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GED Vocabulary: Life Science
In this life science GED worksheet, high schoolers complete a crossword puzzle given 9 clues about structures of the nervous system, the circulatory system, evolution, the digestive system, molecules and fossils. Students are given a...
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Surface Water
In this surface water activity, 6th graders will read 12 statements related to surface water and the movement of rivers over the land. In each statement, there is a bold-faced word that the students will unscramble and place into a word...
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Waterdrops Water Cycle
In this earth science worksheet, students read an article about the water cycle. Then they continue the story about the travels of a water droplet through time and space. Students also complete sentences by writing in the correct word...
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THE WONDERFUL WATER CYCLE
Young scholars are introduced to the processes of evaporation and condensation as they observe physical changes in water. They observe how matter changes from a solid to a liquid state. Students are explained that steam is water in its...
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What Do Heating and Cooling Do?
In this changes of matter worksheet, students write in what happens when water is heated and when water gets very cold. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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Factors affecting infiltration and runoff
Students investigate some of the factors that determine the amount of runoff. They are reminded that infiltration and runoff tend to work oppositely. When conditions are bad for infiltration they usually lead to runoff.
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Watercycle
Third graders examine the natural circulation of water from oceans, lakes, and rivers to evaporation into the air, and then to condensation to produce rain falling back to the soil as components of the water cycle.
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Evaporation Marathon
Students review the steps of the scientific method and participate in a three day experiment. They observe water evaporation over time.
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PLANTS LOVE AIR
Learners identify that plants cannot develop adequately without air and predict what happens to the leaf of a geranium brought to class. They draw a picture of what they think the leaf will look like after a week of being covered....
BBC
Bbc Schools: Ks2 Bitesize: Science: Materials: Changes in Materials
Help solve the mystery and find the missing crystal. Following the activity, read more about chemical and physical changes, and then take a quick quiz to check for understanding.
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McREL International
Mc Rel: Water Cycle [Pdf]
An assessment question requiring knowledge of the water cycle with the opportunity to use application skills.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Evaporation: Determine the Variables That Affect the Rate of Evaporation
In this lesson plan, learners will be able to explain and demonstrate the process of evaporation while discovering the variables that affect the rate of evaporation.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Evaporation: Investigating Factors That Affect It
In this guided inquiry investigation, students examine conditions to see what affect these conditions have on evaporation rates.
Read Works
Read Works: The Life Cycle of a Snowman
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about water as a liquid, a solid, and a gas. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Determining Transpiration From a Schoolyard Tree
A good project to link math skills with ecology. Hands-on activies help students understand the role of trees in ecosystems.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: The Water Cycle
This site provides a comprehensive introduction to the water cycle. Students construct a model to simulate parts of the water cycle. Includes background information, links to standards, lesson plans, and assessment ideas.
US Geological Survey
Usgs: How Much Water Is There on (And In) the Earth?
The USGS gives an overview of the amount of water on Earth and where it is located. It gives a few interesting facts about the Earth's supply of water. Click Home to access the site in Spanish.
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Changing State: Evaporation
Learn how substances change from a liquid to a gaseous state in the process of evaporation.
Math Science Nucleus
Math/science Nucleus: Drippy Water Cycle Animation
This animation discusses the water cycle in a storybook format using the character Drippy. All the stages of the water cycle are covered.
PBS
Pbs Teachers:dimming the Sun
Conduct an experiment and investigate how air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, solar radiation and precipitation affect evaporation. Graph the data collected during the experiment.
Other
University of Alaska: Freezing of Hot and Cold Water
What will freeze first - hot water or cold water? Read this article and be surprised. This article provides great information about the freezing of water.