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No magic borders

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss what they have heard about pollution. They explore the purposes and limitations of political boundaries and borders and identify some of the causes and effects of pollution.
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Solar Cars

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research the causes and effects of air pollution. Using the internet, they examine the specific effects of carbon dioxide on the environment and discover the benefits of using solar power. In groups, they build a model of a...
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What Factors Affect Climate?

For Students 4th - 8th
In this climate worksheet, students brainstorm the causes and effects of different factors that affect the climate. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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Science: Hurricanes As Heat Engines

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students conduct Internet research to track the path of Hurricane Rita. They record the sea surface temperature of the Gulf of Mexico during and after the hurricane and draw conclusions about how hurricanes extract heat energy from the...
Organizer
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What is Physical Change?

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this physical change worksheet, students will brainstorm types of physical change and will write down the cause and effect of each example in this graphic organizer.
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California Academy of Science

Measuring Earthquakes

For Teachers 4th - 8th
After a brief discussion on earthquakes, make a makeshift seismograph to record the shaking of the table that it sits upon. While the background information will be useful to you as a teacher, the seismograph does not seem like it would...
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Monster Waves

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate tsunamis by creating a tabletop village and use it to visualize the relative height and effects of tsunamis. Each group builds a difference section of the city or village and as a class they decide who build what and...
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Earth's Changing Atmosphere

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine the constant changing of the Earth's atmosphere. After labeling the layers of the Earth, they identify various processes inside the Earth that can cause gases to be emitted. Using the internet, they research how the...
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Overpopulation

For Teachers 5th - 11th
Students examine population growth and how it impacts our environment.  In this population lesson plan students identify the causes and consequences of overpopulation.
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Pet Overpopulation

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students examine pet overpopulation. In this animal welfare lesson, students discuss the causes and effects of pet overpopulation. Students color in an animal page and identify the responsibilities of owning a pet.
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Matter and Chemical Bonding

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemical bonding worksheet, students read about the invisible killer, dihydrogen monoxide. Students read about the products it is used in and the problems it causes to the environment. Then students complete 19 short answer...
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Turbidy and Water

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners use observation skills in assessing the water quality of water samples in this activity and learn that the tastes and preferences of others can be different.
Organizer
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How Do Living Things Detect Stimuli?

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this living things worksheet, students write in 4 causes and effects of how living things detect stimuli in their environment. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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What is Electrical Energy?

For Students 4th - 6th
In this electrical energy worksheet, students write in 3 causes and effects of electrical energy. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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How Does Sound Behave?

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this sound worksheet, students will brainstorm the cause and effect of sound and how sound behaves in different situations. Students will complete a graphic organizer.
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Drugs Change the Way Neurons Communicate

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine that certain drugs interfere selectively with neurotransmission, and realize that the effect of a drug is dependent upon dosage and route of administration.
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Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars research about earthquakes that took place within a certain distance from their place. In this geology lesson plan, students explain why earthquakes occur. They analyze patterns of different earthquakes using a computer...
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Scholastic

Drug Abuse and Impairment

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars discuss the consequences of abusing drugs. In this drug awareness lesson, students complete a worksheet to find out how much they know about the danger of drugs. They suggest ways to avoid this situation.
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Natural Disasters: Earthquakes and Tsunamis

For Students 7th - 10th
In this natural disasters worksheet, students complete 5 different activities regarding natural disasters. 
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Defining Drought

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the hydrologic impacts of drought. Humans can change the course of the water cycle, to some extent, to meet their needs, but can they do so without imposing risks on the plants and animals?
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Teach Engineering

Piezoelectricity

For Students 9th - 12th
What effect makes children's shoes light up? Answer: Piezoelectric effect. Here is a PowerPoint presentation that describes piezoelectric materials as being able to convert mechanical energy to electrical energy. Individuals learn how...
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May the Force Be With You: Drag

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Do not let friction drag you down! The 11th segment in a series of 22 focuses on the fourth force acting upon an airplane—drag. Pupils learn about the effects and causes of drag.
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Temperature Changes Everything

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students determine the effect of temperature on the motion of particles. They study the difference between particles in a gas, liquid, and a solid and see how the characteristics of solids, liquids, and gases can be explained by particle...
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Earthquake

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students view a video and conduct a problem solving activity to explain the effect different waves have on the earth's structure and what effect they have on different structures.

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