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Environmental Problems and Solutions
In this environmental problems and solutions worksheet, students are given a list of 25 environmental problems. They match them with a given solution and paste the matching pairs to a piece of construction paper.
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Thermodynamics
For this thermodynamics worksheet, high schoolers answer 12 questions about energy, conduction, convection and radiation, heat, the conservation of energy and atoms at different temperatures.
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What Is Energy? Short Demos
Students engage in three short, hands-on, in-class demos which expand students' understand of energy. First, using peanuts and heat, students see how the human body burns food to make energy. Then, they create paper snake mobiles to...
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Cloud In a Bottle
In this cloud activity, middle schoolers use a clear plastic bottle to simulate the process of cloud formation. They drop a lit match into the bottle that contains water and shake it to form condensed water or clouds. They answer...
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Condensation
Students participate in the scientific process to investigate what happens to water when it evaporates by observing condensation. In small groups they observe what happens to ice in a cup, and what occurs when they hold a bowl of ice...
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Density and Convection Currents
Students listen as the teacher explains convection currents in the ocean. They experiment with finding a smoking match in the classroom with their eyes closed. Students discuss what might effect their ability to pinpoint the smoke...
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The Magic School Bus In the Arctic
Students learn along with Ms. Frizzle's class. For this Magic School Bus lesson plan, students explore how insulation works to keep in body heat.
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Sublimation
Young scholars investigate sublimation and deposition using moth balls and toilet bowl freshener. In this sublimation lesson plan, students make a water bath and use two small beakers inside 2 larger beakers with moth balls in one and...
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Chemistry Is a Gas
Young scholars investigate the gas laws and how they apply to changes in gases. In this gas laws lesson, students use Boyle's Law and Charles' law to show the relationships between pressure and volume and volume and temperature of gases.
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Weather
Students explore the earth's atmosphere, weather, and climate. They begin class with a discussion about weather patterns, atmosphere, and the layers of the earth. After the class discussion, students rotate through four stations to...
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Atmospheric Processes - Conduction
Students explain the process of conduction using a molecular explanation, and explain how different materials conduct at different rates.
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Skin Temperature
In this skin temperature worksheet, students read about the temperature of the core and the skin of the human body. They answer four critical thinking questions about regulating body temperature.
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Gas Law Homework Problem Set
In this gas law instructional activity, students practice applying the gas laws by completing 4 word problems focused on volume, pressure, and temperature.
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WS 5.3 Combined Gas Law
In this gas worksheet, students solve eight problems using the combined gas law to find either pressure, volume or temperature of a gas.
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Sentence Structure: Avoiding Choppy, Run-on, and Stringy Sentences
Use this as a reference sheet for peer- or self-editing, or as a guide when teaching sentence structure. Defines and gives examples of choppy, run-on, and stringy sentences, and provides corrected versions of each. Check revised examples...
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Will Smog be a Problem at the Olympic Games?
Students locate China on a world map, then read a news article about pollution in Beijing. In this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion about smog and a vocabulary activity, then students read the...
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Water
Learners conduct a series of investigations on the unique properties of water. In this general science lesson, students explain what causes water's surface tension. They explain the different stages in the water cycle.
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Weather Around the World
Students learn a few key weather terminology and a variety of climates through examining and recording weather characteristics in a variety of communities around the world.
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Quiz: Weather Terminology #1
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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Outdoor Survival
Students are introduced to basic outdoor survival concepts. They identify the seven basic needs for survival. Students describe the symptoms and treatment for frostbite and hypothermia. They compare and contrast the value of different...
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Convection
Students experiment with the cyclic process of convection and apply the principal to everyday events.
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Introduce Vocabulary: The Scaredy Cats
Young scholars discover the meaning of tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson, students read Scaredy Cats, listening for 3 pre-select tier two vocabulary words. Words are defined by the teacher and young scholars practice...
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As a Matter of Fact
Students rotate through various hands-on experiment stations to explore the concept and properties of different types of matter. They compare some properties of solids, liquids and gases and describe how matter changes from one state to...
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The Submarine Read Comprehension - Short Stories
In this short story comprehension worksheet, students read a short story about submarines and answer 5 comprehension multiple choice questions and 5 vocabulary multiple choice questions.