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Global Water Cycle & Heat Flow

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students experiment to discover how different variables affect the water cycle. They do hat flow experiments and construct a computer heat flow model.
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Rearrange the Room

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders measure and grid their ideas for the new classroom floor plan. They create their own ideas for the classroom arrangement on grid paper. When they finish, they share their draft plan with their peers and with the teacher...
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Conservation Station

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders, in groups, measure the volume of four containers that vary in shape and size.
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Barnacles: Harder than Cement

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders watch the movements of the complex animal hidden inside the tiny barnacle shells. This instructional activity allows students to study the behavior, adaptation, and larval stage of the barnacle.
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Temperature and Brine Shrimp Eggs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine the optimal temperature at which brine shrimp eggs hatch and develop. They evaluate the changes, if any, which occur in a brine shrimp culture at various temperatures.
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Frozen Film

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students are introduced to the topic of light interference through this hands-on activity. They observe how light reflects off two surfaces and then meets to form an interesting variation of color on a film surface.
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Spectral Surprise

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students experience a model that produces, separating, and displaying spectral colors.
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The Pressure's Off

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students investigate air pressure with four hands-on activities. They observe experiments by viewing Take a Look 2 #21.
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Go With the Flow!

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners experiment with heat transfer in a countercurrent system and describe the importance of conduction in heat-energy transfer.
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River Study

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study physical features of a local stream. They study how to identify water features on topographic maps.
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Student Weather Journal

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars recognize different types of cloud patterns and associate these patterns with certain types of weather. They predict the weather for the next 6 to 24 hours. They then improve their observation skills as they check on the...
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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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Just a Little Bit

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read the book, "Just a Little Bit" and work in groups weighing the same object with a scale. They then get a different unit of measurement, like paper clips, cotton balls, washers, or pennies and then figure out and record...
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What If the Reef Dies?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students complete four activities to investigate how reef ecology can change. They perform experiments to show how sewage discharge can affect a marine ecosystem, look at substances that don't dissolve in water, examine wave action...
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Looking at the Community Tree

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders review the characteristics of living and nonliving organisms. As a class, they observe a tree and describe the interactions between the living and nonliving organisms surrounding it. To end the lesson, they ask a question...
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Is It Hot in the Light?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders make observations about the temperature of items in direct sunlight. In groups, they discuss why asphalt, brick and cement are warmer than items surrounding them. To end the lesson, they examine how heat transfers energy...
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Watch the Sky

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students describe the atmosphere, weather conditions, and climates. They describe seasonal changes in weather, the composition and characteristics of the atmosphere. Students describe patterns of changing weather and how they are...
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Measuring Temperature: Celsius

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
In this measuring temperature, Celsius, worksheet, students study, analyze and discuss how temperature tells us how hot or cold something is. Students measure the Celsius degrees of five temperatures.
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Discover Science

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students practice scientific research skills. In this lesson about science, students gain experience with the following skills: comparison, observation, identification, and data gathering. Students will go from station to station and...
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Thermal Energy Transfer - Conduction

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine how heat passes through a pane glass window.  For this energy transfer lesson students complete a lab activity.
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Weather Vocabulary

For Students 3rd
In this weather worksheet, 3rd graders study words pertaining to all aspects of weather. Students respond to 19 questions, matching the vocabulary words on the left with the correct definition on the right.
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Funky Food Farm

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research about ways to keep food from spoiling. In this health science lesson, students design an experiment to keep the ice cubes from melting. They present their designs and results in class.
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Serc: Investigating Temperature: Using a Thermometer

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, young scholars will record the high/low temperature daily throughout the school year and observe the change over time (phenology). They will analyze the data monthly and make predictions about the temperature.
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Science Struck: Types of Thermometers

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the different types of thermometers, their applications, and how they work.

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