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Weather Observations

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students record the weather using an outdoor thermometer. In this weather lesson, students compare their recordings to that on the weather map online. Students explain the differences of each weather reading. Students continues taking...
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Weather & Climate; Knowledge Quiz

For Students 5th - 7th
In this weather and climate quiz worksheet, learners complete a set of 10 multiple choice questions covering a variety of concepts related to climate and weather.
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Weather Characteristics

For Teachers K
Students identify characteristics of weather and seasons, describe the current weather, identify the current season, and locate the current temperature at www.weatherchannel.com. They also depict the current forecast using Math Keys...
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Review For Weather Quiz 2

For Teachers 6th - 12th
In this science worksheet, students look at the information carefully in preparation for a formal assessment. The focus is upon defining different aspects of air masses.
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Convection in a Pan

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students explore convection. In this lesson on heat and energy, students investigate how heat moves in convection currents. They use their finding to better understand how convection currents effect the movement of tectonic plates.
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Solution Shapes

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine different solutions.  In this solution material lesson students complete a lab activity and several worksheets. 
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Global Warming Quiz

For Students 6th - 8th
In this global warming quiz worksheet, middle schoolers compete a set of 12 multiple choice questions. Page contains a links to answers and additional activities.
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IPC Textbook Guided Reading-Chapter 27-Heat

For Students 8th - 10th
In this heat activity, students answer 21 short answer questions about heat transfer through conduction and convection, thermal conduction and conductors.
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Incandescent Light Bulb

For Teachers 5th - Higher Ed
Learners study the history of the light bulb and how an incandescent light bulb works.  In this electricity lesson students complete several experiments on the light bulb.
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Clouds

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the characteristics of clouds, their formation, symbols used in their identification, and the relationship of clouds to weather. The lesson focuses on how they are formed and their classification.
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Eco-Logical: A Coastal Logic Problem

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study the characteristics of five coastal communities. They use logic cards and matching activities to identify the proper community for plant and animal species.
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Weather for Health

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders encounter various types of numerical information (represented in multiple ways), much of which is abstract and difficult to comprehend. For this lesson, 9th graders will convert given information into bar graphs. In the...
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Wind

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders are read a story and answer the comprehension questions about sound and wind. In groups, they make their own wind vane and how to determine the direction of the wind. To end the lesson, they make their own Anemometer to...
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Beaches of the Delaware Estuary

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine estuaries in Delaware. They, in groups, gather samples of water to find organisms and identify them.
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What's Going to Happen at Any Given Barometer Reading?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders brainstorm a list of words associated with weather. In groups, they sort the words into categories and observe the weather in their area for a month. To end the activity, they compare the barometer measurements for a...
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Can The Radon Problem Be Fixed?

For Teachers K - 5th
Students participate in lab activities in which they examine the radon level in homes. They demonstrate through convection currents how radon moves through a home based on temperature. They predict what they believe will occur during the...
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The Earth

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this earth fact worksheet, students look at a picture of the planet earth and read a list of accompanying facts, along with a brief paragraph.
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The Weather

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate how weather conditions and phenomena occur and how they can be predicted. They complete an internet search. Students create a weather fact sheet over a selected weather phenomenon.
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Our Schoolsyard is Full of Biology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students study the habitats found in their schoolyard. They apply firsthand, what they have learned in the classroom to something familiar to them. Students look at biotic, abiotic habitats. Small groups will present their findings to...
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Ozone Pollution: Smog Alert

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Young scholars examine factors the create smog.  For this pollution lesson students complete an activity about ozone. 
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Everyone Knows It's Windy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create an anemometer, an instrument that measures wind speed.
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Wonders of Weather

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students understand the destructive force of a tornado. They learn the role of a thunderstorm in the creation of a tornado.
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Researching Hurricanes with Technology

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain the components that make up a hurricane.
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Meteorology

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine the job of meteorologists. They decide which characteristics of the atmosphere that meteorologists focus on. They use local weather maps from newspapers to predict weather in their area.