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Worksheet
Curated OER

Forces That Shape the Earth: Wind, Water and Erosion

For Students 4th - 5th
In this forces of nature worksheet, students read a 2 page article on the forces of nature and answer 4 detailed comprehension questions about the forces of nature on Earth.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Moon: NC Summer Tour Lesson 2007

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate craters and marea. In this crater and marea lesson, students conduct an experiment to create craters. Students participate in a dance activity.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What is Drought?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore and conduct an experiment on the effects of drought on the environment. They define what drought is and the impact that a shortage of rainfall can have on agriculture, municipal water supplies, tourism, recreation, etc.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Introduction to Probability in Seven Exercise Sets and Seventy Problems

For Students 6th - 8th
In this probability worksheet, students use the rules of probability to calculate the likelihood of an event to occur in seven exercise sets and seventy problems. Examples, definitions, and formulas are provided.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Celebrate The Four Seasons

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students investigate cause and effect and compare and contrast how recurring cycles are evident in multiple aspects of their education. They answer questions in the chosen field. Students model each aspect by interpreting, perceiving and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Methuselah Tree

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students examine how scientists determine the age of living and non-living trees. They simulate the role of a tree-ring scientist, crossdating tree-ring samples and determining which sample is the oldest and the age of the samples.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ecology: Factors Influencing Animal Populations

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars assess the factors affecting animal populations. Working in groups they define specific vocabulary terms and complete several activities from "Project Wild."
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Many, Varied, and Unusual Places and Things on Earth

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students discover how energy flows through communities because of the relationship between producers, consumers and decomposers. Examining various ecosystems, they identify the materials that cycle continuously through them. They label...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Our Country's Environment

For Students 4th - 5th
For this environment worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle using the word bank and definitions for terms about the land and its water.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Understanding Cloud Formation

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pupils explore air and clouds by watching demonstration. They perform an experiment to measure air pressure changes.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Section 1: Non-obvious Causes

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students explore the historical problem of pumping water out of mines.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Science: The Water Cycle

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the various stages of the water cycle. In groups, they complete a hands-on activity by creating model water cycle. Students design posters representing each of the seven stages of the water cycle.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Our Country's Environment

For Students 4th - 5th
In these environment worksheets, learners complete several multiple choice questions that teach them about the Earth's landforms and water.
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Lesson Plan
NASA

Nasa: Precipitation Towers: Modeling Weather Data

For Teachers K - 1st
This lesson uses stacking cubes as a way to graph precipitation data, comparing the precipitation averages and seasonal patterns for several locations. Variations on the lesson can accommodate various ages and ability levels. Students...
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Lesson Plan
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese Real Time Data Projects: Weather Scope: A Study of Weather and Climate

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use real-time data to study factors that affect weather and climate, create weather instruments, and share data with students around the world.
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Article
Dan Satterfield

Dan's Wild Wild Weather Page: Radar

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of what radar is and how Doppler radar has come to be used in weather detection. The operation of Doppler radar is illustrated and discussed in an easy-to-understand language.
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Lesson Plan
OpenSciEd

Open Sci Ed: 6.3 Weather, Climate & Water Cycling

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Why does a lot of hail, rain, or snow fall at some times and not others? This unit contains four separate lesson sets built around answering this question. In the first two lesson sets, students explain small-scale storms. In the third...
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Activity
The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute Online: Make Your Own Rain Gauge

For Students 3rd - 8th
Make a simple rain gauge to measure the precipitation.
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Handout
Other

Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce: Change Is Weather's Only Constant

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents Vermont's weather pattern for a year. This shows the difference in the temperature. When summer hits when they get more rain.
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Graphic
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Weather: Rainfall

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Create and use scatterplots based on information from a table, and compare and contrast annual rainfall in various places around the world.