+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cloud Database

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students research information on the types of clouds. They create a database and use a formula. They create various reports and access electronic information to obtain accurate pressure and temperature readings from the National Weather...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Olympic Games Snowboard Design

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students find travel destinations and information on countries around the world, and use their knowledge to create a snowboard design that represent the country they pick. They explore maps, weather, geography, languages, in their quest.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Spring Migration, Milkweed Monitoring

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students watch for milkweed plants from the previous fall and choose several new plants to monitor. Then make observations and measurements about the plants. The connection with the weather is also made with the monitoring of...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cloud Databases

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners complete a unit on clouds and a report about one type of cloud. They collect data through observation about different types of cloud cover and then create a spreadsheet to reflect their observations over a 2 week period.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Chernobyl 2 - Air Currents

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars create a scale model of the affected area of the Chernobyl disaster. Using this scale model, they simulate the explosion and the resulting uneven dispersal of fallout due particularly to wind direction and weather conditions.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Seasons' Journey: As the World Turns

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the earth's revolution around the sun and the changes in weather that follow this motion.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Living With Fire

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students identify effects of treatment weather on behavior of a wildland fire. They view simulation game that predicts effects of forest management on fire behavior.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Collect Your Own Drosophila Lab

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students study Drosophila by catching them. They construct catcher-containers to catch Drosophila using fruit as bait. After collection, they examine the flies and collect data to be displayed.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

CURRENT AND CLIMATE

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners study currents and how they have been used to plot courses for travel. They examine the ocean currents in both the Atlantic and Pacific and discuss their effect on local weather.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Trouble With Trolls

For Teachers K - 1st
Students listen to The Trouble With Trolls and discuss fables.  In this story elements lesson, students work on reading skills.  Students participate in different reading activities.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Layers of the Atmosphere Foldable

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Aspiring meteorologists make themselves a tool for reviewing the characteristics of each layer of the atmosphere. The procedure for this little project divides the paper into five sections, but many earth science teachers opt for the...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Planning a Tourist Resort

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work in teams of 2 to complete the presentation portion of the assignment. They may be required to work alone or may work with their partner to complete the "Board Member's Responses."
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cloud Observation and Graphing

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify the three major cloud groups. They are introduced to the three main cloud types and spend a week making and recording observations of clouds. Students produce a graph that presents their findings and conduct research...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Temperature Variations and Habitability

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Pupils, in groups, evaluate conditions outside the building and inside the classroom using thermometers, barometers, anemometers, etc. They compare interior and exterior conditions. They consider and discuss factors that contribute to...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Whirlwind Tour

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore volcanoes, hurricanes, and tornadoes through the use of the Internet.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water 1: Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars examine the changes as water goes from solid to liquid. In this states of matter lesson, students observe and record the changes to water as it changes from solid to liquid and back to solid.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Teaching about Rain Storms, Land Use, and Lake Turbidity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the impacts of major rainfall and subsequent runoff on turbidity in lakes. They, in groups, develop a presentation of their research and/or write a paper summarizing their investigation.
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Global Concepts 3.3/4

For Students 6th - 8th
For this environment worksheet, students identify the biomes and find the words in the puzzle. The answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Water Cycle

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students conduct experiments involving different parts of the water cycle. In this water cycle instructional activity, students conduct five simple experiments to demonstrate how the water cycle works. The results of each experiment is...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Motion in the Ocean

For Teachers 9th - 12th
How does the formation of currents and waves in the ocean happen? High schoolers will learn about the primary causes for ocean currents and waves by calculating a wave's amplitude and nautical mile speed. Then they will complete a...
+
Lesson Plan
NASA

Radiation Shielding on Spacecraft

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Here is a terrific science lesson for your elementary schoolers. In it, learners analyze different materials to simulate space radiation shielding on spacecraft, then select the best material to use to build one. This is a classic...
+
Lesson Plan
S2tem Centers SC

Investigating Chance Processes of Probability

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
How likely is it that the school cafeteria will serve chicken tomorrow? Discover the concept of probability with the roll of the dice. Pupils evaluate the liklihood of several statments about everyday life. Then, a mathematical...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Math Investigations 2

For Teachers 2nd
Young mathematicians practice measuring and graphing skills while working in groups to measure objects found in the classroom. Using their measurements, they create one bar graph displaying the lengths and another displaying the widths.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Along the Birdhouse Trail

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students set up and maintain birdhouses on the school grounds in an effort to witness and capture (through video and photos) the major stages in the life cycle of cavity-nesting birds.

Other popular searches