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Curricular Correlations

For Teachers 5th
Here is a terrific way to teach your oceanographers about the effects that the ocean have on the weather and climate found throughout the world. In it, pupils engage in a science experiment designed to emulate how the ocean affects...
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Creating Climographs

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students chart statistical information on graphs, interpret the information and use it to explain spatial relationships, and identify the relationship between climate and vegetation.
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Vocabulary: Talking About the Weather-2

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this foreign language worksheet, students fill in the blanks for 10 weather related sentences. Each sentence has a list of three words to select from.
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"Our Environment"

For Students 6th - 12th
In this environment worksheet, students access a website to answer questions about the landscape and biogeoclimate of British Columbia. This worksheet has 6 short answer questions.
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Water Supply

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore weather patterns by completing an Internet project. In this water cycle lesson, 4th graders read assigned text including a Magic School Bus book about precipitation and water. Students complete a water science...
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How Does Climate Affect Our Shelter Needs?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate how weather influences shelter choices. They explore the concept of insulation and discuss some traditional Native American shelters. They discuss the shelters used by the Okanogan people during the various...
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Climatic Changes

For Students 9th - 12th
In this climate changes learning exercise, students review the different events such as volcanic eruptions and El Nino that change the climate. This learning exercise has 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions.
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What is Climate?

For Students 9th - 12th
In this climate worksheet, students review the components that make up climate including temperature and precipitation. This worksheet has 8 true or false and 2 short answer questions.
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Vocabulary; Talking About the Weather-1

For Teachers 8th - 9th
In this foreign language worksheet, students read 10 sentences related to the weather. They select the best response from those given to fill in the missing blank.
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Mean, Mode, Range, Median

For Students 4th - 8th
In this weather worksheet, students look at the average monthly temperatures and precipitation for their own city to determine the mean, mode, range, and median. This worksheet has 8 fill in the blank questions.
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Fraser River Watershed Weather

For Students 6th - 12th
In this weather worksheet, students access a website to complete a graphic organizer comparing the temperature, pressure, and humidity of 10 locations in British Columbia.
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CURRENT AND CLIMATE

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study currents and how they have been used to plot courses for travel. They examine the ocean currents in both the Atlantic and Pacific and discuss their effect on local weather.
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"Show Me" Missouri's Temperatures

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders gather climate data about cities from each of Missouri's five geographical regions and use technological tools to translate this data into graphs for further analysis and reflection.
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Greenhouse Effect: Pop Bottle Experiment

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore global warming by conducting a weather experiment. In this greenhouse gas lesson, students define the greenhouse effect and the impact on our ozone layer. Students utilize a soda pop bottle, floodlight bulb, thermometers...
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Greenhouse Gas Game

For Teachers 7th - 12th
You will need to gather a number of tokens, bags, and other various game components in order to incorporate this activity into your curriculum. Different tokens represent carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Printable 8.5"x11"...
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Comparing the Effects of El Nino and La Nina

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine the differences between an El Nino and La Nina year.  In this investigative lesson plan students create maps and graphs of the data they obtained. 
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Fiji Thatched-Roof House

For Teachers K - 6th
Students research information about Fiji Islands, including their location, size, climate, history, and people, recognize that housing is dependent upon weather and building materials found in area, and build authentic replica of...
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Geography Student Workbook, Australia

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Your youngsters will be experts on the geography of Australia after working with these activities and worksheets, which review the continent's weather, major landforms, dimensions, history, and climate.
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Freshwater Availability Classroom Activity

For Teachers 2nd - 6th Standards
This science assignment produced by NASA teaches inquiring minds the distribution of Earth's water. Learners will appreciate and understand the importance of fresh water and how weather and climate affects everything.
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Understanding Lava Layers

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders view "Volcano" by National Geographic Video. They experiment with baking soda and study lava flow. They describe volcano and earthquake patterns. They analyze weather and climate changes and how they relate to the natural...
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Lost in Space

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Here is a case study for high school or college-level learners about space exploration equipment that has failed. The class reads about the Mars Climate Orbiter that was destroyed in 1999 and discusses the costs and benefits of space...
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Soda Sales

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils are shown how to chart a supply demand curve, analyze information from a chart and send and receive information to participating schools by use of telecommunications (an added objective could be for fund-raising). They determine...
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Create a Cloud in a Jar (Hands-on Version)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the conditions necessary for cloud formation.  In this clouds lesson students complete an activity that shows them atmospheric pressure.
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What Makes you Hot?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners manipulate different variables in a model and make inferences about the temperature on Earth.  In this heat lesson students calculate the blackbody radiation of an object at a certain temperature. 

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