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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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Sea Activities

For Teachers K
Students explore the sea. In this biology lesson plan, student investigate sea creatures, and sea water. Students discover how to convert sea water into fresh drinking water as well.
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Just How DO Those Plates Move?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Pupils experiment with water, temperature and paper to explore how convection currents occur and how they are used to explain the movement of the Earth's plates.
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Worksheet 24

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
For this math worksheet, students find how a 1 kg bucket filled with 10 kg of water is lifted 10 m into the air. They set up an integral which gives the total amount of work done on the bucket and the water used for lifting it.
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How Islands Form

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students how islands form, rising water levels, growth of coral, and volcanoes. They complete Island Investigation worksheets after researching island formation on various Internet websites.
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Canada's Geographic Position

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate the characteristics of the geographic position of Quebec and Canada in the World. They study Canada's land and water boundaries, surface area and time zones.
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Habitat Lap Sit

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students examine through role play interdependence of animal and man in their search for the proper arrangement of food, water, shelter and space in the same regions. Students then discuss necessary components of suitable habitat.
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Rhythm and Nature

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to song "Listen to the Water," discuss nature sounds and importance of water to life, perform quarter and eighth notes from notation, play instruments in rhythm patterns of quarter and eighth notes, and write rhythm...
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Penny Drops Experiment

For Teachers 7th - 10th
In this experiment worksheet, students perform an experiment to answer the question of how many drops of water a penny can hold.  This worksheet contains the hypothesis, materials, procedure, data, data analysis, and conclusion...
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The Hudson's Ups and Downs-Hudson River Activity

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Hudson River activity, students read a short passage about the river, compare graphs of water levels at different locations, label high and low tides on a graph and interpret, and answer comprehension questions based on several...
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Landscape Picture Map

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discuss differences between man made and natural features on the Earth's surface. In this natural and man made features lesson plan, learners brainstorm a list of features and categorize them on the board. Students study a...
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Acid Rain And Geology

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students become aware of the environmental problems caused by acid rain and study the pH scale. They determine acidity of local rain water.
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Smoothing Out the Rough Spots

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders experiment to observe the changes created on a surface by mechanical action of water with varying amounts of mineral content and abrasive qualities. They write the predictions of their outcomes and describe all of their...
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Wave Behavior

For Students 7th - 12th
In this wave behavior activity, students will read about how sound waves are formed and how air and water temperature affects sound waves travel. Then students will complete 2 short answer questions based on the information they read.
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Applied Science-Science and Math Post Lab

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Pupils explore magnification. In this science skills observation lesson, students make a hand lens using a wire loop and a small amount of water.
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Cody's Science Education Zone

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners observe a scientific experiment and pose a hypothesis. In this scientific inquiry lesson plan, students make predictions about the combination of alcohol in water and how it will affect a floating ice cube.
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Activity #8 Simulation of Oil Spills

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners conduct an experiment to simulate an oil spill and identify the characteristics of oil in water. They evaluate the effectiveness of various cleanup methods. They discuss the how to clean up an oil spill, and what causes oil...
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Elements In Chemistry: Solids, Liquids and Gases

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the kinetic-molecular theory. In this state of matter lesson, students consider the differences of melting glaciers, melting icebergs and investigate on what happens when submerged water melts.
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Modeling Oil and Gas Reservoirs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate energy by researching how oil reservoirs work. In this fossil fuels lesson, students conduct an experiment using a half full bottle of water, corn oil and oxygen, recording their data as the elements are mixed...
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Images of Our Changing Earth

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify and explain that remote sensing can detect changes on the Earth's surface that occur over time, and name at least three: urbanization, deforestation, and succession. They select a global change issue to investigate and...
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Nanofibers: Why Go Small?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore the surface ratio of an object.  In this surface area to volume lesson students construct a data table, make calculations and create a graph. 
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Human Footprint

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students study facts about humans and how they are impacting the Earth.  In this investigative lesson plan students help map peoples footprints over the Earth's surface and evaluate these factors. 
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Easy as Pi

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students describe the importance of structural features that increase surface area in a coral reef habitat.  In this investigative lesson students quantify the impact of modifications on surface area in model habitats. 
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Subsurface Contamination of Groundwater

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers watch a demonstration with a balloon filled with water being buried in a milk container that has been cut length wise and filled with sand. Students are told that there is an underground storage tank filled with a...

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