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Possible Causes

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students review any materials from two previous lessons on emissions. As a class, they use a graphic organizer to review their stakeholder's hypothesis. They identify possible causes of global warming and discover how to solve this problem.
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Vocabulary Review and Map Skills

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students, when given the name of a community, identify a food, a craft, a custom, language and music, unique to that community 100% of the time. They find similarities and differences between this community and their own in four...
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Alaska's Physical Systems and History

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read about Alaska's physical systems and determine how Alaska's physical makeup has impacted its history. They create timelines of their particular physical system.
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Weather Proverbs

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate various concepts related to weather. They conduct historical research to see how the study of weather originated and the application of the latest technologies in the field. Students summarize the information with...
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Float or Sink?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners examine why some objects float while others do not. They place various objects in water to observe their floating capability. Students record the object, its weight, and if the object floated. They construct a graph plotting...
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Mapping the changes in Canada's population

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students find and analyze data found in the census. They compare the population from 1996 to 2001. They explore the type of data they can find in the Census of Population.
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Insects A-Z!

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners use the Internet and other resources to find insect common names that begin with each letter of the alphabet. They write a brief description of each insect, focusing on what the insect eats and where the insect lives.
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Cumulative Effects Assessment - What if?

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders discuss natural and human influences that may affect the ecological integrity of national parks. They study the concepts environmental assessments. In groups, they research a park's situation and present their findings at a...
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How Warm is the Water?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research how surface sea temperature changes throughout the year. They draw a time series of sea surface temperatures for each month of the year and a depth profile for a summer and winter month using an OceanExplorer Profiler...
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The Acid Rain Test

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders engage in a research project to increase their ability to conduct experiments, interpret data and discuss results in a scientific paper. After doing a lab which simulates effects of acid rain, pairs of students write a...
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Site vs. Situation: Location! Location! Location!

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students examine places with a similar latitude to Alabama, and discuss the importance of a location's site versus its situation. They analyze maps, create a chart, and write a paragraph on the difference between site and situation.
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Heavy Breathing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate asthma and air quality, and then map or graph the incidence of asthma by county and air quality information by county in the state of Maryland. They attempt to see any correlations and note any limitations of the data.
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DID YOU HELP CREATE THIS

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine whether their actions are positively or negatively affecting organisms and their habitats. They choose an animal to study then create a multimedia presentation including charts and graphs of data logger information and...
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Bone Thickness

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Pupils calculate the relative thickness of limb bones in five different species. They relate this to the strength and functions of the limbs by comparing and contrasting the values calculated from the bone measurements. They work in...
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Machines Use Energy

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders observe and discuss examples of friction. They discuss what experimentally increases and decreases friction. They then predict which surface will produce the most friction and verify the prediction.
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Current Interactions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers design an experiment to see how wind, temperature, and salinity work together to influence ocean currents and present it in a report format. They explain to their classmates how experiment findings relate to ocean currents.
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Will they grow?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders plant seeds and see how they will grow in a specific temperature and are questioned about different environments and how they think crops would grow there. They form a hypothesis, perform an experiment, and then collect...
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BY THE POUND

For Teachers 4th - 5th
The student will estimate the weight and cost of produce and calculate the actual price.Discuss the difference between weight and volume. Have young scholars discuss whether it is more economical to buy produce by the pound, by the piece...
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Welcome to McMenyea's Africa Menu

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The layered curriculum includes this activity: Middle schoolers research one of the following African leaders: Idi Amin, Nelson Mandela, or Momar Khadafi. Write ten interview questions for them and then answer the questions as you think...
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Letters From The Diaspora

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of mass migration and conduct research using a variety of resources. The information is used in order to create letters written from the perspective of a person who may have migrated during the time period.
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Inventions 2: The Impact

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students research inventors and inventions and their impacts. In this invention lesson, students research inventions and their affects in good and bad ways.
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Dictation: Cultural Differences

For Teachers 6th - 8th
For this dictation text worksheet, students take dictation on a passage about cultural differences.  The passage includes vocabulary specific to the topic.
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CD Slide

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the different types of friction. In this physics lesson, students explain how weight affects friction. They calculate normal force and coefficient of friction using a mathematical formula.
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Ck 12: Measurement: Scale Factor to Find Actual Dimensions

For Students 7th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Use scale factor to find actual dimensions from scale models, drawings or maps.

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