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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: How Do Magnets Work?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
During this lesson students will examine magnets and determine that they have two poles (north and south). They will observe which poles attract and which poles repel.
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Activity
Other

Magnet Man: Cool Experiments With Magnets

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a lengthy listing of activities and resources pertaining to magnets and magnetism. Experiments which can be performed with many different types of magnets are described; detailed directions and photos are provided.
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Handout
World Wildlife Fund for Nature

Wwf: Our Earth: Ecoregions: Habitats: Polar Regions

For Students 3rd - 8th
A simple introduction and overview of the polar regions. Includes a link to information about animals that live in a polar habitat.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Electric and Magnetic Forces and the Modern Day Compass

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how a compass works using electromagnetic force. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Ocean Animal Discovery

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the discovery of ocean animals. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Unit Plan
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Zoom School: Antarctica

For Students 3rd - 6th
Learn some amazing facts about the coolest place on Earth, Antarctica. Explore a map and geography, science, animals, explorers, jokes, and more. Also contains a quiz to take.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Paleozoic Plate Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
How plate tectonics formed Pangaea. [Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]
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Unit Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Continents: Antarctica

For Students 9th - 10th
Use these internet sites and complete the activities for each one to learn more about the second smallest and coldest continent.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Route of Cook's Second Voyage, July 13, 1772 July 29, 1775, South Pole

For Students 3rd - 8th
This page, and the one after it, have a collection of the earliest maps of Canada by all the best known explorers.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Explorers for Kids: Roald Amundsen

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the biography and life of explorer Roald Amundsen. learn about the journey of the first man to the South Pole.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Cuvier's Beaked Whale

For Students 4th - 8th
Cuvier's beaked whales are rarely seen because they stay in deep water and tend to avoid boats. They are known to live in every ocean, except near the North and South Poles, and most seas. Learn more about the Ziphius cavirostris, more...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Magnets

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps students differentiate between and identify objects that are attracted by a magnet and those that are not attracted by a magnet.
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Handout
Other

Boat Safe Kids: Longitude and Latitude

For Students 9th - 10th
This website starts at the very beginning and explains how round globes are transferred to flat maps. Then they explain the use of longitude and latitude.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Teaching Heart: Penguins

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Use this site if you want to find ideas, lessons and activities related to penguins.
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Article
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: What Is Antarctic Circle?

For Students 6th - 8th
Learn about the Antarctic Circle, where it is located, why it's important, and other interesting facts.
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Website
NASA

Nasa: Image Science Center: Ask the Space Scientist Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
Site from NASA contains a collection of 91 questions pertaining to the Earth's atmosphere, magnetic field, ionosphere, rotation and origin of life.
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Aurora Borealis, Northern Lights

For Students 9th - 10th
The aurora borealis (also known as the northern lights) is a spectacular light display that can be seen at night in regions near the North Pole (auroras can also be seen near the South Pole). Auroras occur because of charged particles...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Roald Amundsen

For Students 9th - 10th
(1872-1928) Norwegian explorer most famous for first reaching the North and South Poles.
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Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: About Magnets (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site provides a lesson plan which includes a hands-on activity about magnetism and magnetic fields. Parts of the plan would be easily adaptable as a student project (for any grade level).
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Graphic
Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Plan of the Movements at Concord, 1775

For Students 9th - 10th
A plan of the Battle of Concord, Massachusetts, at the opening of the American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775). Explanation of the Plan: (1) Lexington Road; (2) Hills and high land where the liberty pole stood; (3) center of the town,...
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Curated OER

Robert Falcon Scott

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed biographical page about Robert Scott (1868-1912 CE), an Antarctic explorer, including pictures.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Robert Falcon Scott

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed biographical page about Robert Scott (1868-1912 CE), an Antarctic explorer, including pictures.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Robert Falcon Scott

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed biographical page about Robert Scott (1868-1912 CE), an Antarctic explorer, including pictures.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Robert Falcon Scott

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed biographical page about Robert Scott (1868-1912 CE), an Antarctic explorer, including pictures.

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