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Energy Transfer in Musical Instruments

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students create unique sounds using different instruments.  In this energy instructional activity, students read and define several vocabulary terms such as heat, energy transfer and thermal equilibrium.  Students utilize...
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Energy Audit

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students collect data about energy usage and use mathematical calculations to analyze their data. In this energy conservation and statistics math lesson plan, students survey their homes to complete an energy usage worksheet. Students...
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Electricity - How it Works and How We Measure and Pay For It

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars investigate energy consumption by researching wattage.  In this electricity lesson, students discuss how electricity works and gets transferred to our electronic devices through generators and circuits.  Young...
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Natural Refrigeration

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students build a refrigerator that does not require electricity. In this environmental science lesson, student consider desert dwellers of Africa who have no access to electricity. Students use flower pots, sand and water to study the...
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Environment, Technology, and Culture of the Chumash People

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students develop an understanding of the interrelatedness of technology, culture, and environment as illustrated by the Chumash culture. They research the tribe and complete a table for the Chumash people describing their environment,...
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Volcanic Activity in the U.S.

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students locate and map ten volcanoes in United States, create chart comparing volcanoes by last eruption, type of volcano, location, and interesting fact, and create Powerpoint slide show describing basic information about volcanoes and...
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All Hats for Ecology: Solid Waste Presentation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners investigate community issues with solid waste. In this mock trial lesson, students examine the issues of solid waste from an ecological and economical perspective. They will develop a mock trial which encourages preservation of...
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Tropical Forest Food Chain

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Learners explore the interdependence of the animals and plants in tropical rainforests. They explore the importance of conserving biodiversity and tropical food chains. They create a tropical forest food chain and identify species that...
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Discovering How a Car Works

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain the four stroke process in internal combustion engines. In this physics lesson, students role play this process and present their reenactment in class. They draw and label the diagram of an internal combustion engine.
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Forest Food Chains and Webs

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore forest ecological systems. In this ecology lesson, students classify forest plants and animals according to their ecological roles. Students play a related vocabulary guessing game.  Students choose a card on which...
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Learning Lesson: How it is Currently Done

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars create their own ocean currents by using everyday items. They examine the constant pushing of molecules that makes us feel wind. They discuss how the water moves in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Tornadoes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars examine the characteristics of a tornado. They practice using new vocabulary and participate in a question and answer session. They use the internet to gather more specific information.
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Natural Hazards

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers evaluate the hazards of naturally occurring events. After watching a video concerning safety hazards, students work in groups to discuss the safety issues involved in taking a trip to a mountainous region. ...
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Let Me Tell You About My State

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students develop an awareness of the concepts of the United States through the Amateur Radio communication services by verbally sharing information about their state such as cultures, current events, geography, history and much more.
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Indiana University

Indiana Univ.: Global Energy Transfer, Atmosphere and Ocean Circulation, Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
A course lecture on the external processes that shape the Earth, specifically the hydrologic system. This system is powered by the Sun's energy. The components of the Earth's energy budget are described, and how these drive the movement...
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Oklahoma Mesonet

Oklahoma Climatological Survey: Earth's Energy Budget

For Students 9th - 10th
This 2-part resource details how the Earth absorbs just enough energy from the Sun to sustain life. Content explores incoming solar radiation and outgoing terrestrial radiation.
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DOGO Media

Dogo News: The North Dakota Access Pipeline

For Students 9th - 10th
The NDAP has many people upset, but those most upset are the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and environmentalists. Understand what the problem is with this underground pipeline. Find comprehension questions and vocabulary identification.
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Energy for Sustainable Development

Esd Bulgaria: Kids & Energy: Energy Pioneers: David Nelson Crosthwait

For Students 9th - 10th
A profile of David Nelson Crosthwait (1898-1976), an African-American electrical and mechanical engineer. He was considered an authority on heat transfer, ventilation and air conditioning.

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