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The Solstices

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Compare surface temperatures when the solstice occurs in the different hemispheres. Young scientists draw conclusions from their investigation of data collected using spreadsheets and a globe.
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Why Do We Have Seasons?

For Teachers 1st
First graders watch a video about the seasons. They role play with the teacher the sun and earth. The student's heads are the earth, their foreheads are the Northern Hemisphere. The teacher shines a flashlight on them to simulate the sun...
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Climatic Changes

For Students 6th - 8th
Investigate the greenhouse effect and global warming with this weather worksheet: scholars describe the seasonal variations of temperature and day length at its greatest and its least. Then they describe the effects of El Nino and how...
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Stars

For Students 4th - 8th
In this space science worksheet, students use the clues to assist them in solving the crossword puzzle on the stars. They identify various constellations and how each rotates.
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Interactive
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Student Exploration: Summer and Winter

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this recognizing the seasons online/interactive worksheet, students explore the Earth's positions and determine the summer and winter season. Students answer 21 short answer questions
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Twisting the Air Away - The Coriolis Effect

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the Coriolis Effect and its effects on the different hemispheres.  For this Earth science lesson students divide into groups to  they make predictions. High schoolers then complete an activity to explore movement...
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Volume of Hemisphere

For Students 8th - 10th
In this volume of hemisphere worksheet, students compute the volume of 5 hemisphere when given either the radius or the circumference.
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Time and Seasons

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this science activity, students identify months and seasons. They complete the crossword puzzle by demonstrating their knowledge of days in a month, months in given seasons, and the amount of time in a given unit of measurement.
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Unit Plan
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Regions of South America

For Teachers 2nd
Students explore facts about South America in the four lessons of this unit. Booklets are created from the materials produced as the class delves into the topic.