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Curated OER

Wind

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders are read a story and answer the comprehension questions about sound and wind. In groups, they make their own wind vane and how to determine the direction of the wind. To end the lesson plan, they make their own Anemometer...
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Curated OER

Atoms, Kinetic Theory, Solids and Fluids

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students identify and describe the building blocks that make up an atom. They also compare the ages of atoms to the ages of the materials they compose,as well as, give examples that illustrate the small size of atoms.
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Curated OER

Feedback and Flowcharts

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explain what a negative feedback system is and they distinguish it from a positive feedback system. They describe examples of how negative feedback is used in both nature and technology. , Students define homeostasis, and...
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Curated OER

How to Keep Warm in the Arctic!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners simulate the differences between animals protected by fat and those that aren't. They fill one of the mugs with shortening. Students cut a small hole, and place a thermometer in each piece of cardboard. They position the bulb of...
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Curated OER

Vocabulary; Talking About the Weather-1

For Teachers 8th - 9th
In this foreign language worksheet, students read 10 sentences related to the weather. They select the best response from those given to fill in the missing blank.
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Curated OER

Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the states of water. In this water states activity, students observe ice over time and the changes that take place. Students read a related text and draw their observations in a journal entry. Students discuss the...
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Curated OER

Rain Making - Understanding the Formation of Rain

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students read and conduct and experiment to learn about rain formation. In this water forms lesson, students read about the formation of rain and its purposes. Students then complete a rain experiment activity.
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Curated OER

Variables That Can Affect Making Schedule

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students study the variables that affect transportation of shipments and the factors that affect deterioration of a perishable product.  In this transportation lesson students discuss the pros and cons of team driving. 
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Curated OER

Third from the Sun

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students examine images from space.  In this third from the Sun instructional activity, students examine images from, Landsat, the satellite launched by NASA in 1972.   
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Curated OER

Apple Science

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore agriculture by viewing a fruits and vegetables video clip. In this apple characteristics lesson, 6th graders discuss how fruits and vegetables deteriorate after being exposed to oxygen and identify methods to defend...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Effects of Air Temperature on Seed Germination

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the effects of air temperature on seed germination by preparing seeds for germination and placing them in locations of varying temperatures. Students will monitor and record data concerning the temperatures and...
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Moving Air

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In the following lesson plan for students grades 3-5 students observe how changing the temperature affects a small amount of air inside of a bubble. Student sheets are provided in English and in Spanish.
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Utah STEM Foundation

Utah Stem Action Center: Air Masses

For Teachers 6th - 8th
An air mass forms when the air over a large region of Earth sits in one place for many days. The air gradually takes on the characteristics of the land or water below it. Where Earth's surface is cold, the air becomes cold. Where Earth's...
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Modeling the Behavior of Air With Bottles

For Teachers K - 1st
In this hands-on activity, students explore how temperature affects the behavior of air molecules.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Clouds in the Air: Why Are They There?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
An experiment that demonstrates why there are clouds in the sky. Start with air, invisible water vapor, particles we call condensation nuclei, and air pressure...the cloud comes later!
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Air: It's Really There

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Investigation shows that gas takes up space and has mass, and that the motion of gas molecules is affected by heating and cooling.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Modeling How Air Moves

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students use models to observe that air is a fluid that flows due to temperature-driven density differences.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Air and Weather

For Students 1st - 2nd
Students chart weather conditions, learn how to determine an average temperature, and build paper gliders to observe the effects of wind.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Observing the Effect of Temperature on Change of State and Gas Pressure

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lab serves as a short introduction to both changes in state and air pressure/the gas laws. The students will heat a small amount of water in an aluminum can. They will then invert it in a bucket of cold water and crush the can using...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Sun or Shade?

For Teachers 3rd
Use a thermometer to measure the air temperature in several places around the school.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Temperature Volume Relationship of a Gas

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lab activity where students investigate the relationship between temperature and volume using a plastic syringe with a stopper. The syringe, filled with trapped air, is placed in a hot and a cold water bath, and temperature and volume...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Weather Watchers

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students are introduced to some essential meteorology concepts so they more fully understand the impact of meteorological activity on air pollution control and prevention. First, they develop an understanding of the magnitude and...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: I'm So Crushed

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this activity, students will have an opportunity to solve a mystery. They will discover why a soda can collapses during a demonstration due to the effects of changes in temperature and atmospheric pressure. Students will gain further...
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Weather Front Model Activity

For Teachers K - 1st
In this activity, young scholars will observe that a change in the temperature of air will determine its place in the atmosphere. Water, which behaves very similarly to air, is used in this demonstration. It flows in fluid currents in a...

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