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I Depend on You, You Depend on Me!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the interdependency between humans and the ecosystems. They examine how uncontrolled development threatens the rain forests. They discuss how human actions affect the rain forest.
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Learning About Thunderstorms

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars research thunderstorms using the Internet, science book, or another reference book. Then, they can take a specific aspect of thunderstorms such as lightning, thunder, hail, rain, or something else that occurs during a...
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Speedy Readers

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice reading a poem, "It's Raining Said John Twaining," by, N.M. Bodecker Athenuem, to assess a variety of strategies to maintain what they have read as well as speed up their reading paces. They keep a record of how fast...
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WALK, DON'T RUN

For Teachers K - 1st
1. Bring two quarts of moist soil, a cake pan, a sprinkling can of water and a quart of grass clippings to class. 2. Share background material, and introduce the word "erosion." 3. Prepare a small model hill by mounding the soil in the...
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Rainy-Day Mobile

For Students K - 1st
In this rainy-day mobile worksheet, learners follow directions to make a mobile containing words related to rain. Students cut out nine drops, each containing a rain related word, and attach them to a cloud.
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Vocabulary Match

For Teachers K - 1st
In this reading worksheet, students match 12 words with their correct picture. Words include meat, wave, rain, hive, robe, soap, and kite.
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Looking Good

For Students K - 1st
In this Language Arts worksheet, students write 7 words for each different vowel sound. For example, under "ai" students could write, "pain" and "rain."
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Weather Word and Picture Matching

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this weather activity worksheet, students draw a line from each weather related word to the matching picture. Students identify rain, tornado, lightning, sun, cloud, and snow.
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What is Weather Like in Fall And Winter?

For Students K - 1st
In this seasons worksheet, students will write or draw what the weather is like during each of the 4 seasons in this graphic organizer.
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Too Much...Or Not Enough?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students discuss and define flooding. They identify areas in northeast Florida that may flood. Students examine droughts and explain the conditions that cause them. They examine the need for growth management in the state of Florida.
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My Spelling Words #92

For Students 3rd
For this spelling worksheet, 3rd graders practice reading and writing each of the words listed. Then they find and circle the words in the word search puzzle at the bottom of the sheet.
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FILLING IN THE GAPS - Acquiring and Analyzing Satellite and Ground-Based Data

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars monitor rainfall, compute daily averages, and compare their methods of computation to those used by actual researchers using satellite observations.
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How's the Weather

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore weather patterns. They collect and record all aspects of the weather from various sites. Students investigate regional weather and use a spreadsheet to record and chart data. Students chart temperature, humidity,...
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Deserts Puzzle

For Students 5th - 8th
In this geography worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle referring all to deserts. They identify the various types of desert land and what plants and animals can survive in these lands. Also, students identify the people who...
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Rainforest Crossword Puzzle

For Students 4th - 5th
In this rain forest instructional activity, students read 11 clues pertaining to the rain forest. Students fit their answers in a crossword puzzle. There is no word box.
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Reading Comprehension Worksheet: Rainforest- Plants

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this rain forest worksheet, students read for information as they study a three paragraph text about the rain forest. Students answer 4 short essay questions.
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Shape Shifters in the Math Garden

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Combines mathematical measurement with gardening skills. Third graders hunt for worms in the garden and try to find the longest one. They also measure and weigh vegetables that they harvest from the garden, measure rainfall amounts, and...
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Reading Comprehension: Rainforest Logging

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this reading for understanding worksheet, students read a passage about logging in the rainforest and write answers to comprehensive questions. Students write 4 short answers.
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The Hydrologic (Water) Cycle

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners construct a model of the hydrologic cycle, and observe that water is an element of a cycle in the natural environment. They explain how the hydrologic cycle works and why it is important, and compare the hydrologic cycle to...
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The Water Cycle

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the major components of the water cycle. They pay close attention to evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. A water cycle kit is set up in the classroom, which learners observe for a couple of days before the...
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A South African Storm

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners read "A South African Storm" by Allison Howard and participate in a class discussion that examines Howard's letter for both content and writing form. They write a letter using some of the techniques they identified in Howard's.
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Desert Discoveries

The Sonoran Desert

For Teachers 3rd
Elementary schoolers study the geographic location of the Sonoran Desert. They pay close attention to the characteristics of the plants and animals found in this desert environment. The student handouts embedded in this plan are...
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Introduction to the Elements of the Water Cycle

For Teachers 4th
The basic elements of the water cycle and how water is recycled through our environment is focused on in this lesson. Your students construct classroom terrariums and learn to make and record observations relating to the water cycle....
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Terrific Trees

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this rainforest worksheet, students read about why the remaining trees in the rainforest are important. Students also answer 9 True/False questions about the reading.

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