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Cycling Water Through the Environment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify the ways in which water moves through our environment and consider the different forms it can be found in. They view videos, conduct experiments and participate in class discussions. Students determine the role that...
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Curated OER

Activity Plan 5-6: Where Does the Water Go?

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students perform an experiment to discover what happens to water as it evaporates. In this early childhood lesson plan, students observe evaporation as they conduct an experiment. Students fill cups with water, then check it daily for...
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Curated OER

Ride the Rock Cycle

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students identify the steps in the rock cycle. They complete a K-W-L chart before the lesson begins. They answer questions about the stages to complete the lesson.
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Curated OER

Life Cycle of the Plant - The Pumpkin

For Teachers 1st
First graders access prior knowledge about pumpkins and read the story Pumpkin, Pumpkin. They will sequence the life cycle of the pumpkin through the use of picture cards and then sing a song about the life cycle of the pumpkin and plant...
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Curated OER

It's Clean, Fresh and only Three Billion Years Old - Water!

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students engage in a lesson plan which explores the wate cycle. They get to see some very entertaining video, do fun hands-on activities and gain a better understanding of evaporation, condensation, precipitation and collection.
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Curated OER

Hydrologic Cycle

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this science worksheet, students read about the Hydrologic Cycle. Students use the reading and a diagram to answer 2 comprehension questions.
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Curated OER

A Study of Your Domestic Water Supply

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars create a diagram that traces the path of a raindrop from its source into the water supply for their house and back to the environment. They also diagram the processes that occur in a sewage treatment and water treatment...
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Curated OER

Miniature Water Cycles

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create a biome of their choosing in a terrarium. Terrariums are observed and results recorded daily for 2 weeks. They observe/record changes in the water within their terrarium and use the data to write sentences...
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Kenan Fellows

Designing a Water Treatment Plant

For Teachers 8th - 12th
How does dirty water get clean enough to drink? After viewing a PowerPoint that outlines the process water goes through at a water treatment plant, groups work together to design a chlorination chamber for a treatment plant.
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Curated OER

Nitrogen Cycle-Stream Side Science

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A thorough background and nitrate sampling lab sheet are provided to share with your young scientists. After discussing the nitrogen cycle with the class, you will break them into small groups and show them how to use their inquiry...
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Marine Institute

Water Pollution

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Sixth graders investigate the various types of pollutants found in water and ways to help prevent water pollution. Through a hands-on experiment, learners create samples of polluted water by mixing water with vegetable oil, dirt, and...
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K12 Reader

Water Cycle

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
solid, liquid, and gas. The three different forms of water are the subject of the article used to assess reading comprehension. After reading the article, kids respond to a series of comprehension questions based on the text.
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K5 Learning

The Life Cycle

For Students 3rd Standards
Studying plant, animal, or insect life cycles? Pair a science unit with a reading comprehension worksheet on life cycles. The passage touches briefly on butterfly, plant, frog, and dog life cycles before prompting readers to answer six...
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Teach Engineering

Life Cycles

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Breathe some life into product design. Pupils learn about the stages of product creation, use, and disposal—sometimes called a cradle-to-grave assessment. They see how this cycle relates to the life cycle of organisms.
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Curated OER

Making Clouds

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In collaborative groups, mini-meteorologists investigate the conditions that must be present for clouds to form: cooling air, water vapor, and condensation nuclei. In addition to procedures, a chart for observations and some follow-up...
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Curated OER

Plant Life Cycles

For Students K - 2nd
Follow the life cycle of a dandelion with a lab sheet for kindergartners. They learn about the order of events in a dandelion's life, then put the stages of life in order. Can they describe the life cycle of a pumpkin? For extra...
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Curated OER

The Nitrogen Cycle

For Teachers 5th
The nitrogen cycle is the focus of a well-designed science lesson. In it, learners see that plants and animals produce waste products and decompose after death. Many of the waste products include nitrogen which is absobed by other...
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Curated OER

Amounts of Dissolved Oxygen in Various Bodies of Water

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students test water to determine the dissolved oxygen content while displaying the proper use of testing instruments while visiting water testing sites. They determine if the amount of dissolved oxygen is appropriate for the tested...
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Curated OER

Agriculture is a Cycle

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore cycles in nature. In this cross curriculum agriculture lesson, students define "cycle" and research weather and planting folklore. Students make a bracelet in which individual colored beads represent the many "cycles" of...
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Curated OER

Melting and Freezing

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners explore how various substances change from a solid to a liquid or from a liquid to a solid and how temperature, pressure and nature play an important role in this process. In this melting and freezing instructional activity,...
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Curated OER

The Cool Forms of Water

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students discover the different forms of water on Earth. In this states of water instructional activity, students read material on the different forms of water and how they are created. The students answer written questions on worksheets.
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Curated OER

Geography: Water, Water Everywhere

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss flooding and its causes. They view a Powerpoint presentation about floods and prevention methods. After creating a model with clay and pans, they investigate river behavior in various terrains with different amounts of...
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

Changing States of Matter: Water’s Phase Changes

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders observe the properties of water and in its different states. For this states of matter lesson, 3rd graders view a video, read The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks and experiment with freezing, melting and boiling water to...
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Curated OER

Water, Water, Everywhere and Always on the Move

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create their own water cycle in a terrarium. In this water cycle lesson, students research the water cycle and complete a worksheet using the Internet. They create a water cycle of their own in a jar with stones, sand, soil, and...

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