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Go Glacier Go!
Students create a model of a glacier and observe how it moves. In this landforms lesson, students learn what a glacier is, build a model glacier and observe how it moves in a manner that more closely resembles a liquid than a solid.
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Polygons, Pingos, and Themokarst! Oh MY!
Learners complete activities to learn about the common land features in Alaska. In this land study lesson, students study an overhead for permafrost features. Learners define ice wedge polygons, thermokarst, and pingos. Students also...
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Walking on Frozen Ground
Students listen to an Elder speak about permafrost structures in their area. For this permafrost lesson plan, students listen to the guest speaker, take a tour outside to view permafrost structures, and draw them.
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Water, Water Everywhere
Students explore water. In this water cycle lesson, students conduct a scientific investigation that requires build a terrarium models of the earth. Students record their observations of the changes regarding water in the terrarium.
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Using Newsprint as a UV Detector
Students investigate the effects of UV radiation. In this earth science lesson, students explain how the time of day relate to UV abundance on Earth. They determine if weather affects the amount of UV that Earth receives.
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Water Quality
Students analyze water quality and turbidity of collected samples. In this physics lesson, students conduct tests to identify the suspended particles in the samples. They explain how human activities affect water quality.
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Who Is That Ghostly Character?
Eighth graders listen to a taped version of the radio play, "The Hitchhiker". They write a conclusion to the play and work with a partner to evaluate it before a final revision.
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The Cycle of Life
Eighth graders search for rites of passage in their own lives and study rites of other cultural groups in Louisiana and around the world. They assess how to recognize moments of importance in people's lives and find meaning in the stages...
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Belfy Word Search
In this language arts worksheet, students study 20 words in a word bank, then locate them in a word search puzzle. The words appear to be related to chemistry but the meaning of the title is not known.
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Personal Ecosystem
Learners build an aquatic ecosystem using large glass pickle jars. In this ecology lesson plan, students build and ecosystem then observe and collect data on the habitats. In this long term project learners observe a...
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Google Earth Scavenger Hunt
Students complete activities to learn how to use Google Earth and study Alaska. In this Google Earth lesson, students complete a Google Earth scavenger hunt to find facts about Alaska. Students complete two worksheets for the topic.
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Weather
Young scholars study seasonal weather and interview elders in their community about how weather affects traditional activities. In this seasonal weather lesson, students talk about the seasonal, traditional activities they participate...
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Cloud Types
Students examine cloud types. In this cloud lesson, students identify cloud types, observe clouds and collect data, and analyze data to identify the most common cloud they observe overhead during the course of a month.
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Solar Box Cooker
Students explore solar power. In this solar power lesson, students build simple solar cookers after they study convection, conduction, and radiation. Students transfer their knowledge of how the solar cooker works to climate changes on...
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Humidity and Air Saturation
Students experiment with air saturation. In this earth science lesson, students first complete an activity which teaches humidity. Then they use the scientific method to create their own experiments to test how long it takes a...
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Weather
Students explore the weather and how it affects different seasons and activities. In this weather lesson plan, students discuss how the weather differs in each season, interview an Elder about how weather effects their activities, and...
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Stories
Students read and write a short story. In this short story lesson plan, students read a short story and answer comprehension questions on it that teaches them about the world around them. Then they write a short story to teach...
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Oral History
Students interview a Native Elder to learn about oral history and cold weather. In this weather instructional activity, students ask an Elder about the coldest day they remember in their community and complete two worksheets for the topic.
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Long Term Temperature Changes Essay
Learners interview Elders in their community about how temperature changes have affected their lives. In this temperature change lesson plan, students interview the Elders about the societal and environmental changes that have occurred...
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Evaporation
Students study the evaporation stage of the water cycle. In this water cycle lesson, students participate in an experiment to study the process of evaporation that uses jars and water. Students complete an observation worksheet for...
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Build a Weather Vane
Students construct a weather vane using their knowledge of some geometric shapes. For this weather lesson, students work in pairs to create a weather vane in order to measure wind direction. Students follow precise...
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Finding Wind Direction
Students identify the wind direction. In this weather lesson, students use a weather vane to find the wind direction. Students complete a worksheet.
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Build an Anemometer
Students investigate wind speed. In this wind instrument lesson plan, students build an anemometer to measure wind speed and discuss the importance of wind speed knowledge in various professions.
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Traditional Stories about Wind
Students observe and talk about wind using no weather instruments. For this wind lesson plan, students use their senses to observe wind. They also interview an Elder about wind.