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Round and Round-The Water Cycle

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore the water cycle. In this earth science lesson, students work in small groups to read various books on the water cycle and take notes on chart paper. Students share their notes and teach a younger audience what they have...
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Chemistry Worksheet-Phase Changes

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this phase change instructional activity, students answer twenty questions about changes in energy to a system. They analyze phase diagrams, the determine the effects of changes in temperature on a system, they answer questions about...
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Water Cycle Activity

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners build a model and observe the cycle of evaporation and condensation that occurs in the water cycle. They see how the water cycle works, such as water condensing on the side of the jar and drops precipitating into rain that...
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Surface Water and Groundwater

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Young scholars examine distribution of water and minerals. In this surface and groundwater lesson, students conduct an experiment with fresh and salt water making hypothesis and drawing conclusions about minerals. 
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Classification of Matter

For Students 9th - 12th
This is a great worksheet with an infographic to assist your students in categorizing matter into mixtures and non-mixtures. Information is given about the metric system of measurement. Your young students match 13 terms with their...
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Thermochemical Calculations

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
Viewers learn where the heat goes when phase changes take place with a presentation that explains the latent heat of phase changes, or, more specifically, the molar heat of fusion, solidification, vaporization, and condensation. The show...
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US Geological Survey

The Water Cycle for Schools: Beginner Ages

For Students K - 3rd
Explore a day in the life of a water droplet. An interactive infographic helps scholars learn how water cycles work from precipitation all the way around to condensation. Learners hover over each step of the cycle to read more as they...
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The Water Cycle for Schools: Intermediate Ages

For Students 3rd - 5th
Water can travel from the highest mountain tops to the largest oceans. Using an interactive, young scientists trace the movement using an interactive online resource. They follow the water cycle by reading pop-up explanations on a...
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What is Water?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners examine water's properties. They participate in hands-on activities to show the properties of water.
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Our Earth

For Teachers 8th - 10th
In this Earth's environment worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle given 35 clues about a variety of topics related to our Earth. Topics include ecosystems, precipitation, biomes, energy transfer, soil, weathering and rocks.
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US Geological Survey

The Water Cycle for Schools: Advanced Ages

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Explore the water cycle in an interactive diagram of the process. The diagram shows how water is a moving system and constantly changing forms. The resourc includes vocabulary words that pupils click on in order to discover more about...
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Sunken Millions

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
This PowerPoint provides a game show format with multiple choice questions about fresh and salt water. Topics include sources of water, water geography, uses of water, and the water cycle.
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WATER CHEMISTRY

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students list reasons why water is important and investigate and graph the freezing points of different solutions.
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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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Beginning Critical Reading- Water

For Students 5th - 6th
In this ESL worksheet, students read a five paragraph text about water. Students then answer 5 multiple choice questions about the passage.
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The Water Cycle (Online Interactive Worksheet)

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this water cycle worksheet, learners learn about evaporation, condensation and precipitation by reading a text. Students then answer 12 multiple choice questions. This is an online interactive worksheet.
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How Do You Dew?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners examine how the processes of condensation and evaporation occur. They describe the relationship between heat energy, evaporation and condensation of water on Earth. They give examples of the processes of evaporation and...
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Water Cycle

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students investigate, develop inferences, and differentiate between different elements of the water cycle. They investigate the observable characteristics of evaporation and condensation over specific time periods
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Matter: Build a Word

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine matter and the periodic table of elements. In this matter lesson, 4th graders discuss atoms and their composition. Students explore the periodic table of elements and use it to spell words out of the elements.
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Density: Float or Sink

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover density.  In this density lesson, students discover the properties of objects that allow them to float or sink in water.
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The Inner Planets

For Students 9th - 12th
In this planets learning exercise, students review the characteristics of the inner planets: Mars, Venus, Earth, and Mercury. This learning exercise has 15 multiple choice questions.
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Phases of Matter and Thermochemistry

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this theromochemistry worksheet, students review the kinetic theory of gases and the three phases of a substance. Students calculate how much heat is required to raise a certain mass of solution a certain number of degrees. This...
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Adaptive Worksheet-Answering Questions

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this adaptive questions and answers worksheet, students write answers to a set of 3 simple questions based on a sentence given at the top of the page.
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Our Earth Crossword Puzzle

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this earth's environment worksheet, learners use the 20 clues and their problem solving skills to correctly complete the crossword puzzle.