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What's the Big Idea? Exercise 2
In this online interactive categorization worksheet, students examine 12 groups of 4 words each. Students identify a title for each set of words.
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Weather Fun Facts
For this science worksheet, learners investigate fun facts about weather by reading 25 short paragraphs about weather, storms, climate and geography. Students complete a crossword puzzle about weather.
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Fourth graders participate in an activity which introduces them to common types of precipitation. They examine "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" through a teacher read aloud and make a weather pamphlet.
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The Water Cycle Story
In this recognizing the vocabulary for the water cycle learning exercise, students use the words in the word bank to fill in the blanks and complete the sentences. Students write 8 answers.
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Round and Round-The Water Cycle
Students explore the water cycle. In this earth science lesson, students work in small groups to read various books on the water cycle and take notes on chart paper. Students share their notes and teach a younger audience what they have...
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Early Explorers
Fifth graders study early explorers. For this World history lesson, 5th graders draw an outline of a map labeling each part, build geographical features out of dough, and paint each of the land and water features.
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Intro to Civil Engineering and Hydrology
Students identify the processes involved in the water cycle. For this math lesson, students explain what civil engineers and hydrologist do. They watch a video about flooding in Texas.
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Beginning Critical Reading- Water
In this ESL learning exercise, learners read a five paragraph text about water. Students then answer 5 multiple choice questions about the passage.
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Winter Weather
For this crossword puzzle worksheet, students read the 17 clues about winter weather and then complete the crossword puzzle with winter weather terms.
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ESL: Weather
In this ESL weather worksheet, students fill in blanks in sentences with the correct weather related word Students may click on an answer button for immediate feedback.
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It's Oobleck
Second graders listen to the story, "Bartholomew and the Oobleck," and list the information they learned about Oobleck in order to construct a meaning for Oobleck.
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Water Cycle Drama
Pupils explore the water cycle. In groups, students choose a card and then pantomime the picture depicted on the card. Other group members guess the name of the cycle being performed. As a class, pupils share the numerous ways each water...
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Weather & Climate
In this science instructional activity, students find the words that are related to weather and climate. The answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Water Cycle Adventure
Students take an imaginary journey through the water cycle. In this water cycle instructional activity, students identify the various parts of the water cycle, listen while their teacher leads them on an imaginary journey through the...
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Sunken Millions: 3rd Grade
In this PowerPoint, students participate in a game with a quiz show format in which they answer questions about water. Topics include the water cycle, bodies of water, characteristics of water, and how water relates to weather...
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Explore: 4th Grade Beaufort Wind Speed
Fourth graders measure wind speed, air pressure, humidity, temperature, and wind direction. They compare their observations with those of actual weather forecasts.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Tree House Weather Kids: Clouds and Moisture: Rain, Snow, Sleet, and Hail
Animated resource teaches young researchers about the different forms of precipitation.
NASA
Sci Jinks: What Makes It Rain?
or snow or sleet? Check out this concise explanation and illustration of the water cycle.
USA Today
Usa Today: How Winter Storms Bring Rain, Ice and Snow
A great diagram of precipitation and what forms at different degrees. A short description on the formation of rain, snow, and sleet.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
A tutorial that looks at how to identify precipitation as rain, snow, sleet, and hail A PDF file of the tutorial is available.
Other
Northern Michigan University: Clouds and Precipitation
Find out about the Hydrologic or Water Cycle - precipitation, rain, sleet, hail, snow, and clouds are explained with accompanying illustrations.
Dan Satterfield
Dan's Wild Weather Page: Precipitation
Find out about what causes precipitation and perform activities that teaches how precipitation forms.
Oklahoma Mesonet
Oklahoma Climatological Survey: Precipitation
This site briefly explores the important role of precipitation in the hydrologic cycle, and focus on how precipitation is created.
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Next: Precipitation
Engage in the activities provided to learn what precipitation is and its many forms. Click on the links for further exploration.