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Heating and Cooling of Land Forms
Compare heating and cooling rates of different land forms. A lab activity has groups collect data on the rate of heating and cooling of soil, grass, saltwater, fresh water, and sand. An analysis of the rates shows how the different land...
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December Math
For this December math worksheet, students click on the links to help them answer math problems dealing with issues in December such as electricity, tree shapes, and money. Students complete 7 problems total.
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Aluminum Can Challenge
In this math challenge worksheet, students are given a set of proportions needed to answer a set of 10 related questions. Additional information about recycling aluminum cans is given.
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Simple Circuits Lab
In this electrical circuit instructional activity, students follow a pre-planned lab activity to demonstrate a series and parallel circuit. They record their observations and answer 4 questions. This document is printable and the answers...
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Hearing Galileo's Whisper Across the Solar System
Students read and answer questions about satellites. In this satellites lesson, students read information about Galileo's Whisper and satellite capabilities.
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Benjamin Franklin and Electricity
Second graders study Benjamin Franklin and participate in simple experiments in electricity.
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Resistance
In this resistance worksheet, students use batteries, a breadboard, washers and more to make a parallel circuit and create resistance. Students then answer 7 questions.
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Electricity Generation
Students study the history of electricity and the different ways we generate electricity. In this electricity lesson students complete several experiments on generating power.
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Weather and Oceans: Uneven Heating of the Earth
Students investigate what causes the heat on Earth. For this Earth heating lesson, students experiment with different heat sources and determine where the Earth gathers the most heat. Students explore vocabulary words associated with...
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Demonstration of Factors Affecting Soil Temperature
Young scholars examine the influences of water and mulch on soil temperature. In this investigative activity students complete a soil experiment.
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Science Quiz-Electricity
In this science electricity quiz, students answer a set of 10 questions.Page contains links to additional activities and answers.
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Technology (Post Lab): Utility Companies
Students study physics. For this utility company research lesson, students discover how their local utility company charges for electricity. They listen to a presentation and then conduct internet research to find more information on...
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Earth's Seasons
Sixth graders review the relationship between the Sun and the Earth. In groups, they use a globe and flashlights to show the shadows on the Earth during the different seasons. To end the lesson, they write in their journals about their...
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V, R, and I in Series Circuits
In this circuits activity, students learn how to determine total voltage, total resistance, and total current. Students also explore short circuits. This activity has 9 problems to solve.
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Paper, Plastic, Glass, and Metal Recycling
In this recycling worksheet, learners complete 4 pages with 5 essay questions each. The pages are about plastic, glass, metal, and paper recycling. Research will be needed. This is best suited for students in the UK.
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Is Climate Change Good for Frogs?
Students fill out a chart on how climate change would affect them and things around them. In this climate change lesson plan, students discuss how global warming affects them and amphibians and then fill out the chart that goes with it.
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Leyden Jar: Static Electricity
Young scholars experiment with a Leyden Jar, a device that stores electrical charges. A large voltage can be built up in this jar by adding more and more charge. The modern name for this device is a capacitor.
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Electricity
For this electricity worksheet, students review what makes up electricity by filling in the blanks of 18 statements with terms from a word bank. Students then complete a crossword puzzle by placing 12 terms into the puzzle.
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Earth Day, Every Day
First graders celebrate Earth Day. In this Earth Day instructional activity, 1st graders listen to a book Where Does the Garbage Go? by Paul Showers, and list facts about the garbage we throw away. Students use the Think-Pair-Share method.
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Chapter 9 - Big Business v. Labor
In this 20th century U.S. history worksheet, students read assigned textbook pages regarding the industrialization and labor unions. Students then respond to 50 short answer questions.
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Direct Objects
In this grammatical skills learning exercise, middle schoolers examine 20 sentences and identify the action verbs and directs objects in each of the sentences.
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Simplicity of Electricity
Students examine how to make an electrical circuit. They listen to a teacher led discussion, design a switch to control a circuit, and construct a signaling device.
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Ocean Streams
The instructions for demonstrating ocean turnover are provided in this resource. You could set this up for your earth science class as part of a lecture on convection currents or as an explanation of how ocean currents form. An animation...
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Recycling-Taking it Easy on the Environment
Students review the garbage/landfill graphs included with the lesson. They discuss the information on the graphs and discuss which garbage products come from their homes. Students collect examples of over packaging to share with class...