms associated with glaciers and forests. Students utilize pens, cardboard and pottery clay to draw and...
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Rocks, Minerals, and Fossils

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders do 5 different lab stations to explore rocks, minerals, and fossils.
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The Nitrogen Cycle

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Learners design and create a compost pile in order to study the Nitrogen Cycle. They then use the scientific method to determine if plants grow better when they add organic matter from their compost pile to the plant's soil.
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Prokaryote Coloring

For Students 7th
In this prokaryote coloring activity learning exercise, 7th graders read an informative passage about prokaryotes. Students answer questions about the passage and color the picture.
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Water Words Puzzle

For Students 5th - 8th
In this water worksheet, students fill in the blanks to a crossword puzzle having to do with water words. Students complete 25 blanks in the crossword.
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Let's Get To the Core!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars practice analyzing ice core samples to discover climate changes. Using the samples, they identify and graph the gas amounts. They use these numbers to determine their effect on global warming. In pairs, they complete a...
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Aquifers

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students participate in an experiment about aquifers. They answer questons and make observations about the experiment. They discuss how they can make a difference in the way water is used.
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Metamorphic Sandwiches - - "Bread Rock"

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students graphically show how metamorphic rock is formed by pressure and heat using bread.
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A Recipe for Soil

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use local materials such as leaves and other plant matter; sand and pebbles to make soil. They plant seeds in the manufactured soil and in natural soil and then observe and record the results.
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Ucar: Layers of Earth's Atmosphere

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the layers of Earth's atmosphere: troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere.
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Oregon State University

Osu: Volcano World: Layers of the Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a website not only on the mantle but also about all the layers of the earth.

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