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Glaciers and Water
Explore the amazing power of glaciers with a hands-on earth science experiment! After first learning basic background information, learners go on to create their very own chunks of frozen water and gravel in order to...
K-State Research and Extensions
The Crusty Earth
Geology rocks — literally! A geology chapter offers eleven activities at four different levels. Scholars enjoy completing hands-on experiments before applying critical thinking skills following a share, process, generalize, apply,...
Curated OER
What's Up With the Weather?
Students examine raw data about temperatures throughout the world and record their observations. They work together to graph a specific year of data. They calculate an average temperature and discuss their findings.
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Weather Observations
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 With a Latitude
Students read the temperature from a thermometer. For this weather lesson, students read a thermometer and record the temperature at twenty minute intervals. Students discuss results.
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What's the Weather
Students discover what meteorology is and they participate in the daily activities of meteorologists, observing the weather and recording their findings. Students also create weather instruments from household objects to help with...
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Collect the Weather Lesson Plan
Students explore the weather. For this weather spreadsheet lesson, students keep track of weather patterns as they use instruments and resources to chart the data the collect in spreadsheet form.
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Lesson Five: The Earth, Rocks and Minerals
Apply the principles of geology to a series of collaborative, hands-on class activities. Young earth scientists learn more about igneous, metamorphic, and sedentary rocks before classifying and weathering rocks that they find....
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Current Earthquake Activity
Fifth graders record any earthquake activity throughout the school year on various maps. In groups, they identify a map locating the points given to them by their teacher. To end the lesson, they add the date, strength and damage to each...
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Weather Records
Learners write newspaper articles using a "weather record" worksheet and information they find in newspapers.
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Weather "Whys" : Introduction to Weather
Students discuss weather forecasts and different types of weather. In this weather instructional activity, students observe the weather and learn a weather song. They listen to a story and see weather measurement tools.
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Science Quizzes: Weather Quiz
In this weather science quiz learning exercise, students respond to 20 short answer and true or false questions regarding weather and extreme weather.
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Weather Report
Students prepare a weather script for a broadcast. In this weather broadcasting lesson, student record the present temperature, high temperature, a sky watch, and the current moon phase to be presented in a school broadcast at the...
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Weather Watchers
Second graders discuss what weather is and list words that can be used to describe weather. In this science lesson, 2nd graders develop symbols for each type of weather and record the weather for two weeks at the same time and the same...
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Weather with Lewis and Clark: Then and Now
Fourth graders discuss how to accurately measure weather, gather materials in order to make instruments, and build weather instruments in which they measure and record different aspects of weather for a five-day period.
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Weather, Climate and Atmospheric Process
Learners explore Earth science by completing a could identification activity. In this weather lesson, students discuss the different forms of measurement for the weather of Earth. Learners discuss global warming and examine a list of...
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Weather in Your City
Middle schoolers observe weather conditions of a particular city. Multiple intelligences are explored within this instructional activity. They locate their particular city on a United States map. Each student writes about their...
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Utah Weather
Fourth graders diagram the weather in Utah through the use of a glyph. In this Utah weather lesson plan, 4th graders create weather glyphs of different areas in the state. Students answer questions about the weather and then compare...
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Classroom Meteorologists: An Experiential Approach to Learning about Seasons and Weather
Students examine several concepts about weather in the seven lessons of this unit. This year long activity helps students to gather data seasonally about wind, clouds, precipitation, and temperature. Earth's three climate zones are...
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Weather, Sea Level Rise and Climate Change
Eighth graders compare and contrast weather and climate. In this earth science lesson plan, 8th graders research weather data site and analyze historical data. They present their findings in class and explain identifiable trends.
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Weather Report Chart
Students complete a weather report chart after studying weather patterns for a period of time. In this weather report lesson, students measure temperature, precipitation, cloud cover, wind speed, and wind direction for a month. Students...
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Isolines on a Weather Map
Ninth graders explore weather by analyzing maps. In this temperature lesson, 9th graders view black and white weather maps of locations in which the weather changes often. Students identify the isolines used on the maps and utilize the...
Kenan Fellows
Sustainability: Learning for a Lifetime – The Importance of Water
Water is essential for life—and understanding the importance of clean drinking water is essential in understanding sustainability! Show your environmental science class the basics of water testing and treatment through a week-long...
Curriculum Corner
Book Study: The Mitten
Looking for a set of resources to compliment a reading of The Mitten by Jan Brett? A fun winter resource has everything from story sequencing and writing prompts to a parts of speech sort and a mitten flap book. The activities are great...