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Can You Name the Four Seasons?

For Teachers K
Students explore names, characteristics and traditions of the seasons and observe weather changes throughout the year.
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Jumping to Conclusions

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students decide as a class what their data is going to be to graph. In this math lesson, students organize data so that it will be easier to display in a graph. Students are guided through the process by their teachers, and helped with...
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Aspects of Weather

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners recognize and observe weather phenomena. In this four part weather instructional activity, students are introduced to weather symbols through a story, then use a thermometer to measure water temperature. Next, learners observe...
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The Hat

For Teachers K - 1st
Honing reading and communication skills through the theme of farm animals is the focus of this lesson plan. Students read a book about Scandinavian farm animals and complete prediction journal activities. They complete a worksheet about...
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The Air Up There

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the average daily weather patterns. They collect data over a five day period and then write a summary of the observations made from it. Students record the mean and graph it on a simple...
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Taking In The Heat

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discover that different textured materials can absorb more heat than others. Students work with thermometers, clocks, and graphs.
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Tracking Temperature

For Teachers K - 12th
Students investigate the concept of temperature and how it has the tendency to fluctuate. They record the temperature as a class on a daily basis for a long period of time. The data is charted and then at a designated time students...
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Clouds

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students explore basic cloud types and the weather associated with each one.  In this earth science activity, students participate in numerous activities including going outside to observe the clouds they see, making a cloud in...
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The Archer and the Sun

For Teachers K
Students listen to The Archer and the Sun and participate in interdisciplinary activities related to the book. In this Archer and the Sun lesson, students discuss sun and weather and create a graph of the weather they like best- sunny or...
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Seasons

For Teachers K
Students explore the four seasons. Through observation activities, they explore and discuss the weather changes that occur during each season. Students create a graph of the clothing that is worn during each season.
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Introducing Temperature Measurement

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore temperature and use Celcius thermometers to measure and graph the temperature in the classroom daily. They estimate what they think the temperature might be and then find the actual temperature in the room.
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Evaporation

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore, analyze, document and study weather and the water cycle. They observe the weather and begin a weather journal. Each student interacts with the concepts of evaporation, condensation and precipitation, clouds,...
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Farming: Natural Resources (Lesson 2)

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify the types of natural resources. They explain the difference between weather and climate. They practice using a rain gauge and reading a thermometer.
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How Wet Did It Get?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students measure the rainfall/snowfall on the playground on a rainy/snowy day with a rain/snow gauge. They draw a bar graph representing the amount of water that fell and observe a satellite image of the clouds and local weather system...
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Science: When Autumn Leaves Fall

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students conduct Internet research to discover the reason why leaves change color in autumn. On a nature walk around school grounds, they collect leaves of various colors and shapes over a three-week period. finally, students select...
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Rate It - Working With Positive and negative Numbers

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Learners practice rating things using numbers between -2 to 2. In this rating lesson, students determine what a rating scale is before rating things such as the weather, a book, or a day using the numbers -2 to 2. They examine the use of...
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Valley Forge

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students describe how location, weather, and physical environment affect the way people live, including the effects on their food, clothing, shelter, transportation, and recreation. They also describe the lives of American heroes who...
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Morning Activity

For Teachers 1st
First graders show appropriate ASL hand signs to answer questions for the morning meeting. They show the day of the week, the weather, and mode of transportation to school using signs. They copy the sign of the day and use name cards to...
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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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Water 1: Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners examine the changes as water goes from solid to liquid. In this states of matter lesson plan, students observe and record the changes to water as it changes from solid to liquid and back to solid.
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Will He See His Shadow? Groundhog Day Activities

For Teachers Pre-K - 4th Standards
What a fantastic collection of activities for celebrating Groundhog Day! This resource includes a variety of holiday reading selections, groundhog facts, links to printables, story comprehension lessons, and much more!
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Season Tiles: Ceramics Lesson

For Teachers K - 3rd
Each color holds its own feeling and these feelings are used to describe the four seasons. Youngsters create a color palate based on the four seasons, assigning various colors to each season. They each create four clay tiles, painting...
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Water & Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners investigate the properties of water. In this states of water lesson, students explore how water goes from liquid to solid and back to liquid again. Learners use measurement, observation, and communication to describe the change.
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Food Guide Pyramid - TV and Peers

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify foods that belong in each group on the food guide pyramid. They discuss how TV and peers may negatively influence eating habits.

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