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LIGHTNING MYTHS AND FACTS

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Students compose lightning safety rules and explore facts and fiction about lightning. They examine the cause of lightning when a channel nears an object on the ground, a powerful surge of electricity from the ground moves upward to the cloud. and pr

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thunderstorms, severe weather, storms, lightning

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lightning, thunderstorm, science
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Grade
4th - 5th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
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For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning

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