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Power In The Wind

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students experiment designing graphs of selected readings from the Nebraska sites from the Power in the Wind study. They choose whether or not to put their data in a spreadsheet program to make a computer-generated graph or to complete...
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Physical Characteristics of the Troposphere

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students lexplore environmental trends in the troposphere- temperature, dew point, pressure and wind speed- by checking their hypotheses against data collected by weather balloons.
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Physical Characteristics of the Troposphere

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students examine troposphere graphs and mcompare their hypotheses with data collected by weather balloons launched from the NOAA ship, Ronald H. Brown. they write summaries about the physical properties of the troposphere.
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Manage Soil

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners identify and classify soil ypes according to data on the soil triangle. Given examples, students identify soil conservation practices, using criterion assessment instrument. When giving a case situation involving soil...
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CO Buildup City

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct a controlled experiment. They collect data in an organized manner. Students analyze data to reach a conclusion and communicate findings. They explain how city size, temperature, and pollution is related to the air quality.
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Comparing Temperatures of US REgions

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore regional factors that affect daily temperature. They collect data on three cities in the northeast, southeast and midwest regions of the US for two weeks. The Weather Channel website is used each day to collect...
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Planet X

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Pupils select a wide variety of presentation methods to compare Planet X and Earth. Students share these with their classmates. Pupils select other methods to present their ideas about a livable planet for human life forms. Students...
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Ozone Layer

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders develop an understanding of the ozone layer, it's affect on Earth, and the effect of human activity on the ozone layer. They then interpret data from satellite pictures and develop an understanding of longitude/latitude...
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Calculating Profits from Selling Virtual Lemonade

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students set up and collect data for a virtual lemonade stand. In this entrepreneurship, economics, and technology lesson, students purchase ingredients, determine costs, and set up a virtual lemonade stand. Students consider weather...
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El Nino

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners explain what El Nino is, where it is located and how it is created. They describe the weather changes caused by El Nino. They draw the patterns of El Nino on a world map. They predict economic effects El Nino has on the areas it...
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Observe Then Infer

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Upper elementary scientists learn that observations made can lead to inferences. They rotate through six weather-related stations that challenge them to make observations and then draw inferences from their observations. A...
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Microclimates of Our School

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students read the story "Weslandia" by Paul Fleischman, define the term microclimate, gather and record data in various places on school grounds to establish the presence of difference microclimates, analyze and compare microclimates,...
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Conditions at Sea

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars examine wave formation. In this wave lesson, students discover how waves are formed and how the weather at sea is predicted. Young scholars study ocean vocabulary and understand the Beaufort Wind Force Scale.
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Paint Property Experiments

For Teachers K - 7th
Young scholars identify various kinds of paints by using the scientific method.  In this solvents instructional activity students collect data and identify paint samples while working in teams.
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Seasoning the School Year

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students observe the changes a class tree goes through as the seasons change and record observations in journals. They investigate changes in the weather, changes in the length of the day, and how that affects people. They create...
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Chasing El Niño

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students view a video clip about the effects of El Nino. They work together to develop a question about weather folklore. They participate in an experiment that tests their hypothesis.
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Boston Harbor Cruise: A Shoreline Survey

For Teachers K - 6th
The students take a harbor cruise, photograph, and draw shore line features attending to evidence of human impact/consequences, and its cost on marine/land animal habitats vegetation, weather patterns, signs of erosion, and the water...
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The Hudson's Ups and Downs

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders practice interpreting line graphs of the Hudson River water levels to assess the tides and tidal cycles in the estuary. They explore how weather can affect water levels and tides and observe that high tides and low tides...
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Rain On

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study the water cycle and clouds. In this water cycle and cloud lesson plan, 4th graders determine the definition of condensation and watch a demonstration in which the teacher makes a cloud in a bottle. They discuss the...
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My Community

For Teachers 1st
First graders design a Powerpoint presentation to reflect information about their community.  In this community lesson, 1st graders create slides to explain the weather, geography and other information about the city.
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"Graphing Your Motion"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the concepts of motion, velocity, and acceleration through graphing their own movement using LoggerPro. They explain the difference between speed and velocity using the weather vane example. They discover the difference...
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Internet Project - Project Groundhog

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students share weather and community information with other students across the continents. In groups, students collect details, pictures, and drawings about their community, its weather patterns, and school. They predict if groundhog...
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Understanding Cloud Formation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read and relate the poem, "Clouds" by Aileen Fisher to a demonstration on cloud formation. They create clouds in jars using ice water and matches then discuss the ways clouds can be used to predict weather.
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Watch the Sky

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners describe the atmosphere, weather conditions, and climates. They describe seasonal changes in weather, the composition and characteristics of the atmosphere. Students describe patterns of changing weather and how they are...

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