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What's The Level?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the movement of the water table and saturation zones. They describe the movements of the water table and locate the saturation zones. Students identify the function of each saturation zone. They develop a model of...
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Make a Comet Model and Eat It!

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students create models of comets. They develop a comet model in a team and exchange samples with other teams. They use their senses to demonstrate the filters on a spectrometer and record their data. They discuss the contents of their...
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Arsenic Contamination: Natural Disaster or Human Induced?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars list as a class the sources of arsenic contamination of water. They describe the major health effects of arsenic contamination in a letter. Students identify the regions that are affected by it.
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Fallout!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers plot the locations of fallout from two disasters that polluted much of the world's air. They plot the ash fallout from the 1980 Mt. St. Helen's eruption to see what the wind patterns in the United States look like overall....
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Air Pollution Over Where?

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students predict the movement of an air borne pollutant using their understanding of air currents. They determine which governments and/or communities should be contacted to be forewarned. They also explore the properties of their...
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A Message in a Bottle

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars investigate the motion of water currents by mapping the possible movement of messages cast into the ocean in bottles.They accurately plot the appearance of bottles on a world map and illustrate the flow of an ocean...
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Being a Teenage Parent

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students analyze their current daily schedule. They write about how their daily schedule would be different if they had a baby at this point in their lives. Students identify how their priorities and decisions would be affected if...
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Language Arts: Mississippi River Brochure

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create brochures about recreational activities along the Mississippi River. Focusing on points of interest, they research attractions and create maps of the surrounding area. Once students write descriptions of their...
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Historical Events in Utah History

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders choose a topic they are interested in related to the history of Utah. Using the internet, they research the topic making sure to cite where they gathered the information and take notes. To end the activity, they write...
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"Making a Good Impression"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are shown how fossils are formed and to learn how extinct organisms lived based on their remains and surroundings. They are shown TAKS review problems on the overhead related to evolution and fossil evidence. Students discuss...
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Primary Biological Content Area

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students complete activities to learn about the growth process for crystals. In this crystal growth lesson, students use the given materials to complete a liquid bluing activity. Students observe and analyze the growth of crystals.
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Gilbert Munger Lesson Plan Ideas

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students read the biography of Gilbert Munger and analyze art that reflects the beauty of nature. In this art analysis lesson, students view a realistic image of Salt Lake City and lake over 100 years ago.
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Plants in Texas: Then and Now

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders discuss continuity and change, identify various plant materials, and compare and contrast ways in which early people used plants in Texas in prehistoric times with ways that modern man in Texas uses plants today.
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Super Scientists Bingo

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, middle schoolers select twenty-five scientists from the list to fill in their bingo card. Then they match each of the scientists listed to their correct description strip.
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Super Scientists Code

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students use the key code on the right to unscramble each of the scientists. They also match each of the scientists found to their correct description.
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How Light Moves

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study the movement of light. For this light lesson, students work in groups to participate in a light and shadow walk around their neighborhood. Students brainstorm rules for light movement and watch videos about light travel,...
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Prince George's Community College: Reading the Rock Record [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an in-depth activity where students create a rock layer formation using different colors of playdough and investigate the types of folds and rock formations that might occur. They take core samples through anticlines and...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Solid as a Rock

For Students 9th - 10th
Students are asked to explain how the rock cycle affected rock formations in Pennsylvania. [0:32]
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Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Big Rocks' Balancing Acts

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses research on balanced rock formations in California, which scientists believe can show information about severe earthquakes in the past, and whether certain areas are prone to them. [October 19, 2011]
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Children's Museum

Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Floating Rock Geo Mysteries

For Students 3rd - 8th
Did you know that there are some rocks that actually float? Follow this interactive investigation to find out which ones and why.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix: Sedimentary Rocks

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An interactive animation showing how stream flow forms sedimentary rocks. Page also includes a short quiz.
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eSchool Today

E School Today: Igneous Rocks

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn the basics of igneous rock formation.
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eSchool Today

E School Today: Metamorphic Rocks

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn the basics of metamorphic rock formation.
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Hopewell Rocks 360 Degrees Panorama

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Take a panoramic tour of the famous Hopewell Rocks. Explore the ocean floor and the rock formations. Be careful! When the tides come in the water rises to a height of a four story building.

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