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Seeing Sound & Sonar
Students make inferences based on different sounds that they hear. For this inferences lesson plan, students will hear sounds of different objects and describe the sounds based on what they hear. They will answer various questions about...
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How Much Water is There?
Students investigate the amount of fresh water on earth and which water can be used for consumption. In this fresh water lesson plan, students calculate the amount of fresh water that can be used for consumption on earth. They use a 5...
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Understanding Biodiversity Via Ecological Footprints
Sixth graders investigate the ways in which human beings impact the environment and ecology through the calculation of their own ecological footprint, discussion questions pertaining to biodiversity and potential imbalance hazards, and...
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Your Galactic Address
Students discover their place in the universe. In this astronomy lesson, students identify their location on various maps that have increasingly larger scales. In the end, the students write their address in terms of their...
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What is Matter?
Young scholars investigate what matter is and how it changes states. In this physical properties lesson plan, students examine the vocabulary database and identify the characteristics of the three phases of matter. Young...
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What is a greenhouse?
Students experiment to gain understanding of how a greenhouse retains heat. In this greenhouse instructional activity, students work with soda bottles and simulate a greenhouse. Students compare data from a vented and intact...
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Blast Off with Model Rockets
Students investigate science and math by building a rocket. In this geometry lesson, students build a rocket using paper towel tubes while investigating questions about launching a rocket. They discuss balance and unique structure as...
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Plant an Ozone Monitoring Garden
Students create a garden. In this ozone instructional activity, students discuss ozone injury, identify plants sensitive to ozone, and then plant their own ozone garden.
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How Fire Affects Wildllife
In this ecology lesson, learners select an animal to study and read about how this animal adapts to ecological disaster. They complete 5 short answer questions after reading.
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Flight of the Future/Space Flight
Young scholars explore space science by viewing videos on YouTube. In this moon landing instructional activity, students view clips of Neil Armstrong taking his first step on the moon and discuss the space race between the U.S. and...
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Fostering Geospatial Thinking: Space to Earth: Earth to Space (SEES)
High schoolers locate and access data to help them with their science inquiry. In this geographical positioning lesson students evaluate and compare data sets.
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Applied Science - Built Environment (2) Pre Lab
Second graders review how our society affects nature. In this energy lesson, 2nd graders discuss the different ways that energy is collected. They review renewable and nonrenewable energy sources.
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The Climate Change Skeptic's Argument: Natural Solar Cycles or Human Activity?
Teachers explore patterns in sunspots and total solar irradiance to understand the counterpoint to the human effect of global warming. In this professional development tool, teachers work through a lesson on the sun's natural...
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It's A Meteor
Students complete a webquest to find Earth's relationship to the sun. In this webquest lesson, students complete tasks to understand the effect of the sun on weather and time. Students create a multimedia presentation as an...
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Climate Mime-it
Students pantomime new climate vocabulary words. For this climate lesson, students go over new vocabulary words and their meanings. Students form groups and pantomime these word's definitions.
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Predicting the Future
Students examine how scientists predict the effects of global climate change. In this environmental science lesson, students participate in a discussion about using computer generated data to create climate predictions. Students examine...