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Tornadoes

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use the Internet to research tornadoes. They consider tornado formation, energy forms and sources, ways to predict tornadoes, tornado safety and attempt to predict tornadoes in real time.
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Canada's Forests and Resource Management

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students are introduced to the Canadian forest industry so that they may assess the economic and environmental sustainability of the industry.
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Where Does Your Water Come From?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Pupils engage in a instructional activity to determine the source of water that is used. They conduct research using a variety of resources. The instructional activity includes information for the teacher to share with the class....
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Observing Snail Behavior

For Students 5th - 6th
In this observing snail behavior worksheet, students find a few snails, place them in an aquarium, observe for several days, then answer 5 questions about their behavior.
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How Do Species Change?

For Students 7th - 8th
In this species changing worksheet, students will brainstorm problems that species face in their habitats. Then students will write in the solution for each problem they wrote down in this graphic organizer worksheet.
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What Do Fossils Reveal?

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this fossils worksheet, students will write down 4 facts that they know about fossils and then come up with 1 conclusion about fossils based on their facts. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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Chemical Reaction

For Teachers Higher Ed
In this chemical reaction worksheet, students label the missing particles as natural decay, induced, fission, or fusion. Students calculate the energy change for the given reactions. This worksheet has 6 fill in the blank and 4 problems...
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Invasive Species in the News

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students explore how invasive species can change an environment. In this critical thinking lesson, students study how invasive animals can change an environments population. They will discuss the implications of an invasive species and...
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Water, Glorious Water

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars identify the various uses of water. In this water conservation lesson, students read the book, The Drop In My Drink: The Story of Water On Our Planet and write down their favorite uses of water. Young scholars illustrate...
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Who Will Care for the Water?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students discover how humans impact natural resources. In this environmental instructional activity, students identify water resources in the local area and construct a T-chart to compare the positive and negative effects humans have on...
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Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars research the exploration of Antarctica by the explorer Sir Ernest Shackelton. In this Antarctic exploration lesson, students watch a movie about Sir Ernest Shackelton and his ship the Endurance. Young scholars study a map...
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Hurricane Strength: Spatial Association of Wind Speed and Water Temperature

For Students 6th - 9th
In this hurricane worksheet, students read and analyze satellite images of hurricane Rita. They complete 4 short answer questions about it.
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Tracking Hurricane Katrina

For Students 6th - 9th
In this hurricane worksheet, students complete 5 fill in the blank questions about hurricane Katrina. They also analyze and answer 3 short answer questions related to the topic.
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Sexual Selection in the Animal Kingdom

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research how sexual selection plays a role in driving evolution. They experiment how variation exists within not just obvious physical traits, but metabolically and behaviorally. They write a letter describing a problem, and a...
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Wacky Wildlife World

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders research organisms in the environment in Kentucky and create brochures for the local area wildlife reserves. Individuals create brochures that include information on habitat, body characteristics, scientific class, role...
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Introduce Solids

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars identify and interpret a variety of solid materials - cloth, wood, metal, plastic, paper, and rubber. After a period of free exploration, they then describe the properties of the objects and develop vocabulary in order to...
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Creepy Critters

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils develop a classification scheme based on the structural features of organisms.  In this organism instructional activity students divide into teams and complete a fun activity. 
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Talking Trees

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners investigate the ecosystem. In this environmental lesson, students read the book The Tree by Dana Lyons and list ways to save the trees. Learners create a poster about saving the trees.
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The Truth About Soils

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this nature activity instructional activity, students call to mind what they know about soil as they respond to 20 true or false questions.
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Nanotechnology

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine the factors that affect the strength of the contact forces between interacting surfaces.  In this nature interactions lesson students complete several activities. 
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Bird Brained

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine bird anatomy and explain bird intelligence.  In this animal behavior lesson students research the Internet on bird behavior and work in groups to complete a challenge. 
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Ranger Rick's Tracking Frogs

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Ranger Rick's tracking frogs activity, students find a pond, observe and record what signs of frogs they can see or hear.
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Ranger Rick's Observing Night Lights

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Ranger Rick's observing night lights worksheet, students observe and record the lights in their neighborhood at night and the effect on the environment.
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Earthquake on the Playground

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners investigate earthquakes by examining chart data.   In this disasters instructional activity, students identify the waves that are recorded when an earthquake arises by reading sample graphs in class.  Learners participate in an...

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