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Its Getting Thinner and Thinner

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students design posters on the ozone to be judged. They design a board game on the depletion of the ozone and list the layers of the atmosphere. They construct a collage of the atmosphere into layers according to the way temperature...
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SALLY RIDE

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students express what it would be like to launch off into outer space in a space shuttle. They include what it might feel like, look like, sound like, and any thoughts that go through their mind as they dart away from the Earth's...
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The IMF, Money, International Trade and Cooperation

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students study the role of the International Money Fund and develop an understanding of international trade. They investigate learning in a cooperative atmosphere.
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Understanding the Significance of the Nationalization of the Bill of Rights

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders study the impact of the Nationalization of the Bill of Rights upon criminal law. They analyze opposition to expansionist viewpoints that could possibly create more checks and balances on the state courts and analyze...
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Environmental Chemistry

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders are introduced to the topic of Environmental Chemistry. In groups, they review the steps within the scientific method and develop their own hypothesis and design an experiment. They solve equations related to the...
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Science: Evidence for Global Warming

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students examine the evidence for global warming and its causes. They analyze mean temperature data of a location for two twenty-year time periods (1891-1910 and 1981-2001). Students also assess atmospheric CO2 concentrations and graph...
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Rhythm Compositions

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders collaborate in small groups to create simple rhythmic patterns in different time signatures. Each group creates rhythms in a competitive "game" atmosphere and then constructs entire rhythmic groups for presentation to...
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Mechanical Science - Small Engine Operation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students experiment with two- and four-stroke engines. They conduct experiments to determine how atmospheric pressure affects the engine's running capability. Further tests are conducted to asses proper llubrication and its affects on...
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Trip Tally: Discovering Environmental Solutions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in a simple atmospheric experiment where they collect, tabulate, graph and analyze information on how they got around on one trip. They compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of different forms of...
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Classroom Rules and Procedures

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders participate in a brief introduction to the classroom rules and procedures. They role play the proper procedures for maintaining a productive classroom atmosphere. Rules and parent letters are distributed and discussed.
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Classroom Rules and Procedures

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students participate in a brief introduction to the classroom rules and procedures. They role play the proper procedures for maintaining a productive classroom atmosphere. Rules and parent letters are distributed and discussed
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Sustainability: Our Environment

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students explore the sustainability of our environment, the trend in rising temperatures and the emission of greenhouse cases. Using given data, students test and construct a confidence interval and the difference between two population...
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Water Is Cool!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the importance of water. In this water lesson, students view a table to determine the amount of water found in the oceans, lakes, atmosphere, and streams. Students discuss ways to be a good steward of water.
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Visit Our Solar System

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students learn about the planets by creating a MediaBlender travel brochure. In this space science worksheet, students do research on a planet and create an interactive brochure for a visit to this planet. Students include facts about...
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Bloody Business

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students research word frequencies in Macbeth and create a frozen picture inspired by a word.  In this Macbeth lesson plan, students view Blood Will Have Blood and discuss the dual meaning of the word "blood."  Students...
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Wet-Dry Bulb Hygrometers: Measuring Relative Humidity and Apparent Temperature

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils work in groups of 4 for the activity/activity part of this exercise. They know that clouds are formed by the condensation of water vapor, affect weather and climate. Also that global patterns of atmospheric movement influence...
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How do plant & animal cells make and use energy?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars show the relationship between the need for plants to undergo photosynthesis in order to generate oxygen. They see the flaws associated with this thinking because of the lack of CO2 and H2O and lack of sufficient gravity in...
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Earth Science A Word Search

For Students 8th - 9th
In this word search activity, students locate words related to earth science. The word list includes nitrogen, oxygen, sea breeze, atmosphere, and during the day.
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The Cure: Guided Imagery

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Prepare class members for a discussion of Sonia Levitin's dystopian novel The Cure, by leading them on a guided imagery exercise designed to encourage visualization of written descriptions.
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Air Quality Issues

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students study and chart the levels of the atmosphere. They determine volume and location of the whole in the ozone layer by problem solving and drawing Antarctica.
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Why is the Average Temperature Greater on Venus than on Mercury?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the reasons why the temperature is higher on Venus than on Mercury. In groups, they analzye both planet's atmospheres and determine the rate of global warming on each. They use the internet to research the planets in...
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Your Own Greenhouse

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars discuss the similarities between the Earth's atmosphere and a greenhouse. In this science lesson, students make their own greenhouses out of plastic bottles and thermometers. Young scholars record the temperature different...
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Human Activity and Cllimate Change

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Pupils perform activities to explore the affect of human activity on climates. They examine graphs of GHG emissions and their increases that are associated with human activity. Using a Global Climate Changing website, students explore...
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(S-1) Sunlight and the Earth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the solar heating of the Earth and atmosphere, its heat loss proceses, and the way these relate to weather and climate.

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