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Climate Change: What's Hot? What's Happening?
Students conduct a web-based project to analyze recent or on-going climate change research in the North. They are exposed to the application of science in current research on climate change.
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Plants and Oxygen: Breathing
Second graders gain an understanding of how plants produce oxygen and that the oxygen we breathe comes from trees and plants. After a lecture/demo, 2nd graders discuss the ways plants produce oxygen and the detrimental effects of cutting...
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Deadly Ascent
Students explore some of Earth's extreme environments and the possible dangers they present. They describe some of the potential dangers found in extreme environments around the world. Students discuss ways to deal with potential...
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Exploring Marine Objects
Students identify the sources of water on Earth. In this life science lesson, students list the different plants and animals that live in the ocean. They explore marine objects in the lab and draw them.
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Indi/Visual
Eighth graders take photographs for a photo essay contest. Using primary source documents, they review various types of artwork and discuss how some of the images have become commonplace. They use the internet to view examples of...
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Art-seal Glyph
In this directed drawing seal glyph worksheet, students follow directions to draw a seal. Detailed , multi-step directions are given. Students draw features according to specific preferences.
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Climate Change in Canada
In this Canada worksheet, students read a 6 page detailed informational text about climate change in Canada. Students then complete 10 essay/short answer questions.
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Snowman Lesson Plans
Snow and snowmen lesson plans can be studied no matter where you reside.
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Ocean World
In this online interactive science worksheet, students respond to 7 multiple choice questions regarding icebergs. Students may submit their answers to evaluated.
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5th grade social studies geography
In this geography worksheet, 5th graders complete multiple choice questions about hemispheres, maps, cities, ecology, and more. Students complete 25 questions.
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Map Me a Paragraph
There are so many great reading strategies. In this lesson, learners practice decoding. They break down two paragraphs to analyze and determine main ideas and details. They each observes ways to model as they map their paragraphs.
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Great Lakes Snow Analysis Collaborative Network
Students interpret data on snow cover and analyze trend patterns. In this snow lesson students compare data and locate their school's GPS coordinates.
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Native American Homes
Fifth graders research and create a model of a Native American home. In pairs, they conduct research on a selected type of Native American home, then draw designs for their building construction. Students then construct their model...
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Animals and Their Biomes
Students categorize animals according to their natural biomes using biome and animal flashcards.
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Turtle Adaptations
Students identify structural adaptations of different types of turtles, and compare and contrast adaptations of painted turtles, sea turtles, and desert tortoises using a chart.
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Tracking El Nino Conditions
Students identify major changes in ocean temperatures during an El Nino season. In this climate activity students complete an Internet assignment using datasets to determine periods of El Nino.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Doomed Ship, Or, the Wreck in the Arctic by William Hurton
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Doomed Ship, or, The Wreck in the Arctic Regions by William Hurton (1865), a children's novel.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists: About the Arctic
A brief article featuring the details that make up the Arctic region.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Do You Really Want to Visit the Arctic?
This jigsaw activity is designed for students to become familiar with several datasets of Arctic weather data, collected in Eureka on Ellesmere Island. Students join a role-playing activity to read and interpret graphs while considering...
PBS
Pbs: Scientific American Frontiers: The Arctic Our Global Thermostat
Scientists believe that the climate in the Arctic is an indicator of global climatic conditions. Learn what makes the Arctic so unique and how scientists use this information to predict global changes. Informative photos accompanied by...
The British Museum
British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Arctic Peoples of North America
Learn about the art of the native Americans of the Arctic region in this overview of their art with a selection of relevant objects each with it's own detailed object description.
Scholastic
Scholastic News: Re Creating the Arctic
Studying sea ice in the Arctic region is very difficult. Read how scientists are using an innovative technique of freezing seawater in a pool to study sea ice.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Arctic Climate Curriculum, Activity 1: Exploring the Arctic
This activity introduces students to the Arctic, including different definitions of the Arctic and exploration of the Arctic environment and Arctic people. Students set out on a virtual exploration of the geography of the Arctic using...