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Winter Heat

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a story about two teachers who argue about global warming. Students answer 5 essay questions.
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Groundhog Day Songs and Poems

For Students Pre-K - 3rd Standards
This Groundhog Day add a bit of rhythm and rhyme with 23 songs and poems that put a spotlight on the holiday's shining star, the groundhog.  
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Curriculum Corner

Australian Christmas

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Where is Australia? How is an Australian Christmas from other Christmases around the world? Learners participate in a mini-research project where they discover what an Australian Christmas is like.
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Core Knowledge Foundation

A Time for All Seasons - Spring

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Celebrate the arrival of spring with this fun primary grade science unit. Engaging young scientists with a variety of hands-on activities and inquiry-based investigations, these lessons are a great way to teach children about seasonal...
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A Time for All Seasons - Summer

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
The sun is shining and the birds are singing, what better time to teach young learners about the fun season of summer. In this week-long science series, children learn how the rotation and orbit of the earth influence the days and...
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Chicago Botanic Garden

Unit 3 Pre-Test, Grades 7–9

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Earth's systems respond to changes in environments in all types of ways including migration, extinction, adaptation, immigration, and emigration to name a few. Part one in a series of seven is a pre-test consisting of 14 questions. Some...
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Micro-Climate

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Atmosphere aces investigate the microclimates that exist within a larger area. They use a thermometer to record the varying temperatures and identify the microclimates on a map that they have drawn. This exercise helps them to understand...
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Slip-Sliding Away... On the Way to School

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research snow removal in their community. They survey students to find out if they are having problems with the walks on their way to school and how bad the problem is. Next, they organize the findings to present in class....
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Cold Front Characteristics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the weather conditions before, during, and after cold front passage. Two cold front examples are provided so that comparisons can be made. They are divided in two large groups. Each group studies a different cold front case.
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Just One Verse Line

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders explore the power that a single word or line can have by focusing on specific imagery in the poem "Those Winter Sundays," by Robert Hayden.
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Environment: Sounds of the Natural World

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders describe and imitate sounds from the natural environment including rain and snow. After listing materials that could be used to make rainsticks, they create their own instruments from cardboard tubes,beans, and sand. To...
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Language Arts: Stylistic Devices

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are able to define given literary terms, such as metaphor, simile, imagery, personification, symbolism, etc. They are able to identify the use of literary elements in a given text. Students are able to interpret weather...
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Fall Lesson Plans

For Teachers Pre-K
Students participate in various fall activities. In this fall lesson, students take a trip to a farmers market and purchase the ingredients needed for vegetable soup. Students paint fall scenes and create a fall story. Students discuss...
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Let's Get Warm!

For Teachers K - 4th
Learners investigate various methods that animals use to warm up in cold weather. They also explore the science principals involved. They then identify a human parallel, discuss what we can learn from nature, and create multimedia...
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The Role of Fire in Healthy Prairie, Brush and Forest Lands

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders read and discuss background information and brainstorm reasons for wildfires. They use a Venn Diagram to list the similarities and differences between wildfires and prescribed fires and then track the weather forecast for...
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Today's Temperature

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study freezing temperatures and practice taking temperature readings with a thermometer. They write about a personal experience with weather. They discuss that the freezing point is at 32?? and that any water outside will...
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Winter

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this literacy worksheet, students use context clues and the word bank in order to complete the reading passage with the right word choices.
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Mr. E. Science

Climate and Climate Change

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
What factors make up climate? How does longitude and latitude affect climate? What is causing Earth's climate to change? These questions are the topic of a presentation that explains characteristics of climate and climate change.
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Melts in Your Bag, Not in Your Hands

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners study how the sun transfers heat to the earth through radiation. They examine how animals absorb energy from the sun to warm their bodies by experiment with chocolate melting. They examine sun safety.
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Snow Man Circles

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students use three circles, glitter,and glue to create a snowman.  In this snowman lesson, students discuss weather and create a snowman.  Students add a hat, gloves, and scarf.
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Science--Learning About Light and Shadows

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this light and shadows worksheet, students find 5 transparent items and 5 opaque items from the classroom and categorize them underneath their appropriate headings. Students look at 4 boxes with shadows and draw a little sun to show...
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Farming: Raising Winter Wheat (Lesson 3)

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify foods that are made from wheat. They use a line graph to explain measurement. They identify foods from the food groups and explain how temperature, prefcipitation and natural resources affect the growth of wheat.
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Seasons

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students name the 4 seasons, discussing the weather, plant life, animal life and and activities of each. Students read the book titled, "Hello Arctic," and and discuss changes in seasons that accompany the story. Students complete...
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Earth's Tilt Creates Seasons

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners examine how the Earth's tilt creates the seasons. In this seasons lesson plan, students study a diagram that shows the rotation of the earth around the sun and how it tilts during the rotation. They answer 4 discussion questions...

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