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The Function Box
Students look around classroom and identify any patterns they see, describe patterns and explain why they are patterns, use pencil to demonstrate arithmetic patterns by tapping, practice predicting patterns by using Function Box, and...
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Second Grade Science Textbooks
Second graders create their own science textbooks. They work in small, cooperative science teams to plan and create their textbooks. In addition, they photograph their group work, projects, materials and specimens, and other images.
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Creating the Water Cycle
Students create a terrarium to examine the stages of the water cycle. In small groups, they plant and water a seed in an enclosed plastic container. Each day they diagram and write observations of the terrarium using water cycle vocabulary.
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Introduction To Data Analysis
Seventh graders investigate the concept of looking at the data put in a variety of ways that could include graphs or data sets. They analyze data critically in order to formulate some sound conclusions based on real data. Students graph...
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Quiz: Weather Lore
In this science worksheet, 3rd graders will focus on the weather. Students will respond to ten fill in the blank questions regarding well known weather sayings and phrases.
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Average Vehicle Occupancy In Your Community
Students determine the average vehicle occupancy in their community. In this transportation lesson students develop and analyze a survey to determine attitudes towards air pollution and transportation.
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Wind
Pupils complete activities to study wind intensity. In this wind study instructional activity, students discuss wind speed and direction. Pupils then build a kite and windsock to help them study wind intensity. Students learn to use a...
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Healthy Fruit Food Group: Yummy Drops Lesson Plan
Learners play a computer game where they help deliver fruit that is on a plane to families. In this fruit food group lesson plan, students use the arrows to manipulate the plane. It gets more challenging as the plane goes faster.
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Testing Weather Proverbs
Middle schoolers study weather proverbs. In this weather lesson, students list weather proverbs and complete the worksheet to test the proverb. Middle schoolers design an experiment to test the weather proverbs and conduct the experiments.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: The Art of Clouds
Students use a cloud identification guide to identify clouds in landscape paintings, then make their own art to identify cloud types.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Three Main Ingredients Needed to Create a Cloud in a Bottle
In the science lab, young scholars will create and observe the conditions necessary to make a cloud in a bottle.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Drawing Clouds Inside the Lines
In this classroom activity, learners investigate how clouds change over time by making repeat observations of a section of sky and then representing their data graphically.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Looking at Clouds: Making a Book That Identifies Cloud Types
While creating their own cloud book, students will identify and classify the different cloud types and the weather conditions that they bring.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: How Clouds Are Made
Introduce young learners to clouds and weather with guided discovery and inquiry to learn what makes up clouds.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Elementary Globe: To Spread or Not to Spread
Students will explore the difference between the three types of contrails. Then they will make observations of contrails outside, record their observations, and then make follow-up observations 15 minutes later to see how the contrails...
Utah Education Network
Uen: It Looked Like
Make a class book based on the format of "It Looked Like Spilt Milk".
Marilyn J. Brackney
Imagination Factory: Marble a Fabric Gift Wrap
Create your own gift wrap using this art activity. This website provides detailed instruction for making "marbled" fabric and paper. Included is information for purchasing materials for marbling.
PBS
Teaching Bhutan: The Water Cycle & Bhutan
Interactive science lesson plan that teaches young scholars about the water cycle in relation to mountain ranges and monsoons common in Bhutan. Make a cloud in a bottle!
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North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences: Groundhog Day 2010 [Pdf]
Designed for Grades K-8, this teaching guide is chock-full of ideas for celebrating Groundhog Day, with activities like making shadow puppets, examining weather lore and studying cloud formations.