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Necessary Nitrogen

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view a video that presents the biogeochemical cycle of nitrogen. They compare types of soils and consider how different fertilizers affect soil composition.
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Learning Lesson: Analyzing a Weather Map

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners use weather maps to locate warm and cold fronts. They discover the different types of weather associated with these fronts. They also observe the weather in their local area.
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Weather Predictions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students record weather data and create a five day forecast. Students investigate the roles of meteorologists and identify symbols used on a weather map. After gathering weather data for a week, students will create a five day forecast...
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Measuring Water Vapor: The Microwave Water Radiometer (MWR)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate water vapor. They view and analyze photos, conduct Internet research, and analyze the total water vapor/total liquid water data plot.
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Surface Meteorological Observation System (SMOS)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate local surface weather conditions. They log weather conditions for thirty days, develop a graph, plot cloud cover, and compare/contrast the graphed lines of various weather factors.
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Lose Some Weight- Evaporate!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students determine that some liquids are able to evaporate more readily than others. They create a balance using cups and a ruler to determine which end of a strip dipped in alcohol or water evaporates the fastest, hence loses the most...
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Lesson 5: Boyle's Law

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students participate in a lab to verify Boyle's Law using applied force (weight) to do work on a closed isolated system of air. "Elasticity of Gases Apparatus, BASIX" from Sargent-Welch is the syringe apparatus used to measure volume...
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Quiz: Weather Terminology #1

For Teachers 3rd
In this science worksheet, 3rd graders focus on the weather. Students respond to ten fill in the blank questions regarding specific terminology used in weather.
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Ocean Currents Quiz

For Students 6th - 8th
In this ocean activity, students complete a 13 question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about ocean currents. Prior knowledge is assumed.
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MLTI region

For Students 5th - 8th
For this MLTI region worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions about the MLTI region and other NASA missions. Students answer four questions.
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Pierre Elliott Trudeau: Memoirs

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students watch the video "Pierre Elliot Trudeau: Memoirs," complete a vocabulary list, and participate in a discussion of the video. They explore one of Cananda's most charismatic leaders.
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Discovery Shuttle Ready for Liftoff

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate and research what the space shuttle and ground crews must do to make sure all goes well from liftoff to landing each time the shuttle leaves earth.
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Weather Patterns

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders collect and chart weather data over the course of the school year either using tools at school or media resources. They agree on weather terms to use in their observations and write them on the assigned sheet. Finally,...
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Making Circle Graphs

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders engage in the practice of a Math lesson. Students practice the use of circle graphs in class and on homework as an extension. The lesson includes a classroom management portion. The assignment for the lesson is for the...
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Extreme Weather!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a web page explaining a specfic type of extreme weather and identify recent examples of the weather occurance. They form small groups to research the weather type and build an HTML word document to share with classmates...
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Extreme Weather!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers 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...
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Weather v. Climate

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders discuss the differences between climate and weather as a class. Using data they collected, they create a graph of the data to share with the class over a specific time period. They compare and contrast this data with...
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Air and Aerodynamics

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science learning exercise, learners find the words that are related to the vocabulary of air and aerodynamics. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Deserts Crossword

For Students 9th - 10th
In this geography crossword puzzle, students answer twenty-one questions about deserts. Among the topics are plants, animals, and terrain.
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Telemetry

For Students 9th - 11th
In this telemetry worksheet, students will read about how telemetry works and the different ways that scientist use telemetry to gather data. Students complete 2 short answer questions based on the reading.
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Gases

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this gases learning exercise, students review the kinetic molecular theory and use the ideal gas law to solve 20 problems.
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Cloze Passage: A Boiler Explosion

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this boiler explosion cloze procedure worksheet, students fill in the 12 missing words in the passage to help identify their reading level.
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Explorit's Weather Quiz

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this weather instructional activity, learners complete questions to a quiz about the weather. Students complete 5 questions in the weather quiz.
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Cloud Types

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners examine cloud types. In this cloud instructional activity, students identify cloud types, observe clouds and collect data, and analyze data to identify the most common cloud they observe overhead during the course of a month.

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