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ESL: Environmental Problems

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ESL environmental problem worksheet, students work with a partner to explain a set of terms, then divide a set of words that have to do with the environment into syllables.
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What is an Electromagnet?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students give examples of electromagnet applications. In this physics lesson plan, students explore what makes electromagnets work. They experiment picking paper clips with it.
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What's the Attraction?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students experiment with magnets to determine the distances at which they attract and repel each other.
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Using Magnetotactic Bacteria to Study Natural Selection

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students demonstrate that living organisms may possess incredible adaptations which enable them to survive. They observe bacteria that are able to orient themselves using the Earth's magnetic field and formulate a hypothesis as to how...
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Ka Iwikuamo'o

For Students 9th - 12th
In this foreign language activity, high schoolers find the words that are related to the acquisition of new vocabulary. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Landforms All Around

For Teachers 2nd
Students create a "Landform Dictionary". They develop an overlay map and participate in hands-on activities to identify the key characteristics of landforms. They discuss the plant and animal life of these areas. Handouts for the lessons...
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Immigration in the Connecticut River Valley

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students discuss and compare immigration during the 18th century to the Connecticut River Valley to that in America during the turn of the century.
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Animals in Japan

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students compare and contrast common animals children love and have as pets in Japan and America in this early elementary lesson. The culminating project is an original work of art by each student depicting an animal of their choice.
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Geography Overview

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders look at the United States often over the next few months. Help them to see how the United States has changed as territories have become states. They may be surprised to know the areas of our country that were territories...
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Native American Cultures

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students investigate the Native American Heritage and explore their customs cultures. They discover characteristics of the Native Americans through the study of their art, artifacts, stories and symbols.
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Stellar Navigation Curriculum

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the concept of star mapping and how it is used in space navigation. They conduct various activities to see the effect of mapping. Also the teacher uses models and demonstrations in order to communicate the main...
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Star Quest

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students engage in a lesson plan of using maps in order to find constellations in the night sky. They also conduct research using three constellations. The research is used to create a project to inform others. The teacher also leads the...
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Stellar Lunar Curriculum

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars engage in a activity about the moon and three different constellations. They conduct research using a variety of resources. The teacher leads the class with demonstrations and discussion groups. The research is also guided...
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Sky Stories Curriculum

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the stories told by ancient cultures about the constellations. They listen to stories told by the Greeks and Romans. The classroom should have posters of constellations for the lesson and the teacher performs...
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Hubble Space Telescope

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the universe through the eyes of the Hubble space telescope. They conduct research from looking at the universe that is simulated with a digital projector. The images are projected onto the wall in a simulation of...
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Forecasting Weather

For Students 9th - 11th
In this weather activity, students review the different things a meteorologist studies and how they collect weather data. Students compare weather watch and weather warning. This activity has 10 matching and 3 short answer questions.
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About Magnets

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders conduct simple experiments , observe and explain what they discovered.  In this simple experiments lesson students design a magnet and make a compass. 
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What's Your Latitude?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students measure the height of items using an astrolabe.  In this latitude lesson students construct a sextant and determine height and latitude with it. 
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Tooling Around Arizona: Reading Arizona Maps

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study geography. In this Arizona maps lesson, students develop their map reading skills. They have class discussions and work independently with various copies of Arizona maps to practice those skills. This lesson mentions...
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Thar She Blows

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students discover the effects of El Nino on the global climate. As a class, they role play the role of a cold or warm wind and act out a skit in front of the class. They discuss the results of the role play once it is completed.
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Scholastic: Instructor: Journey to the North Pole

For Students 3rd - 5th
Journey to the North Pole in which students and teachers can use this Cyber Hunt to locate new information about this arctic region.
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: A Journey to the North Pole

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A scanned copy of the 1875 publication of A Journey to the North Pole by Jules Verne, a fiction book for children.
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Voyage of the "Vivian" to the North Pole by Thomas Knox

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Voyage of the "Vivian" to the North Pole and Beyond by Thomas Knox (c1884), an adventure novel of two youths in the open polar sea.
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Eyewitness to History: Peary at the North Pole, 1909

For Students 9th - 10th
The resource investigates the quest for the North Pole in 1909. Students listen to Robert E. Peary discuss planting the American flag at the North Pole.

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