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Plop! Plop! Fizz! Fizz!
Fourth graders study physical and chemical weathering. They explain how the processes of weathering and erosion change and move materials that become soil. They create a K-W-L chart to show what they know and list what else they would...
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Weather and Wind
Students study wind and its effect on weather. In this investigative lesson students write a report on wind and weather and create a movement sequence.
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Bounce!
Learners investigate the relationship between potential and kinetic energy. In this energy lesson plan students investigate the height a ball will bounce when dropped from various heights.
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Shipwreck Mystery
Students study web pages on a shipwreck then locate where this took place on a map. In this marine archaeologist lesson students examine what clues archaeologists use to find the location of a shipwreck and what they might find.
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Ancient Sun Models of the World
Students explain that many different cultures across the world developed their own reasoning for the weather around them. They explore the different cultural beliefs of the sun's cycle and to create their own story of the sun's movement.
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Mental Health Scenarios
High schoolers define various mental disorders and list some of their signs and symptoms. They identify mental disorders after being given hypothetical scenarios. They share their results with the class.
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The Exotic Vacation
Students explain the concepts and vocabulary of Earth's rotation. They plan imaginary vacations based on the seasons in different locations. This is a very creative lesson plan, which students enjoy.
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Desert Animals
Students survive within an ecosystem, an animal must be physically and behaviorally adapted to the conditions of its environment.
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Dinosaur Eggs
Young scholars hunt for dinosaur eggs that the teacher has made and hidden on the playground. students open the eggs to find the dinosaur inside and experience archeology first hand.
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A Long Winter's Nap
Young scholars explore the process of estivation, hibernation and torpor and the ways that frogs adapt to seasonal weather changes.
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And Tomorrow's Forecast Is...
Students create original short stories that feature distinctive weather phenomena, such as rainbows, snowstorms, tornadoes, thunder and/or lightning. They use a story map, imbedded in this plane, to help them organize their story.
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How do things flow in and out of a cell?
Students use a word processing program successfully. They are able to complete a final draft of a Lab Report and turn in all drafts for a formal letter grade. Students finish type their Lab Reports, they are reminded to use the spell...
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Migration Migraine
Students partipate in a demonstration in which they role play animals migrating between breeding and wintering habitats and encountering hazards at each end of the journey.
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Star Master Viewer
Students construct the viewing tubes by cutting along the designated line shown on the template, rolling the paper into a tube, and taping the tube securely. Next they cut out the cardstock circles - the StarCards cutting on the outside...
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Biocomplexity Research: Wanted: Biocomplexity Scientist
Pupils use the internet to research and create a Biography of a Biocomplexity Scientist. They name one scientist that they have investigated in the past few years and explain what they did. Students are given a list of 30 scientists...
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Latitude, Longitude, Seasons
In this latitude and longitude worksheet, students use their classroom notes on both longitude and latitude lines as well as seasons to complete 20 fill in the blank questions.
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Big Beautiful Cats
In this animal worksheet, young scholars become familiar with 8 different species of wild cats by reading an informative paragraph and examining a picture for each. Students complete a crossword puzzle about wild cats.
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Sea Scape
Students learn about and make models of coral reefs. In this reef ecosystem lesson, the class locates a number of coral reefs on a map. They learn how a coral reef is a balanced ecosystem that depends upon all of it's plant and animal...
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Gravity and Layers of Air
Students actively look and listen as their teacher provides transparencies to show how the atmosphere is made up of layers. In this atmosphere lesson plan, students discuss the atmosphere in terms of layers and how gravity pulls...
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Heads or Tails? Studying Regeneration in Planaria
Students view a video on stem cells and regeneration. In this investigative lesson plan students complete a worksheet while viewing the video.
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Boy Scout: First Class Rank
In this boy scout: first class rank instructional activity, 8th graders research the requirements for this level using the websites listed, and answer 14 detailed questions about using a compass, camping, meal planning, safety,...
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Intelligence
For this psychology worksheet, students answer 10 multiple choice questions related to intelligence, IQ and heritability of certain traits.
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Frogs
In this frogs worksheet, students read and study the 5 main characteristics that all frogs have. Students color a large picture of a frog.
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Life Cycle of Frogs
In this frogs activity, students analyze and color a diagram of the life cycle of frogs from egg to tadpole to full-grown frog.