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Weather, Data, Graphs and Maps

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students collect data on the weather, graph and analyze it. In this algebra lesson, students interpret maps and are able to better plan their days based on the weather reading. They make predictions based on the type of clouds they see.
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Keep Your Eye on the Sky

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine the different types of satellites, cloud formations and weather patterns.  In this weather lesson students use the Internet to research weather satellites, then write an article and create graphs. 
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What Factors Impact a Greenhouse?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students analyze the Greenhouse Effect and the science of greenhouses. In this global climate lesson, students read background information about the 'greenhouse effect' and define 'albedo.' Students examine pictures of clouds, read about...
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It Looked Like Spilt Milk

For Teachers K - 3rd
Class rereads book It Looked Like Spilt Milk and reviews what a good sentence looks like. They look at websites which contain cloud pictures and then use their imagination and draw on the computer their cloud pictures.
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Comets

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the nature and composition of a comet. They research comet facts, legends, and myths. They identify different types of comets and describe what happens to a comet as it travels closer to the Sun.
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Acid Rain Research

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students collect samples of rainfall, cloud condensation, and water that trickles through the soil. These samples are tested for pH, conductivity, and the presence of sulfates, nitrates, calcium, and magnesium.
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Cold Fronts And Warm Fronts

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students simulate the movement of cold and warm fronts as they listen to a story about the weather and Mr. Sun. They brainstorm the characteristics of each type of front then write about which front they would prefer if they were a...
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Vulcan's Revenge-Volcanoes

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders research various types of volcanoes. They explore the various emissions that come from them. Offer some explanation why some erupt by "quietly" puring lava, while others blast out chunks of rock and clouds of ash and gases.
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What Will I Wear to School Today?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners describe the day's weather and observe their responses as they are written on the board. They brainstorm all different types of weather and how differences in weather determine what types of clothing we wear to school each day....
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Energy from the Sun

For Students 7th - 9th
In this energy worksheet, students complete a chart on the three types of heat transfer and their causes. Then they explain why all of the radiation directed at Earth does not reach the surface. Students also explain the factors in the...
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Nebraska's Wild Weather

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine the weather in Nebraska. Using this information, they describe the cause and effect relationships in the environment based on these changes in weather. They write various types of poems with weather themes and share them...
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Review For Weather Quiz

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students review the concepts that were previously covered related to weather fronts and other types of systems.
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Kinds of Weather and What to Wear

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore how temperature and wind contribute to types of weather. In this weather instructional activity, students observe an experiment in which ice, steam, and an electric fan are manipulated to produce results that simulate...
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English Exercises: A Check on the Weather

For Students 5th - 6th
In this weather words interactive worksheet, students use drop down menus to label the clip art pictures of different types of weather. They examine a weather map of Andalusia and use drop down menus to tell what the weather is in each...
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Climate Change

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students brainstorm types of weather present threats to the world, specifically climate change and the environment. In this climate change instructional activity, students complete and discuss a set of worksheets about "going green,"...
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Selling the Stars

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create a travel brochure, poster, and presentation to encourage others to visit a star. In this stellar characteristics lesson plan, students research a star type based on its life-cycle. They create a travel campaign to...
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Weather Patterns

For Students 6th - 8th
In this weather worksheet, students identify with the symbols found on a weather map that show the locations of fronts, high- and low-pressure areas, and various types of precipitation across the United States. Then they use the map...
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Electricity Sources

For Students 6th - 12th
In this electricity worksheet, students review the different types of energy sources including fossil fuels, solar, wind, and nuclear energy. This worksheet has 10 fill in the blank questions.
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Dancing in the Desert: The Genie

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study nuclear destruction using visual literacy. In this nuclear destruction lesson, 5th graders work in groups to examine a group of pictures that show the destruction of a home by a nuclear blast. They discuss the type of...
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Math Morphing Proximate and Evolutionary Mechanisms

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the different types of fractals. In this geometry lesson, students use math to analyze different biological phenomena. They collect data from the experiments and construct graphs.
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Professional Resources to Purchase

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Another teacher suggests a great curriculum resource to you, but you just can't remember it! You should have noted it down on this record page, which provides a place to write down the title and author of a great resource as well as why...
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Haiku

For Teachers K - 12th
Students write haiku poems on leaf paper.
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Student Weather Journal

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students recognize different types of cloud patterns and associate these patterns with certain types of weather. They predict the weather for the next 6 to 24 hours. They then improve their observation skills as they check on the weather...
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Weather Wonderland

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore the types of tools that scientists use t o study weater,

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