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Water in the Atmosphere

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
A slide show serves as the backdrop for a lesson on the moisture in Earth's atmosphere. Through it, mini meteorologists learn about the attributes of the atmosphere and actually use data-collecting weather tools to make observations and...
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Measuring Length

For Students 5th - 12th Standards
Your young forensic scientists add to and strengthen their measurement and conversion skills with these seven well-scaffold worksheets. Metric conversions, measuring length, area, and volume, reading thermometers, graduated cylinders,...
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Pen Pals

For Students 6th - 8th
It's always nice to hear from friends. Your budding mathematicians read letters from pen pals and convert customary measurements into metric units and vice versa. They also write letters to an imaginary pen pal using metric units.
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It's About Time

States of Matter: Solid, Liquid, and Gas

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Solid, liquid, and gas: they all matter. Scholars create an animation of the various states of matter, experiment with the temperature of water as it changes states, and observe carbon dioxide as it changes states. The lesson also...
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Integer Intro

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Read a series of word problems and have your class identify the process to solve them. They practice identifying, comparing, and ordering integers. They focus on recognizing opposites and the absolute value of number. An assessment...
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Thermometers Rising

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read a Fahrenheit thermometer from an actual thermometer. In groups, they are provided with ink pads and a thermometer stamp. They use the stamps on plain white paper and use red pencil to take the temperature readings.
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Keeping Warm

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders measure the temperature of water using a thermometer. They record the temperatures of water on a chart. Students use the temperature data to determine which materials are the best conductors of heat. They discuss their...
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What is Temperature and How Is It Measured?

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners complete activities to measure temperature. In this temperature lesson, students read Geoffrey Groundhog Predicts the Weather and make a KWL chart about predicting weather. Learners discuss folklore about temperature and learn...
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Fahrenheit vs Celsius

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students make a thermometer and write a paragraph about how they did it.
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Keep Cool

For Teachers K - 8th
Students design an experiment to determine which type of container would be best to use to keep drinks cool on a hot day. Students test paper cups, styrofoam cups, and metal cans by filling them with ice water and they use a thermometer...
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Weather Watchers

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students engage in this weather predicting lesson. They discover instrumentation used in the meteorological science. With this knowledge, they will create their own "low-tech" versions of weather instrumentation such as thermometers,...
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Weather Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the weather conditions. They read thermometer, rain gauge, barometer, and wind direction and speed. They record observations of weather conditions and enter information into data base on the computer.
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Ordering Integers

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Sixth and seventh graders compare and order integers. After locating integers in a newspaper, they describe examples of negative and positive integers. They draw a thermometer and locate positive and negative integers on the scale. In...
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Desert Discoveries

Lizard Dash!

For Teachers 3rd
Here is a terrific learning game that has pupils acting like lizards! Before the game starts, there is a class discussion on the differences between endotherms and exotherms. The main focus of the game is how each team must keep their...
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Texas State Energy Conservation Office

Investigation: Greenhouse Effect

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Pupils compare the temperature change in a closed and open box as a demonstration of the greenhouse effect. 
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ESL: Reading Temperature

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this ESL temperature worksheet, students use a word box given at the top of the page to label places on a thermometer that name that temperature: cool, cold, warm, freezing or hot.
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Book Week Celebration

For Teachers K - 12th
Students discover the importance of reading. They participate in a school wide book celebration. They participate in activities to get them interested in reading.
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Your Own Greenhouse

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young science learners construct a greenhouse out of a plastic bottle. They use a nail to punch a hole through which a thermometer will be inserted to monitor the temperature. This simple experiment easily demonstrates the greenhouse...
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Don't Slip!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils measure, record, and graph the force of moving a block of wood along sand paper. In this friction lesson plan, students read a spring scale, collect data, construct a graph, and propose a model to explain how fiction works.
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Discovering Albedo

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students read a thermometer accurately, collect and record data, and generate a graph based on data. They learn what independent and dependent variables are. They analyze data and make conclusions concerning how soil coverings affect...
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Converting Celsius to Fahrenheit

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students convert from Celsius to Fahrenheit. In this converting activity, students explore temperature conversions. They use a thermometer to determine the temperature of given items.
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Making Hail

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the different types of precipitation and conduct a hail experiment. They identify the types of precipitation during a slideshow, and define key vocabulary terms. Next, in small groups they follow the...
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Aspects of Weather

For Teachers K - 5th
Students recognize and observe weather phenomena. In this four part weather lesson plan, students are introduced to weather symbols through a story, then use a thermometer to measure water temperature. Next, students observe the...
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Going to the Doctor: Vocabulary Cards

For Students K - 6th
Flash cards are a great tool for kids with autism; use them to build a functional vocabulary.  This set of nine flash cards focus in on vocabulary you'd use at the doctor's office. Consider providing sentence frames for your learners to...

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