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Lives of Stars
Students explain in their own words how stars are formed. In this space science lesson, students summarize the life cycle of stars. They draw diagrams and label the step of the cycle they represent.
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Acid Rain
Students write paragraphs and color illustrations about acid rain. They color in where gases come from, where they mix, and where they return. They discuss where acids form in the atmosphere and list manmade sources of gases.
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The Weather
Fourth graders investigate how weather conditions and phenomena occur and how they can be predicted. They complete an internet search. Students create a weather fact sheet over a selected weather phenomenon.
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Projects
Students write a typed report. In this writing lesson students type a 3 to 5 page report and present it to the class.
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Weather Journal Log
Students discuss the weather each day and log it on a class chart for a month.
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Animals in Art
Students look at how animals are shown in literature and art as representing emotions, telling a story, or sending a message in this elementary school Language Arts and Visual Arts lesson.
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Year of the Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyul Choi
Students analyze Korean culture from their literature piece. They investigate the theme of oppression by an occupying army. Students encounter courage, resistance movements and explore the underground railroads.
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What Makes a Shadow?
Second graders respond to language, meanings and ideas in different explanatory texts relating them to personal experiences. They listen to and interact with others. Ask questions and talk about personal experiences in a group.
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Chasing El Nino
In this El Nino worksheet, learners review this specific change in the climate cycle by completing 20 short answer questions.
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Missouri Time Scale
Students plot events that happened years ago beginning with volcano activity. In this investigative lesson students are introduced to the different eras and plot them on a map.
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Losing An Island
Students examine carbon dioxide and determine the impact of greenhouse gases on the earths spheres. In this pollution lesson students complete a lab activity to see the impact of gases on the environment,
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Present Progressive
Students use the present progressive to describe what they're doing at a specific moment in time.
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Wind
Students complete activities to study wind intensity. In this wind study lesson plan, students discuss wind speed and direction. Students then build a kite and windsock to help them study wind intensity. Students learn to use a wind...
NASA
Scijinks: Clouds, Water, and Ice
Classroom activities, photographs, and printable posters featuring clouds, water, and ice.
NASA
Nasa: Space Place: Unscramble the Clouds
In this slider picture puzzle, try and put the pieces in the correct place to see all types of different clouds.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Cloud Matching Game
A matching game where students match the pictures of the clouds with the name of their type.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Identifying Clouds
Students work together to learn how to identify clouds. They take pictures, create models, and identify various forms of clouds. Since this is an immersion setting, students also learn the names of the clouds in the German language.
NOAA
Noaa: National Weather Service: Cloud in a Jar With Calvin
This resource has all the instructions you need to create your own cloud. Pictures of the process are also provided.
NASA
Astronomy Picture of the Day: Supernova 1987 A
Details of the brightest supernova of modern times - supernova 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud. There are many links for additional information.
Read Works
Read Works: Clouds and Rain
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about clouds. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Other
Old Farmer's Almanac: Identifying Clouds in the Sky
Learn what clouds are made of and how they are formed. Also learn the characteristics and view pictures of different types of clouds including cirrus, cirrocumulus, cirrostratus, altostratus, altocumulus, cumulus, cumulonimbus, stratus,...
Other
Clouds and Othr Meteorological Phenomena: Stratus Clouds
This interesting site briefly defines stratus clouds. It also contains pictures of stratus clouds in different environments (city, mountainous region, over water, etc.) which is very interesting.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Clouds or Shadows
This interactive is based on the PBS Kids' series, Plum Landing. Students will read informational text about clouds and shadows. Then they will make observations about them and draw these on the site.