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Curated OER

South Dakota Quarter Reverse: Four Famous Faces

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the faces of the four presidents on the South Dakota quarter reverse. After discussing the duties and responsibilities of presidents, they list the contributions of the four presidents. They decide which presidents are...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Do Clouds Form?

For Teachers K - 5th
Students describe how they believe clouds form. They observe the different types of clouds they see and identify the types. They examine what affects the size and shape of clouds.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Three Clouds Activity

For Teachers K - 8th
Students explore how clouds are produced through three different age-appropriate hands-on experiments.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cloud in a bag

For Teachers K
Students relate the states of matter and clouds.  In this environment lesson, students create a chart of information they know about clouds.  Students put an ice cube in a bag and tape to a window. Students watch for condensation....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Clouds

For Teachers K - 4th
Students recognize the three main types of clouds. In this clouds instructional activity, students create a cloud mobile to understand clouds.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bee Dance

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Everything a bee does serves a purpose. Learners in grades one through five explore the behaviors of bees through reading and dramatic puppet play. First children will create honey bee puppets, then they will discuss how bees dance to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Clouds as Art: Torn Paper Landscape

For Teachers K - 5th
Students create a torn paper landscape and use it to study clouds. In this cloud study and art lesson, students make a background art image from torn paper. Students create a torn paper landscape and use cotton balls to illustrate...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Clouds and Your Imagination

For Teachers K - 5th
Students study and illustrate clouds. In this cloud study lesson plan, students study clouds and then illustrate what they see. Students use their imaginations to interpret images from the cloud picture they drew.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cavern Life

For Teachers K - 12th
Students describe elements and conditions that effect cavern life. They explain the three cavern zones and the differences of each zone. They perform various activities based on grade level.
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Lesson Plan
University of Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History: Investigating Water

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This guide engages children in the process of scientific inquiry using the context of a favorite early childhood pastime-water play.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating the Water Cycle "Snow Fun"

For Teachers K - 1st
For this teacher directed inquiry indoor lab students collect snow in a cup. They will estimate how much water will be in the cup after the snow melts. Students will then make predictions about what will happen to the cup of water. After...
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Water Cycle Relay Race Usu Water Cycle

For Teachers K
Students will review the water cycle through a relay race vocabulary game.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Water Cycle Drama: Usu Water Cycle

For Teachers K - 1st
Learn the different parts of the water cycle.
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Activity
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Water: A Never Ending Story

For Students K - 1st
Students carry out a number of activities that demonstrate the concepts of evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and soil moisture and runoff. Then students construct a terrarium as a way to observe the water cycle. Immediately...
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eBook
National Institutes of Health

Niehs: Kids' Pages: Water, the Never Ending Story

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Online children's story that teaches about the importance of keeping water clean. Click on "next" at the bottom of the story to discover why having pure water affects the way we live and learn.
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Website
University of Victoria (Canada)

Weather Watch: Water Cycle

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Excellent discussion and illustration of the water cycle.
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Website
University of Victoria (Canada)

Weather Watch: Water Cycle

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Excellent discussion and illustration of the water cycle. Explained in an easy to understand format.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Water Cycle

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This is an introductory lesson on the water cycle. The internet will be used to help teach the cycle. The student will end the lesson by making his/her own water cycle for observation.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls...
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Unit Plan
SRI International

Performance Assessment Links in Science: Up, Up and Away (Lesson)

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students will observe water evaporation in this performance task, and investigate the water cycle. The task is designed for Grade Two.
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Interactive
Math Science Nucleus

Math/science Nucleus: Giving Water a Second Chance

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This animation discusses water and the water cycle in a storybook format. Condensation, evaporation, and precipitation are all covered.
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Interactive
Math Science Nucleus

Math/science Nucleus: Drippy Water Cycle Animation

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This animation discusses the water cycle in a storybook format using the character Drippy. All the stages of the water cycle are covered.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Water Cycle: Investigating Condensation

For Teachers K - 1st
Students will listen to a story about the water cycle, observe how water droplets form on a glass of icy water, then draw and label a picture showing condensation.
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Handout
Other

New Jersey Section of the American Water Works Association: The Water Cycle

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Simple diagram and explanations of the water cycle and related terms.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Weather/water Cycle

For Teachers K - 1st
In this activity, students will learn about the water cycle through a story, a song, and a game, and relate it to the weather that they observe.

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