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Bird Interdisciplinary Possibilities
Students explore birds, their territory, breeding, and seasonal movement. They research and collect information on birds through writing letters to ornithologists, reading in books, comparing web sites, and observing pictures. Students...
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Weather Watchers
Students watch the weather. In this science observation instructional activity, students collect data regarding the local weather and create their own weather forecasting video.
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Animal Migratory patterns
Students use field research and traditional research to identify migrating species of birds as well as their migratory patterns. Students generate a list of questions regarding migration and a plan to research the questions. A field...
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Central Park Field Trip
Students visit the park to observe signs of spring in the forest and pond environments. For this field trip lesson, students explore the park for various items
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Weather in Your City
Students observe weather conditions of a particular city. Multiple intelligences are explored within this lesson. They locate their particular city on a United States map. Each student writes about their discoveries in his/her journal...
It's About Time
Communication Through Space
If humans do find aliens, how would we communicate with them? An intriguing lesson walks through some of the challenges associated with this question. How long would a message take to reach a specific destination, what language should we...
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Weather Log
Learners develop the skill of recording weather observations. Not only students be responsible for recording visual observations of the sky, but also collecting and recording weather instrument data.
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Terrarium Observation
Pupils observe the growth of plants in their terrarium. In this social studies lesson plan, students measure plant growth for several weeks. They predict what happens if other organisms are added in the terrarium.
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Botany Scavenger Hunt Where's the Ginkgo?
Learners use a science journal to log plants that are native to Alabama. In this plant lesson plan, learners identify characteristics, describe environments, and classify the plants that they find.
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Find the Frog
Young scholars, the advanced beginner to intermediate ESL level, use English in a science activity.
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Lesson 4 Lesson 2(cont.) Its a Small World (Day 4)
Students watch and discuss observations of condensation on the plastic "sky" of the container. They draw a sketch of what they see and record their observations on the Its a Small World mini booklet. Sudents investigate evaporation...
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Comparing Spiders to Insects
Third graders research spiders and insects through a variety of Internet sites and compare them. For this spider and insect lesson, 3rd graders complete a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting insects and spiders. Students observe...
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Science: The Shape of Clouds
Students observe cloud formations during a trip outdoors prior to reading Tomie dePaola's , "The Cloud Book." Using cotton, they make models of the four main cloud shapes and mount them on blue construction paper. As an ongoing project,...
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Weather Journal Log
Students discuss the weather each day and log it on a class chart for a month.
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Observing Fall Migrants
Students keep a detailed data collection log of the different types of monarch behavior. They track the weather conditions daily and link it to the migration of the monarchs. They summarize their data using either a graph or a computer...
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Technology as a Tool of Science
Students monitor streams, take stream surveys, collect chemical and macro-invertebrate and stream discharge data. Using a digital camera, students observe the percentage of various types of vegetation on the flood plan, riparian area and...
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The Blue Bottle: An Example of Teacher-Guided Inquiry
Learners observe a demonstration in which a bottle containing a colorless solution is mixed, turns blue, then becomes colorless again. They record observations, form and discuss hypotheses, and draw a conclusion based on the evidence.
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Habitat Sunprints
Young scholars recognize various habitats and where they are found. In this habitat sunprints lesson, students observe the contents of habitats and record what the sunprint might represent. Young scholars use blueprint paper and small...
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Rocks on Parade!
Third graders describe and classify rock samples. In this rock lesson, 3rd graders make inferences about rock samples by observing and measuring them. This lesson contains 5 different stations for the students to go to.
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Move It, Sir Isaac!
Third graders analyze the work of Sir Isaac Newton as they investigate the laws of motion and force. Inertia is observed through a lump of clay.
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Recycling!
The students recall events from Dr. Seuss' story The Lorax and make connections to environmental issues affecting their lives. They are expected to reflect on the facts of the story and respond verbally stating the inferences they made...
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The Long and Short of It- Shadows
Students trace shadows. In this light and shadows lesson, students conduct an experiment to determine what a shadow is and what is necessary to make a shadow. Students observe how shadows change as well as write and draw shadows in their...
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Chemical Change in the Kitchen
Students examine chemical changes to food. For this chemical changes lesson, students make foods and observe the changes. The changes are recorded in an observation journal. Students photograph food they make at different stages in the...
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What is Magnetism?
Learners investigate magnetism. In this physics lesson, students create a KWL chart about magnetism and research various suggested websites to find out more about magnetism. Learners log on to the "BrainPOP" website and view a short...