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Twisters

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students build a tornado in a bottle and do various readings to explore tornadoes.
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Learning Lesson: That Sinking Feeling

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students discover the origin of the Great Ocean Conveyor. They participate in a demonstration showing how salinity and temperature affect water density. They also examine the new sea ice that forms every winter.
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Conditional Verb Quiz

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this verb tense quiz activity, students read 10 statements. They change 20 verbs, that are shown in parentheses, in 10 sentences to the conditional tense.
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Bubbles and Wind Currents

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to wind and wind movement by observing, predicting, and experimenting with simple materials.
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Weather Noise

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars listen to sound bytes of various weather sounds. They listen for clues as to what the weather was like when the sound was recorded. Then they write and illustrate what they think the weather conditions were at the time.
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THE FLOW OF MUSIC AND POETRY

For Teachers K - 6th
Students describe their feelings through writing, art or music.
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Centennial: Simple Gifts...Personal Contributions To Utah

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders consider how the concept of giving can affect a society for the better. They read various essays on giving and examine obituaries to highlight individuals who contributed to society over the course of their lives.
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Static Cling

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine the principles of static electricity and positive and negative charges. They observe and then perform experiments with static electricity. They record examples in their journals.
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Will it Hold A Charge?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discuss which materials they believe hold an electric charge. In groups, they experiment with different objects and charging them. They discuss their results after the activity.
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How Much Water is in That Cloud?

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Learners participate in a demonstration about the water capacity of clouds. They work in partners to estimate how many drops of water a cottonball hold and then use an eyedropper to test their guesses.
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Sizing Up Hail

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students participate in an estimation and measurement activity to improve their estimates of the size of hail. They hold several different sized wooden balls and record their guesses of the ball's diameters. They compare their estimates.
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Weather Conditions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students list and name various kinds of weather conditions occurring in their city. Using the newspaper as a resource, students answer questions relating to written weather reports. This lesson is intended for students acquiring English.
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Forecast Fever

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate what high-tech tools are used to gather weather data and make weather forecasts. They view a video and a PowerPoint presentation, and conduct research on a cloud chart website. Students make local weather...
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Hunt For Supertwister

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students identify the best time of year and place to position spotters for possible tornado outbreaks. They research tornado formations, spotting, and safety. Students present their information using a poster, a mock-up of a newspaper,...
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Stronger Hurricanes

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars explore hurricanes, the factors that contribute to them, and the role warmer sea surface temperatures may have on them. They perform experiments to observe energy transfer. Students explore the possible causes and...
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Storm That Drowned a City

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students watch a teacher demonstration modeling how wetlands can help reduce a hurricane's impact and describe what the model represents. They record data related to how different meshed materials affect a steam plume. Students compare...
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Water World

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore the various steps of the water cycle. They identify the three steps in the water cycle and how they are related. Students describe three ways to conserve water. Students explore the origin of the water source that...
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Brain POP - Electricity

For Students 6th - 8th
In this electricity activity, students answer 22 fill in the blank questions about conductors, flow of electrons, electrical circuits, and magnets.
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Where is Tornado Alley? Internet Research and Crossword

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this science and language arts worksheet, students are directed to an Internet site where they do research on tornadoes and Tornado Alley. Students complete a 10 question word puzzle.
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Hurricanes and Tornadoes: Reading Comprehension

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a selection about hurricanes and tornadoes, then complete 4 multiple choice questions based on the selection.
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Fronts

For Students 6th - 10th
In this fronts worksheet, students use two diagrams to answer 12 fill in the blank questions about fronts, weather patterns, and clouds. Then students complete 2 short answer questions.
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Environment Vocabulary and Definitions

For Students 4th - 5th
In this environment worksheet, students are given a list of vocabulary words related to the environment and their definitions. Worksheet has no associated activities.
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Weather Vocabulary

For Students 3rd
For this weather worksheet, 3rd graders study words pertaining to all aspects of weather. Students respond to 19 questions, matching the vocabulary words on the left with the correct definition on the right.
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Ucar: Make a Thunderstorm

For Students 9th - 10th
Thunderstorms only happen under certain conditions. See if you can choose the right mix of temperatures and humidity to create a big thunderstorm.

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