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Ice, Ice, Baby

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the causes and effects of the melting ice formations in Antarctica; they then research different aspects of the topic in order to create a news special.
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Exploring California's Regions

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students participate in small groups to create a California's Region map. They research and identify the climate, geographic features, and one or two special features of their assigned region.
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Biomimicry, Nature: Architecture of the Future

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the relationship between nature and architecture. For this cross curriculum history, culture, and architecture lesson, students observe and discuss structures visible in nature. Students view websites in which Native...
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Cruel Schools

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students survey the climate of their school. In this personal health lesson, students discuss bullying and violence in schools. Students then complete a school climate survey, compile the results, and interpret them. Students write data...
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Trouble With Trolls

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners listen to The Trouble With Trolls and discuss fables.  In this story elements lesson, students work on reading skills.  Learners participate in different reading activities.
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Surveying the Land

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore the different kinds of maps and the purpose of each.  For this Geography lesson, students work in small groups to create a map which includes the use of a map key.
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Early Humans

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders read about the different types of Humanoid. They examine the different cultural beliefs and their own personal beliefs about evolution. They research the species using the scientific theory about evolution.
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Classroom Meteorologists: An Experiential Approach to Learning about Seasons and Weather

For Teachers K
Students examine several concepts about weather in the seven lessons of this unit. This year long activity helps students to gather data seasonally about wind, clouds, precipitation, and temperature. Earth's three climate zones are...
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Explore a Family Recipe Creative Writing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the connections between food and culture by investigating the cultural influences, preparation, and historical ties of the food that people eat. They comprehend how geography and climate effects what people eat...
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Five Utah Indian Tribes

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders trace the emergence and development of culture in Utah. They study the five Utah Indian Tribes and review several names of physical features of Utah that are derived from Indian words. They discuss how many cultures have...
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All about Greece

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Greece worksheet, students learn and report about Greece. Activities include geography, natural resources, recipes, landmarks, history and climate. Students do their own research.
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1984: How Much Fact in Fiction?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare and contrast the society in Orwell's 1984 with modern society. In this 1984 lesson, students research the historical climate in which Orwell wrote the novel. Students create a comparison chart of privacy issues in the...
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Where in the World? Biomes of the Earth

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students research a biome.  In this biomes of the Earth lesson plan, students discuss what they already know about ecology and view pictures of different biomes.  Students work in groups to research a different biome. ...
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Plankton / Phytoplankton

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers discuss the importance of plankton in the ocean ecosystem. In this biology lesson, students identify the different types plankton by observing them under the microscope. They explain how plankton population affect global...
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Alaska

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students describe and explain variations in Alaska's physical environment including climate, landforms, natural resources and natural hazards and compare how people in different communities adapt to or modify the physical environment.
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Water Layering and Circulation

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students examine relationships and interactions between different types of water. They experiment with colored water of different temperature and salinity and discuss how the results relate to real ocean currents.
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Plant Life in Action

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine various habitats and record the living creatures they found.  In this biodiversity lesson, 6th graders complete a worksheet recording their observations. Students draw conclusions about the climate and its...
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EarthTrek Gravestone Project

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the effects of acid rain. In this acid rain lesson, students investigate the effects of the weathering from acid rain in different places. Students visit cemetaries to collect data about the effects of acid rain on the...
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Food For Keeps

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore food. In this processed and fresh foods instructional activity, students discover how some foods are processed and how they differ from fresh food. The complete group activities and an individual reading...
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Regions and Habitats

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify the different habitats found in the seven regions of the United States. In this ecology lesson, 4th graders write an essay about how humans affect the ecosystem and vice versa. They discuss how changes on one...
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BBC Learning English, Writing (E-mail)

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this ESL writing worksheet, students compare their own culture to that of England, then identify phrases used for comparing and contrasting. Students write an e-mail message describing some of these differences using the comparison...
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Do It Write

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate types of communities. In this communities lesson, students read the book The Country Mouse and City Mouse and identify the characteristics of the city and country. Students participate in a pen-pal program with a...
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Shifting Coastlines

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Young scholars study North Carolina's changing coastline during the Paleoindian and Archaic periods and determine the positions of the coastline at different times and decide what types of archaeological information has been lost due to...
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Frogs Losing Ground

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore an exhibit through an interactive program on frogs. They can listen to the different sounds frogs make and the different types of frogs. They search for the types of frogs they find in their local area.

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