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Hurricanes
Your middle school meteorologists mull over hurricane facts while viewing this presentation. They learn about the physical characteristics and power of these low-pressure storms. They also discover the danger of hurricanes: freshwater...
PBS
NOVA Cloud Lab Lesson Plan
A sign that washed away from Hurricane Sandy in 2012 beached itself 3,595 miles away in France. This artifact and others from around the world help scientists understand water currents and the far-reaching impact of hurricanes. Scholars...
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Horrific Hurricanes
Students study hurricanes and how scientists predict them. In this hurricane lesson students read an article on hurricanes, complete an activity and take a quiz.
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Honoring an Organization that Brings Relief to Our Nation
Acknowledge the importance of Red Cross Month in your classroom with these awareness activities.
Common Sense Media
Identifying High-Quality Sites
Use a Huffington Post article focused on false pictures of Hurricane Sandy to launch a discussion about the reliability of online information. Groups compare and contrast how print and broadcast media regulate data gathering with the...
Center Science Education
Weather in the News
Tornadoes, blizzards, and hurricanes, oh my! In this lesson, meteorology majors compare stories of historical storms written by two or more different sources. As a result, they understand how the media portrays such catastrophes and...
EngageNY
Mid-Unit 2 Assessment: Analyzing a New Narrative about a Natural Disaster, Part I
Scholars complete a mid-unit assessment by analyzing a narrative text, In the Middle of the Storm. Learners determine the gist of the text, identify synonyms, make inferences, and answer text-dependent questions to demonstrate...
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Articles - To Use or Not To Us, That is the Question!
For this articles rules and usage worksheet, students determine if and what articles should be used in a sentence. In this fill in the blank worksheet, students complete ten sentences.
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ARTICLES- To Use or Not To Use, That is the Question!
In this articles practice worksheet, students examine the list of rules for using articles and then respond to 10 fill in the blank questions.
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Anguilla: An Island Economy
Students role play a potential investor and prepare a position paper concerning possible investment opportunities in the Caribbean--specifically, the island of Anguilla. They read a variety of articles as they complete research needed to...
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Fourth Grade Science Quiz
In this science instructional activity, 4th graders take a multiple choice quiz about the weather, moon, electricity, and more. Students complete 15 questions total.