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The Higher Power of Lucky

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students complete activities using the book The Higher Power of Lucky. In this literature lesson, students read the story and identify the parts of the story. They create a wind chime like that found in the book. 
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The Beaufort Scale: A Local Model

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students study the Beaufort Scale and use it to study wind in their community. In this wind study lesson, students watch a DVD about climate change and learn about the Beaufort Scale. Students complete a worksheet for the topic.
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Convection

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students experiment with the cyclic process of convection and apply the principal to everyday events.
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SURFACE CURRENTS

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify five major ocean currents and identify the correlation between ocean circulation and prevailing winds.
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Teaching Musical Instruments in Kindergarten

For Teachers K
Students explore the sounds of different instruments through the nne lessons of this unit. Instruments representing the elements of percussion, string, and wind are utilized in this unit.
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Music Assessment: 8 measure piece

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders compose an eight measure piece in a major key that utilized some form of wind instrument, body percussion and voice. They notate their composition on staff paper prior to the assessment and perform their composition.
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Capturing Wind Energy

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students investigate technology and make a correlation between technology and the weather. In this science lesson, students experiment with the weather and climate using technology to help them understand forces and motion. They identify...
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Flying Against The Wind

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discuss the various actions of non-Jewish Germans during World War II. Through various readings and activities, they explore the rejection of Nazi ideology and how many German citizens worked to help Jewish citizens during...
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High winds hit Oman

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read a text on a severe storm in Oman. They review vocabulary, practice reading strategies and complete a vocabulary matching exercise. Afterward, they design and write a poster to tell people what to do before, during and after...
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Earth's Winds, Crust, and Atmosphere

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
This site provides a variety of activities and worksheets about the problem-based learning activity about Earth and its atmosphere. The lessons can be used separately or together in a geology unit. The resources and charts are very...
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WINDMILL POWER

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study operations with real numbers using mental computation or paper-and-pencil calculations. They judge the reasonableness of numerical computations and their results. They set up and solve proportions for direct and inverse...
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Cloudy with a Chance of........

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders watch a video about Utah's weather and illustrate the water cycle. They read "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" and identify weather words after listening to the weather radio. They create weather measurement instruments...
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Dust in the Wind; Chemicals in the Water

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore mechanical and chemical weathering at stations. They articulate some mechanisms of chemical and mechanical weathering through exploration in a lab. Students stations describe how chemical weathering differs from...
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Air and Weather

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study Earth's materials. In this air and weather lesson, 2nd graders note changes in the weather and examine tools that help us study the weather. Students analyze how changes in the environment make changes in the...
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Terrestrial Hi-Lo Hunt

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Young scholars assess environmental factors. For this environmental factors lesson, students explore their surroundings identifying warm and cool spots, dry and wet areas, and determining the warmest and coolest areas. Young scholars...
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Windmills: Putting Wind Energy to Work

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students review engineering design process and discuss how wind can be used to help get work done. They look at a variety of windmills, focusing on different materials used in construction of windmills.
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Explore: 4th Grade Beaufort Wind Speed

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders measure wind speed, air pressure, humidity, temperature, and wind direction. They compare their observations with those of actual weather forecasts.
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Winds Over Land vs. Ocean

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore friction and the way it impacts wind over the ocean compared to over land.
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Wind Direction

For Teachers 7th - 12th
In this activity, students will make a gauge to track wind direction.
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Seaside Wind Chime

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this craft worksheet, students learn about common seashells (especially in Florida) by first reading and looking at the photographs of 6 common shells. Students follow detailed instructions to construct a seaside wind chime of shells...
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Easy Wind Chimes

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students make wind chimes out of an embroidery hoop. In this art lesson, students attach three strings or yarn to the hoop and attach items that make noise like bells or beads so when wind hits, it will make noise.
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Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore English by reading a children's book in class. For this story vocabulary lesson, students read the book Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse and discuss the use of three vocabulary words. Students define the selected...
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Music - Touch the Wind

For Teachers K - 5th
Students study the Oneida song "Touch the Wind". They discuss the meaning and sentiment of the piece. Students use important singing techniques including good breathing, dynamics, and pitch. Students illustrate of the meaning of the song.
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Energy Transfer

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students investigate the properties of heated air. They make predictions about what they think makes the wind blow on a worksheet, and conduct two experiments to demonstrate the properties of heated air. Students heat a bottle until a...

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