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Magnetism
Students investigate magnets. For this magnetism lesson, students begin exploring magnets. Students study attraction and repulsion and discover the poles of a magnet.
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Give Me Some Latitude
In this latitude worksheet, students use an atlas or other reference to respond to 4 multiple choice questions about the equator and the poles.
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History/Geography
Students review North America, Africa, Europe and Asia. They identify Australia as the smallest continent. They identify Australia as an island continent nicknamed "the land down under." They color a map of Australia.
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Strange Attractor
Learners explore magnetism. In this magnet activity, students assemble a magnet pendulum. Learners observe the pendulum noting the location of the magnetic poles as they construct the pendulum so that the free-swinging magnet comes as...
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Movement of Air II
In this movement of air learning exercise, learners determine the deflection of air masses that result from Earth's eastward rotation. Then they describe what winds provide for different trades. Students also identify and describe the...
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Magnetism
In this physics worksheet, students complete each of the statements with the correct word or phrase. Then they match each of the words listed on the left with their correct descriptions on the right.
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Magnets
In this magnets instructional activity, students review magnetic properties and define an electromagnet. This instructional activity has 10 fill in the blank, 1 drawing, and 3 short answer questions.
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Magnets and Springs
Students explore magnetic attraction. In this magnets lesson, students participate in an interactive whiteboard activity in which objects are dragged onto a virtual table and categorized as to whether they are "repelled" or "attracted"...
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Magnets
In this magnets worksheet, students draw pictures of different magnets that are described on each page. Students complete 9 pictures.
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Polar Biomes
Second graders research the animals, climate, and plant life in both of the Polar regions. They explore a variety of websites and complete a WebQuest. Students complete a chart, view a PowerPoint presentation, and answer true/false...
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NASA Plans Moon Base
Students react to statements about the moon, then read a news article about NASA's plans to build a permanent base on the moon. In this space science and current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion and a...
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Latitude on World Maps
Sixth graders examine the purposes of maps. In this Geography lesson, 6th graders practice using latitude and longitude on a map.
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Magnetism: Magnet, Magnet, Where are you?
Students study the characteristics of magnets including polarity, and the concepts of attraction and repulsion. They examine how magnets are used industry.
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The Celestial Sphere
Students are introduced to the celestial sphere, describing its apparent rotation and the special role of the pole star.
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Magnetism
In this physics instructional activity, learners fill in 14 blanks involving the Domain Theory of Magnetism. Students interact with a variety of aspects dealing with magnets.
International Technology Education Association
Tidy Up Those Sloppy Force Fields!
It is just magnetic. This resource presents the concept of Earth's and another planet's magnetic field and how spacecrafts detect them. Learners study a problem using magnetometers and participate in three experiments to come up with a...
Institute for Geophysics
Understanding Maps of Earth
Here is your go-to student resource on primary geography concepts, including facts about the surface of the earth and its hemispheres, latitude and longitude, globes, types of maps, and identifying continents and oceans.
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Attract or Repel?
Opposites attract with a fun science experiment on magnets. With a short paragraph on background knowledge, the lab sheet prompts third and fourth graders to choose which pairs of magnets will attract, and which pairs will repel. A...
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Geography Terms
Introduce the terms and concepts related to basic map and geography skills. Terms include full definitions and cover latitude, longitude, the Equator, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, Prime Meridian, and the International Date Line.
Exploratorium
Magnetic Pendulums
Passing a copper wire coil through a magnetic field influences another coil to also sway. It is with this demonstration that you can teach your physical science fans about electromagnetism. Note that the assembly requires about an hour,...
Polar Bears International
Top of the World
Learn about polar bears and the Arctic circle with a instructional activity about the countries and conditions of the region. After examining how the area differs from Antarctica, kids explore climates, animals, and geographical position...
Mr. E. Science
Introduction to Earth Science
From the layers of Earth's spheres to latitude and longitude to looking at topographic maps, learners discover the elements of Earth's systems.
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Magnetic Levitation
A thorough investigation of magnetic levitation; this activity has four parts. First, physical scientists play with a wooden dowel and three disc magnets to review polarity and repelling action. Then they experiment with the strength of...
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A Comparison of Cloud Coverage over Africa
Students identify different climate regions and local weather patterns. In this cloud coverage lesson students use NASA satellite data and import it into Excel.