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You Got The Whole World In Your Hands: Geology, Earth's Layers, Science Lesson PlanYou Got The Whole World In Your Hands: Geology, Earth's Layers, Science Lesson Plan
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You Got The Whole World In Your Hands: Geology, Earth's Layers, Science

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Students make a model of the Earth's crust out of foam in order to better explain the make-up of the Earth's layers. They add continents and oceans.

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oceans, the earth's layers, continents

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continents, earth's layers, oceans, science
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Grade
3rd - 5th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Instructional Strategy
Project-Based Learning
Year
2004

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