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Helping plants grow well

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore the effect of water, temperature and light on plant growth. Students are asked if they remember the LAW for plants. This is Light, Air(temperature) and Water, which all plants need for growth. Students are divided...
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Life cycles

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify and explain the parts of a flower and their role in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed dispersal, and germination. Students recap the following information: that plants need light, warmth,...
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Changing Sounds

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners identify how the pitch of an instrument can be altered. They complete a worksheet by labeling several images in order of pitch and then fill a bottle with water to create a sound that matches a pitch on a drawn card.
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Gases Around Us

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students participate in a whole class discussion about solids, liquids, and gases. Students get involved in a teacher-directed experiment related to solids, liquids, and gases. Students complete worksheet, writing the names of the parts...
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Changing State

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Pupils identify the changing states of water, water vapor and ice in the water cycle They investigate how each of these stages can be reversible. Students complete a worksheet describing the water cycle.
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Brain POP - Eclipse

For Students 6th - 8th
For this eclipse worksheet, students answer 7 fill in the blank questions, 4 matching questions, and complete a timeline table with.
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Space Facts

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students read space facts and click on the links to research more about space objects. In this space lesson plan, students read about comets, planets, the moon, and more.
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How Often?

For Students 4th - 5th
In this social studies worksheet, learners answer 24 questions about a variety of social studies questions. Students are divided up into two teams and the first team to answer a question correctly gets a point.
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Collecting Electromagnetic Radiation

For Teachers Higher Ed
Pupils using different experiments and activities explore electromagnetic radiation and the effect on the Earth.
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Solar System Fun Facts

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students read facts about the Solar System. In this solar system lesson plan, students read facts on the dimensions, planets, and workings of the solar system. There is a big emphasis on Saturn.
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Jupiter

For Students 3rd
In this solar system worksheet, 3rd graders read facts about Jupiter including its position from the sun, the length of its year, and number of moons. They read about its color, clouds, and Red Spot.
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Precession

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain how Hipparchus, around 130 BC, used a shift in the predicted location of a lunar eclipse to detect a slight shift in the path of the Sun around the sky. They examine the elliptical orbit in which the Earth travels around...
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Energy Defined

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders complete activities to study the sources of energy and forms. In this energy lesson, 4th graders discuss the origin of energy and define it. Students participate in several experiments to further study energy including a...
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Jupiter - King of the Planets

For Students 5th - 6th
In this Jupiter worksheet, students read a passage about the environment and atmosphere of Jupiter. Students then answer several multiple choice questions about the passage.
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Science Trivia

For Students 7th - 10th
This science trivia activity gives the students 66 science trivia questions and answers.  Students are to cut out the questions an fold them in half.  The question is on one side and the answer is on the other side.  This...
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The Planet Saturn

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this worksheet on the planet Saturn, students look at a picture of the planet and read accompanying facts, along with a brief paragraph.
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History of Astronomy

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students participate in assessments regarding the history of astronomy. They listen and take notes, draw a time line, draw a solar sytem designed by Ptolemy and create flashcards. They write an essay on Galileo, watch a video, take a...
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Animating Motion

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners apply what they recall about objects in motion by animati ng sequences of pictures that model a set of physical conditions. They animate the orbital motions of the Earth, the space shuttle, and the Moon based on calculations of...
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The Celestial Sphere

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to the celestial sphere, describing its apparent rotation and the special role of the pole star.
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Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars examine the relationship between temperature and brightness.  In this astronomy lesson students will correlate the evolution of stars to the HR diagram plotted. 
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The Planet Mars

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this worksheet on the planet Mars, students look at a picture of the planet and read accompanying facts, along with a brief paragraph.
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Motion Through the Ages

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders conduct internet research to produce a timeline of man's growth in understanding of concepts of motion and planetary motion through history.
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The Planet Venus

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this worksheet on the planet Venus, students look at a picture of the planet and read accompanying facts, along with a brief paragraph.
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Nazis Flying Saucers – Film Sparks UFO Debate

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore the aircraft used in World War II. In this World History lesson, students read an article that describes a "flying saucer" created by the Nazi's. Upon completion of the reading, students answer questions on the article,...

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