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Sunlight and Warm Air

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine the different ways heat can be felt.  For this radiation and conduction lesson, students recognize that the sun radiates heat. Students conduct three experiments to find how the sun warms the Earth and how that heat is...
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Lesson Plan
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Make It Rain!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners complete an experiment. In this precipitation lesson plan, students complete an activity where they make rain in a jar.
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Lesson Plan
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California Crops

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore agriculture by researching the native food crops of California. Students define a list of agriculture vocabulary terms and analyze maps of California which explain which foods come from which area. Students write a...
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Create Your Own Fog

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students conduct an experiment. In this science lesson, students create their own fog. Students observe the results.
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Create Your Own Lightning

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners conduct an experiment. In this lightning lesson, students use a blanket and a dark room to simulate lightning.
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Sea and Ice Salinity

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students conduct an experiment.  For this salinity lesson, students learn about sea ice, why it is important and how changing amounts can affect the sea.  Students conduct an experiment to find out the effects of salinity on the...
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Writing
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Water Desalinization

For Students 4th - 8th
In this water desalinization worksheet, students will design and construct their own desalinization plant. Then they will describe how they set up their experiment and if it worked or not.
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Lesson Plan
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Japan and Art

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners discuss the art of Japan as it relates to Japanese culture and geography and then create individual postcards reflecting the information learned from the lesson. This lesson includes possible enrichments.
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Worksheet
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World Meteorological Day

For Students 7th - 8th
In this World Meteorological Day worksheet, students read or listen to a passage, then match phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, unscramble words and sentences, put sentences in order, write discussion questions and...
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Lesson Plan
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Trees: Are They Thriving or Surviving?

For Teachers 8th
In this trees survival lesson plan, 8th graders discuss what trees need to grow, brainstorm things that could adversely affect tree growth, and compare characteristics of thriving trees vs. surviving trees. Students learn about the trees...
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What is Drought?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore and conduct an experiment on the effects of drought on the environment. They define what drought is and the impact that a shortage of rainfall can have on agriculture, municipal water supplies, tourism, recreation, etc.
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Go With the Energy Flow

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore energy and nutrient flow. In this science lesson, students diagram the flow of energy through food chains and food webs. Students discuss the importance of energy flow in Earth's ecosystems.
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Making Sense of Unusual Findings

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students work on the development of observation skills and seeing how they can be used in different contexts. The lesson is good for helping the beginner and novice, along with encouraging and reminding the expert observer of right...
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Measuring and Identifying Trees with the Help of Technology

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers arrange themselves into small groups. Each group chooses a distance to measure ( the distance between the slide and the swings, for instance). Person #1 walks the distance, counting the number of his or her steps. ...
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Treasure Hunt Region

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students are introduced to new geography related vocabulary words. In groups, they focus on a different region of the school and develop a new name for it. They create a treasure map for another group to use in the region of the school...
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Worksheet
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Breaking News English: The Year 2007 to be the Hottest Ever

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "The Year 2007 to be the Hottest Ever," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Lesson Plan
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"Use an Anemometer," said the Meteorologist

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in an hands-on construction of an instrument to measure wind speed.
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Lesson Plan
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"Use an Anemometer," said the Meteorologist

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work in groups to make an instrument the Meteorologists use to measure the speed of the wind after the teacher reads them a poem about the wind. Students then review vocabulary that they studied from their lesson.
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Unit Plan
Science Museum, London

Making the Modern World: Weather Forecasting

For Students 9th - 10th
The learning module helps students gain a deeper understanding of weather forecasting. Some topics explored are climate classification, making the forecast, and significance of weather. Activities are included.
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Activity
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Make Your Own Weather Station

For Students K - 1st
Students can plan and carry out investigations of local weather patterns by building their own weather stations to collect observations of various weather conditions: rainfall, wind direction, and air pressure.
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Lesson Plan
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese: Weather Scope: An Investigative Study of Weather and Climate

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The activities in this comprehensive weather unit are designed for Grade 6 and up. Young scholars will use real time data from around the world to conduct an investigation about weather and climate.
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Website
Stanford University

The Daily Martian Weather Report

For Students 9th - 10th
Brought to you by the Mars Global Surveyor Radio Science Team. Photos, charts and weather reports on the Martian atmosphere. Includes an education outreach program for students and teachers.
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Weather and Atmosphere

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this unit, students learn the basics about weather and the atmosphere. They investigate materials engineering as it applies to weather and the choices available to us for clothing to counteract the effects of weather. Students have...
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Weather Channel

For Students 9th - 10th
The Weather Channel website not only contains the weather at any place in the United States but also around the globe. Find photos, videos, weather outlook for different activities and travel, and weather news.

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