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Temperature in a Cultural Context

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the effects of temperature on Native American lifestyle and culture. In small groups they conduct research on cultural practices showing a connection to the climate and create a poster displaying their...
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Producing a Daily News Broadcast: A Cross-Curricular Activity

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create a daily newscast which they broadcast to the whole school. They write the scripts for the broadcast, after reviewing interviews, feature writing, and proposals. They organize the newscast for presentation and edit...
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Water Desalinization

For Students 4th - 8th
In this water desalinization worksheet, students will design and construct their own desalinization plant. Then they will describe how they set up their experiment and if it worked or not.
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Measuring Temperature

For Teachers K - 4th
Students conduct an experiment using the steps of the scientific method. In this scientific method lesson, students experiment with temperature and record their findings using the scientific method. Students complete a data sheet based...
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Water Cycle Stories

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create water cycle stories. In this water cycle lesson, students review the parts of the water cycle. They create a story that describes the journey of a water molecule as it makes its way through the cycle and into different...
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To Fish or Not to Fish?

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Young scholars demonstrate the decision-making process for marine reserves designations. In this role-playing instructional activity students analyze maps and data relating to a proposed reserve. They formulate the best decisions based...
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State Facts A Right Angle Puzzle

For Students 9th - 10th
In this geometry activity, students create words making a right angles each time. There are 50 questions to be solved with an answer key.
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Mount Everest

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
  Students brainstorm about what different professions roles are and what skills they obtain.  In this critical thinking activity, students discuss reasons of why different people would want and need to climb Mount...
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The Water Cycle

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate water formations by conducting an experiment. In this water properties lesson, 3rd graders utilize pie tins, sponges and salt shakers to create an evaporation and saturation experiment. Students collaborate in...
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What Are My Chances?

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students calculate probability. In this lesson on probability, students use given data to calculate to chances of a given event occurring. Many of the calculations in this lesson are applicable to daily life.
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Glaciers As Indicators of Global Climate Change

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students research about glacial ice melting on the four major spheres of the Earth. In this earth science activity, students explain how this process relates to global warming. They create a presentation and share their findings with the...
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Learning About Animal and Human Migration

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students can gain a greater understanding of human and animal behavior by studying migration.
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Sea and Ice Salinity

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Learners conduct an experiment.  In this salinity lesson, students learn about sea ice, why it is important and how changing amounts can affect the sea.  Learners conduct an experiment to find out the effects of salinity on the...
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Biomes: Land of the Inuit

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study Inuit and their ancestors.  In this biomes lesson students study the relationship between the Inuit and their environment and create a class art gallery.
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Erosion and Landslides

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A professional-quality PowerPoint, which includes links to footage of actual landslides in action, opens this moving lesson. Viewers learn what conditions lead to erosion and land giving way. They simulate landslides with a variety of...
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Groundhog Day Vocabulary

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Groundhog Day vocabulary worksheet, students match words to a set of statements about Groundhog Day. Words are found in a word box at the bottom of the page.
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Groundhog Day Challenge

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Groundhog Day worksheet, students complete 10 multiple choice questions about Groundhog Day. Worksheet has no information about Groundhog Day, questions only. 
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Salty Solutions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils measure salt content in water. They determine salt content of four samples using a hydrometer.
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Floods Happen

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Did you know that flooding is the most common natural disaster in the United States? Prepare your learners with the facts about floods and offer them the proper knowledge and tools for dealing with this type of emergency.
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It Could Happen

For Teachers 6th
Understanding of probability will probably increase with the use of a refined resource. Pupils learn to distinguish between dependent and independent events as they calculate the probabilities of these types of events in various...
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Hurricane

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students use children's literature in order to investigate the concept of hurricanes and how they occur. The metaphor is used to describe a play area that is magical. They use their imaginations and write about their favorite places to...
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Native Language Ties

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners complete a worksheet on Native Language. In this language and culture lesson, students learn Native language words for the directions north, south, east and west. Learners complete a worksheet to show what they have...
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Investigating Median, Mode, and Mean

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners develop strategies to organize data while following teacher demonstration. They calculate the mean, median and mode of a data set while determining the relationships between the numbers. They analyze data from tables and double...
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Air Masses & Fronts

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students identify two distinct air masses and the frontal boundary and determine whether the front is moving in time and in what direction the front is moving.

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