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Water,It's Special

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students describe the three forms of water. Students list reasons why water is necessary. Students access the Internet to complete Prediction lab report worksheets and FCAT-Style Questions worksheets.
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Exploring the Sun's Role in Living Systems

For Teachers K - 8th
Students create graphic organizer webs that illustrate their thinking about seasonal physical and biological changes caused by changes in sunlight. They identify the central role of sunlight in living systems.
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Glacier Climbing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars discuss glaciers and the current distribution of glaciers around the Earth. They create simulated glaciers using cornstarch, shoeboxes, water, and pebbles.
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Learning Cycle Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd
students investigate, develop inferences, and identify general descriptions for each of the three states of matter - solid, liquid, and gas. students investigate water, by observing and stating inferences about, the properties of each...
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Using the Scientific Method to Determine Which Conditions Best Favor Plant Growth

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine how the environment can affect biological processes. They identify the best conditions for the germination of bean seeds. They record and analyze their data. They write about their observations in an essay.
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Jupiter's Moons

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Students predict which of Jupiter's moons will be the "brightest" in infrared wavelengths. Using provided information, they rank the moos from brightes to faintest in infrared.
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Water 2: Disappearing Water

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students will observe the amount of water in an open container over time and also examine the amount of water in a closed container over time. They then will compare and contrast the sets.
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Changing Matter

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate the changing states of water.
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The Water Dance

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students act like the changes in the four seasons by moving like water in each season.
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Wet Weather, Wet Climate

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover the differences between weather and climate in this long-term instructional activity introduction. They create rain gauges and practice reading rainfall measurements, view a website showing the cloud cover in their...
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Cool It! Comprehension

For Students 7th - 8th
In this reading comprehension learning exercise, students read a chart about the future of climate change and then complete the two worksheets that test their understanding of the text with a quiz and a graphic organizer about the...
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Natural Inquirer

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students interview wildlife experts to gain information needed to research and write a report about an aquatic plant or animal affected by climate change.
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The Awful 8: The Play

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students become aware of the cause and effects of different air pollutants. They present a play about the different pollutants.
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Sunlight and Heat

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students brainstorm about the sources of heat. They discuss that sunlight is one of those sources. Students complete a lab about cold water and warm water. They record the temperatures from each thermometer and discuss which container...
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Combustion

For Students 8th - 12th
In this combustion pre-lab worksheet, students determine the chemical equation for the reaction, define combustion and exothermic, and describe the molar heat of combustion. This worksheet has 14 short answer questions.
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Dimming the Sun

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students collect, interpret and analyze weather variable data. They describe atmospheric variables that affect evaporation. Students create graphs and analyze the information collected.
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States of Matter Lessons

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Teachers can give their students hands-on ways to explore solids, liquids, and gases with these lesson plans.
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Explore Rocks With Hands On Activities

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
You can have students use crayons to learn about igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks.
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Let it Snow

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
After reading an informational text detailing the ins and outs of snowflakes, scholars draw their own special design then work cooperatively to role play a snowman building scenario. 
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Global Warming Statistics

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students research real-time and historic temperature data of U.S. and world locations, and analyze the data using mean, median, and mode averages. They graph the data and draw conclusions by analyzing the data. A spreadsheet is used to...
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Exploring Phases of Matter

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students discuss and experiment with the phases of water.  In this phases of matter lesson plan, students recognize the different states of matter.  Students measure and record changes and understand when the state changes.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: What Makes Ice Melt Fastest?

For Students 6th - 8th
If you live in a place that gets cold in the winter, you have most likely seen trucks spreading a mixture of sand and salt on the streets after a snowfall to help de-ice roads. This basic chemistry project gives you clues to discover how...
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Science Alive: Melting Point Simulation

For Students 9th - 10th
Percy Julian and Josef Pikl used the fact that melting point-the temperature at which a substance changes from a solid to a liquid-is a characteristic property of a substance to prove that the British chemist Robert Robinson could not...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Glaciers Melting Faster as Planet Warms

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, this article discusses climate change research which suggests that the worldwide issue of melting glaciers is a clear sign of changing climate conditions.

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