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The Flow of Fresh Water
In this water flow activity, students complete 15 word puzzles, a word search, and 2 picture puzzles about the flow of water and erosion.
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Trees Word Search
In this Trees Word Search worksheet, students find 14 words related to trees in a leaf-shaped wordsearch. Example words include maple, roots, and soil.
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Growing Things - Structure of Plants
In this plant worksheet, learners read about plants and growing things from a seed. They then answer the 14 questions on the worksheet. The answers are on the last page.
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An Erosion Survey
In this erosion worksheet, students draw a map of their school ground or neighborhood, mark examples of weathering and erosion, and list the examples on spaces provided. A chart with examples of different types of weathering and erosion...
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Tic Tac Plant Parts
This plant biology PowerPoint introduces plant parts and their functions. This PowerPoint allows students to identify each plant part on a diagram, along with its' function. The slides contain a clear explanation of how each plant part...
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What is all the Fuss about?
Young scholars brainstorm a list of science discoveries and inventions that they think are important. They work in small groups, students examine 1-3 science discoeries more closely. Each group needs a recorder, and they answer three...
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Types of Weathering
In this weathering worksheet, high schoolers compare the two types of weathering: mechanical and chemical. This worksheet has 11 matching questions.
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SKIN CARE: ACNE
Students study the underlying causes, prevention, and treatment of acne.
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Super Stream Keeper's
Students are introduced to Delaware's waterways as precious resources used for drinking water, water for agricultural and industrial uses, recreational areas, and as habitats for wildlife. They are introduced to wastewater discharges,...
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Jack and the Beanstalk
Third graders read a story and grow a beanstalk. For this literature and life science lesson, the class reads "Jack and the Beanstalk," then lists fairy tale elements and write a puppet show. The students plant pinto beans and observes...
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In the Mix
Learners construct a water filter. In this engineering lesson, students discover how to construct a water filtration system. Learners work in groups to sort tools by their properties. Students analyze and construct a water filtration...
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Next Stop, the Watsonville Wetlands
Students study bird migrations and the importance of wetlands. In this migration lesson students play a game and complete a computer activity.
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Where Do Birds Live? Cavity Nesters of the Watsonville Wetlands
Students compare and contrast primary and secondary cavity nesters. In this life science lesson, students explore the different types of nests that birds make. They play a team game to apply what they learned.
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Water Resource Engineering
Students examine solubility and the significance of water. In this aqueous solution lesson students complete a lab activity on soil profiles.
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Searching for life
Students explore the possibility of life on Mars and what that might look like. In this planetary lesson plan students complete several activities on looking for life on Mars.
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Landforms in a Tub
Fifth graders use common household items to build landforms and simulate weathering and erosion.
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Food Chains
Fourth graders study food chains, producers, consumers, and decomposers. They play a food chain game and create food chain mobiles or posters. They take a nature hike around the school and observe various parts of a food chain.
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Where Does All the Water Go?
Middle schoolers view a demonstration of how groundwater flows and define several related vocabulary terms. They complete a worksheet, participate in discussion and make a poster.
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Understanding How Potatoes Grow
Second graders make a KWL chart and brainstorm what they need for the project of growing potatoes. They choose one potato and plant it in water or peat moss cups and choose a location in which meets the needs of the plants and make their...
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Rocks, Minerals, and Erosion
Fourth graders describe the difference between minerals (composed of the same substance throughout) and rocks (composed of two or more minerals). They recognize that there are three classes of rocks: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
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Cloud in a bag
Students relate the states of matter and clouds. For this environment lesson, students create a chart of information they know about clouds. Students put an ice cube in a bag and tape to a window. Students watch for...
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The Water Cycle
Second graders conduct an a water cycle experiment. In this water cycle lesson, 2nd graders observe a puddle of water, they predict how it got there and what will happen to it. Students watch a demonstration on the water cycle and...
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Building a Butterfly Garden
Students examine the habitat and life cycle of a butterfly. In this early childhood lesson plan, students identify the parts of a butterfly, as well as the stages of the butterfly life cycle. Students also plant a garden in which they...
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Water Filtration
In this water pollution and filtration lesson plan, 5th graders read the story 'Saving Salila's Turtle' and discuss the impact pollution has had on the Ganges river. Students work in groups to brainstorm different types of water...