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Parachute - Land and Weather Lesson PlanParachute - Land and Weather Lesson Plan
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Parachute - Land and Weather

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Students use different parachute activities to study weather and land patterns and formations. Tornados and hurricanes can be discussed as students make large waves (move from very high to very low) that mimmick these two weather conditions.

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3rd - 5th
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Science
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