Worksheet
Curated OER

Beginning Analogies 9

For Students 4th - 5th
In this analogies worksheet, students read the word pairs and choose the answer that best expresses a relationship similar to the original pair.
Worksheet
Curated OER

What is Climate?

For Students 9th - 12th
In this climate worksheet, students review the components that make up climate including temperature and precipitation. This worksheet has 8 true or false and 2 short answer questions.
Worksheet
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Our Country's Environment

For Students 4th - 5th
In these environment worksheets, students complete several multiple choice questions that teach them about the Earth's landforms and water.
Lesson Plan
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Clouds

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore how to identify cloud types by observing clouds. They record data and have fun by applying newly acquired knowledge throughout the curriculum.
Worksheet
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Chasing El Nino

For Students 9th - 12th
In this El Nino worksheet, students review this specific change in the climate cycle by completing 20 short answer questions.
Lesson Plan
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Condensation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explain how water changes from vapor to liquid with a change in temperature by engaging in this experiment. They use a worksheet imbedded in this lesson to guide their inquiry.
Worksheet
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K12 Reader

Taiga Ecosystems

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
After reading a short article about taiga ecosystems, middle schoolers are asked to identify the characteristics of this chilly environment.
Lesson Plan
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Learning Lesson: Sweatin' to the Coldies

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students participate in a demonstration to show the change of water vapor to a liquid. They discuss the three states of matter. They examine flash flood safety to end the lesson.
Lesson Plan
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Guetemala's Changing Forest

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders compare their local ecological zone to the tropical rainforest. In this natural ecology lesson, 8th graders complete an activity about the differences in ecological zones. They compare their biome to the Guatemalan...
Interactive
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Curious Science

For Students 6th - 8th
In this online interactive science quiz worksheet, students respond to 4 multiple choice questions about anthocyanins in leaves.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dishing the Dirt Part 1

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a soil center on their school grounds. They begin to write in their science journals. They participate in an experiment that helps the community begin their own gardens.
Activity
PBS

Pbs: Rough Science: Weather Station

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS asks users to imagine that they are in the tropics and need to get a reliable weather forecast. It provides instructions on how to build a wind vane, construct a compass, make a barometer and find the dew point.
Handout
USA Today

Usa Today: Weather Basics: Understanding Humidity

For Students 9th - 10th
This article is a guide to understanding humidity and related weather concepts. Includes helpful definitions of multiple terms.
Handout
Dan Satterfield

Dan's Wild Wild Weather Page: Humidity

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this site to find out how humidity works and perform some activities related to humidity.
Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Aspects of Weather

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A detailed weather lesson plan written for the primary, intermediate, and junior high level. Topics covered are weather symbols, thermometer, graphing temperature results, clouds, moisture and air pressure.
Handout
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Air Masses and Fronts

For Students 9th - 10th
What are air masses and where do they originate? What happens to the weather along fronts? Learn about warm and cold fronts and different types of advection. Maps and animated illustrations make these topics easier to comprehend.
Unit Plan
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Tree House Weather Kids: Clouds and Moisture: Clouds: Earth's Security Blanket

For Students 3rd - 8th
Animated resource helps young researchers understand clouds, cloud formation, and types of clouds.
Interactive
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Make a Hurricane

For Students 9th - 10th
Make a hurricane and learn about the factors that control the strength of the storm, including temperature, moisture, and winds.
Website
Other

Institute of Global Environment and Society: Climate Outlooks

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides information for ten day and two-week outlooks on temperature, precipitation, and soil moisture conditions throughout the world. Offers information on climate topics including El Nino and La Nina.
Website
Other

K 3 Learning Pages: Web Resources Thunderstorms

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Check out this comprehensive list of web resources on thunderstorms and safety. Students and teachers will benefit from the links found on this site.
Unit Plan
Next.cc

Next: Rain

For Students 3rd - 8th
This activity provides an opportunity to learn about water vapor and its role in rain.
Unit Plan
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Tree House Weather Kids: Clouds and Moisture: Rain, Snow, Sleet, and Hail

For Students 3rd - 8th
Animated resource teaches young researchers about the different forms of precipitation.