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Water Spiral Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this water puzzle learning exercise, students use a set of 8 clues to complete a spiral word puzzle. Worksheet contains a link to additional activities.
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The World's Spheres Vocabulary

For Students 8th - 10th
In this world's spheres activity, students are given nine spheres and they match the given definitions of the sphere with the term.
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Processes of the Rock Cycle

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars explore, predict, and create each major rock form (sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous) with colored modeling clay, discover cycle of rock formation, and examine important relationships of heat and pressure in rock...
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Mining the Web

For Students 6th - 9th
In this rock and mineral worksheet, students visit http://sciencespot.net and explore a variety of sites about rocks and minerals in order to complete questions about geology, the rock cycle, and rock creations.
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Who Was Here First? Relative Dating

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars read about and complete question activities for the topic of relative dating. For this relative dating lesson, students read information for the topic and then complete two activities to further their understanding of...
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The Dirt We Depend On- Characteristics of Dirt Reading Comprehension Worksheet

For Students 4th - 5th
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a selection about dirt and soil characteristics. They answer 10 matching questions and 5 multiple choice questions based on the information given in the non-fiction article.
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Land of No Trees

For Students 4th - 8th
In this Land of No Trees activity, students read a passage titled "Land of No Trees" about the Arctic Tundra and complete an experiment and short answer questions about it. Students complete an experiment with a plastic container, soil,...
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The Ozone Between Us

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate how ground level ozone occurs in many areas of the country. They study the ozone problems that are associated with population centers.
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Structural Geology Laboratory

For Teachers K - 12th
Students explore modeling of geologic structures in experiments. They study how compressive and tensile forces produce these structures. The compression makes the flatlying strata shorter and tension make the strata longer.
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What is the Rock Cycle?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students investigate the rock cycle. In this geology lesson, students read about the rock cycle on a website and discuss the steps of the rock cycle. Students visit a rock cycle website to complete a quiz. This is the first introductory...
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The Rock Cycle

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study the rock cycle of different types of rock. They arrange cut-outs of the parts of the rock cycle in the correct order and then draw the rock cycle or research different types of rocks.
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Rocks and Minerals: Sedimentary Rocks

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore the concept of rock formation. In this sedimentary rocks lesson, students observe and record their findings about sedimentary rocks. Students then create limestone, coal, and sandstone models and write reports...
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Plates on the Move

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore how Africa appears to be tearing apart from Asia and tha the other continents are moving and oceans are changing size.
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Cold Fronts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils determine its' direction of movement, and list at least five weather conditions associated with the specific front, given animations of several atmospheric variables during a cold front passage. They list at least three weather...
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Energy and the Environment: What Can We Do?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students consider the impacts of global warming and brainstorm ways to help decrease their contribution to the problem.  In this climate change lesson, students are exposed to facts concerning global warming and think of ways to...
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Molecular Origami

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners construct an origami models of different molecules. In this chemistry lesson plan, students explain what expansive soils are made up of. They discuss what happens when this expansive soil expands or shrinks.
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Rain Shadows and Sea Breezes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students plot the average rainfall for a variety of cities in the United States. Using the map, they work together to determine patterns on which toxicants are transported through the air. They determine the impacts of various weather...
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My Time

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers create a timeline of their lives. In this timeline instructional activity, students discuss relative and absolute time. They use events in their lives to create categories on a timeline. They link this instructional...
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Dating Popcorn

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students simulate the dating process with popcorn. In this geology lesson, students discuss how geologist find the age of rocks by gauging the amount of decay of radioactive elements. They have 6 bags of popcorn and each group microwaves...
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Exploring Rocks

For Teachers K
Students recognize differences in the size, shape, texture, and color of different rocks. In this rocks lesson plan, students also learn and repeat back how a volcano erupts and make one out of a toilet paper tube.
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Plate Tectonic - Volcanoes (1)

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn the different shapes of Volcanoes and discuss why volcanoes only have a few shapes.
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The Environments of Big Sur -- Which Do We Protect?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the geological, climatic, and biological features of Big Sur. They watch a video, conduct Internet research, and create a script and images in the form of an outline in a simulation of an environmental group.
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Reservoirs and Production

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students complete activities for a lesson about reservoirs and production. For this geology lesson, students complete a 7 page packet of activities to explore porosity, permeability, and rock properties.
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Investigation 2 - Classifying Rocks

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify basic properties of minerals and rocks. They access websites and utilize worksheets imbedded in this lesson to further their understanding of rock classification.

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