Why do athletes load up on carbohydrates the evening before a competition? The instructional activity helps answer this question as it relates the type of food to the amount of energy it contains. After a discussion, scholars...

If the Lorax were to write a letter, what would he write? Introduce your class to systems and feedback loops through the whimsical stylings of Dr. Seuss. Learners take on the Lorax's point of view to write a letter, among other activities.

Your young environmentalists can calculate their carbon footprint and discuss ways to reduce it with a worksheet about climate change. After reading a handout about what impact one's carbon footprint can have on the environment, kids...

How can you predict the weather without any technology? Young scientists learn to forecast the weather using traditional Native American techniques. Based on their observations of the weather, as well as talking to their classmates, they...

Students study thermal energy and energy transfer to sea ice processes. In this energy transfer lesson, students make their own ice cream and discuss energy transfer and thermal energy. Students view a radiation overhead and its role in...

Define and write proverbs! Learners define proverbs, use the Internet to find weather-related proverbs, and talk with their parents to learn other proverbs. There's a well-structured worksheet included here. 

Learners complete activities to study the frost and frost depth. In this frost study lesson, students use frost tubes to study and measure the frost at their school. Learners measure the frost in the tube and enter their data online to...

Students explore the active layer above permafrost and investigate various factors on the insulation value of the active layer.  In this energy transfer lesson plan, students conduct and experiment to determine the effects of snow...

Students determine sea ice thickness, concentration, and floe size by reading egg codes.  For this sea ice conditions lesson, students color code a map based on prescribed criteria and use the maps to identify changes in sea ice...

Students make observations. In this sensory skills lesson, students use their senses as well as tools that sharpen their senses to make observations regarding foods and other items.

Students record weather for a period of one month. In this weather lesson, students observe weather for one month on a large pictograph. Students record clouds, wind, temperature and any other weather conditions they observe. Students...

Students research and chart extreme weather events on a timeline. In this extreme weather lesson, students interview older people who have experienced extreme weather events. Students complete a worksheet based on the information of the...

Students practice trends forecasting to predict the weather. In this forecasting lesson plan, students learn how meteorologists predict the weather by looking at weather trends. They then predict their own forecast, analyze the results,...

Learners recognize the elements of an analog weather forecast.  In this weather forecasting lesson, students use a website and look for trends, persistence and climatology in weather forecasting.  Learners complete a...

Learners interview an Elder to determine ways of forecasting the weather.  For this weather lesson, students use the information from an interview to make a weather prediction.

Students recognize the three main types of clouds. In this clouds lesson plan, students create a cloud mobile to understand clouds.

Students explore clouds.  In this weather lesson, students identify the steps in the water cycle, define condensation and evaporation, and relate this information to cloud formation.  Students perform a cloud experiment,...

Students observe and explain how a change in temperature causes a physical change in a substance.  In this physical science activity, students use a soap making kit to observe the effects of adding heat to the bar soap as they...

Students demonstrate the three states of matter. In this matter lesson, students read Bartholomew and the Ooblek. Students create "ooblek" and discuss what state of matter it is.

Students identify the physical properties of items using the sense of touch. In this touch and discover lesson plan, students describe items.  Students sort items using a Venn diagram.

Learners explore objects before and after heating using their senses.  For this matter and energy lesson, students experiment with a variety of objects and use their senses (except taste) to make predictions and record observations...

Students observe a demonstration on the role of thermal conductivity in heat transfer.  For this thermal conductivity lesson, students design and conduct an experiment to compare the thermal conductivity of four substances....

Young scholars measure humidity in the classroom. In this weather lesson, students use a psychrometer to measure the humidity in the classroom. Young scholars complete a lab packet.

Students understand that a psychrometer is a weather instrument used to detect humidity. In this psychrometer instructional activity, students build a psychrometer.  Students use their psychrometers to measure humidity activity.