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Climate And the Greenhouse Effect

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students demonstrate the greenhouse effect. They recognize that relatively small changes to our environment can stimulate significant climate changes. They determine that the "scientific method" is a process of testing hypotheses and...
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Winter and Summer Storms Scenarios

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discover the patterns that create summer and winter storms. Working in groups, they create model storms for summer and winter. Students discuss the reasons why summer storms and winter storms are different and explain...
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Sunlight and Warm Air

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine the different ways heat can be felt.  In this radiation and conduction lesson plan, students recognize that the sun radiates heat. Students conduct three experiments to find how the sun warms the Earth and how that heat...
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Daniell Cell

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain how Daniell cells work. In this electrochemistry lesson plan, students conduct a variety of experiments to explore the different types of cells. They create a model of Daniell cell.
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Using the Synoptic Code for the Prediction of Water

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students construct a thermoscreen for the experiment. In this earth science lesson, students make observations and interpret them using synoptic codes. They predict the weather based on gathered information.
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Clouds Movement and Type

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars examine types of clouds and their movement. In this science lesson plan, students explore how to determine cloud movement and direction, differentiate between the different types of clouds, and predict the weather based on...
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Everyone Knows It's Windy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create an anemometer, an instrument that measures wind speed.
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Weather Forecasting Unit

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars study weather concepts, mapping, characteristics in this series of lessons.
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Atmospheric Processes -- Convection

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Young scholars work together to discover how temperature changes can affect the density of water and air. They make predictions on what they believe is going to occur. They answer questions to complete the instructional activity.
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As the Sun Burns

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine the types of light the sun gives the Earth. They describe the electro-magnetic spectrum and how to protect themselves from different types of light. They identify the layers of the atmosphere as well.
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Weather

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study the basic components of weather. They construct a thermometer and anemometer to measure temperatures, precipitation, and wind speed. In addition, 2nd graders discover how to find these components on weather maps.
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Arctic Microclimates

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify, measure, and average micro-climatic temperatures in a particular region. They draw a small-scale map of an area to be sampled (classroom, playground, park, backyard) and identify potential locations for...
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Extreme Weather!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners develop an awareness of basic meteorology and related earth science topics. They reinforce geographical knowledge and build analytical and communications skills through class presentations. Students research exciting weather...
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Kinds of Weather and What to Wear

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore how temperature and wind contribute to types of weather. For this weather lesson, students observe an experiment in which ice, steam, and an electric fan are manipulated to produce results that simulate how fog and snow...
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Winter and Summer Storms Scenarios

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders analyze how summer and winter storms are different. In this weather lesson, 4th graders construct a winter storm simulation box and a summer storm bottle and record the temperature and barometer readings. The directions to...
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Wind

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars build an anemometer and measure wind speed. In this wind speed lesson plan, students build an anemometer using the student instruction sheet. Young scholars visit the Alaska windspeed website and look up the wind speed...
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Weather "Whys" Lesson 4: Spring

For Teachers K
Students explore the attributes of spring. In this weather lesson, students collect data regarding weather from various media. Students graph simple weather data and dress animals for forecasted weather. Students discuss the...
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Countdown to Disaster

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students discover the potential dangers of weather in their hometown.  In this environmental lesson, students research Hurricane Hugo and the devastation it caused South Carolina in 1989.  Students record weather data from their city and...
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Weather or Not

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore weather. In this meteorology lesson, 6th graders create weather instruments and compare and contrast weather data.
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Air Pressure and Wind

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore weather by reading weather measurement text. In this barometer lesson, 4th graders discuss ways weather is measured on Earth and how these measurements lead to predictions. Students read assigned text, discuss...
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Investigation 6 - Collecting Weather Data

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders collect data for two weeks. They start seeing patterns and make predictions. They can predict what the weather be like the next day and for the next few days. They see if their predictions were correct from the previous day.
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Fahrenheit vs Celsius

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students make a thermometer and write a paragraph about how they did it.
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Air Pressure is Powerful

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students construct a barometer and collect data on the changes in air pressure. They work is small groups using plastic tubing, corks, and green food coloring. They then use a formula to convert inches of mercury to barometric pressure...
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What's Going to Happen at Any Given Barometer Reading?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders brainstorm a list of words associated with weather. In groups, they sort the words into categories and observe the weather in their area for a month. To end the lesson, they compare the barometer measurements for a...

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