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The Lake Effect

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders conduct an experiment demonstrating the effects of water and air temperature on precipitation. They create graphs demonstrating their findings using Claris Works for Kids.
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Weather and Oceans: Uneven Heating of the Earth

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate what causes the heat on Earth.  In this Earth heating lesson, students experiment with different heat sources and determine where the Earth gathers the most heat.  Students explore vocabulary words associated with...
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Modeling Oil and Gas Reservoirs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate energy by researching how oil reservoirs work. In this fossil fuels lesson, students conduct an experiment using a half full bottle of water, corn oil and oxygen, recording their data as the elements are mixed...
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Energy/Light/Heat/Sound

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study the properties of heat in this series of lessons. They discuss sources of heat and experiment to determine its properties. They identify insulators and conductors by measuring temperatures, and graphing their data....
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Climate Patterns across the United States

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students articulate differences between climate and weather using examples in a written statement. Using climate data from across the country, they describe climate patterns for various parts of the United States on a map. Students...
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Tsunamis by the Book

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use the Internet and other sources to investigate tsunamis. They construct books listing several tsunami facts and cite their sources. They read their books to another class.
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Dietary Fiber Introduction

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research fiber and consider its sources, functions and importance to overall health. They sample high-fiber items, complete worksheets and take a quiz on their fiber research.
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A Funny Taste

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students participate in a demonstration that illustrates the relative amounts of salt in various bodies of water including the Dead Sea, Sallt Lake, Ocean water and distilled water. They taste and compare various mixtures.
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Stream Watch

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss why it is important to take care of streams, what is non-point source and point source pollution, what are some causes of pollution in streams, and what can we do to prevent some of these causes of pollution? They steam...
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Travel Brochure

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, using the internet and other sources, research a Caribbean island. They work, in groups, to design a travel brochure. Students share their findings and information with their classmates. Additional cross-curriculum...
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Design a Reef!

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students design a functional model of a coral reef ecosystem. In this coral reef lesson plan, students identify the energy sources and material cycles of a coral reef. They write an essay about their niche in their own ecosystem.
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Make An Egg Float!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners analyze density. In this density lesson, students experiment with floating an egg. Learners discover that salt added to water changes the density of the water allowing an egg to float.
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Watercycle

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine the natural circulation of water from oceans, lakes, and rivers to evaporation into the air, and then to condensation to produce rain falling back to the soil as components of the water cycle.
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Inferring Ancient Environments From Fossil Foraminifera

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students use a reference diagram of fossil foraminifera with their paleo-water-depth assignments to interpret the water-depth of a particular area of California during the geologic past.
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Pollution Solutions

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners visit a local park to test the quality of the aquatic environments. They search for sources of pollution and examples of pollution control. Based on their obeservations and experiments, they rate their local environment.
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Observing Buffers In Lakes, Ponds And Streams

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students observe the effects of limestone on the acidity of water. Some areas of the nation have a lot of limestone in lake bottoms and in soil, which helps neutralize the effects of acid rain. Students see this effect first hand.
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The Warmth of the Sun

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students broaden their understanding of the sun, particularly its critical role in warming the land, air and water around us.
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The Warmth of the Sun

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students compare and discuss the warmth of the classroom in a variety of places. They chart the warmth of places inside, outside and a pan of water.
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Sea Ice and Sheet Ice Melting Experiment

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students observe the change in water level as a result of melting sea ice and melting sheet ice.
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Do Plants Eat?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explain that photosynthesis is a process that plants use to convert light energy into glucose. They summarize photosynthesis as a chemical process in which the plant uses carbon dioxide and water to form glucose and oxygen.
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Eek, It leaks!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students construct model landfill liners out of two-inch strips of garbage bags within resource constraints. The challenge is to construct a bag that will hold one cup of water without leaking. This represents similar challenges that...
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Erosion

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study what erosion is, what causes it, and ways to slow its progress. They complete an experiment that depicts soil moving down a slope as water is poured on it to show how moving water erodes land. Next, they observe...
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COMPARE SOILS BY GROWING PLANTS

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The student will identify the difference in the rate of plant growth in three soils that vary in organic matter.1. Obtain three to four flowerpots, different types of soil, a record chart, three to five beans for each pot, and water....
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Making Change

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students identify different sources of pollution.  In this environment instructional activity students view a video then make a commercial for the town. 

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