Students comprehend the four parameters of water quality. They perform tests for salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH and clarity or turbidity. Students comprehend why scientists and environmental managers monitor water uality and aquatic...

Students simulate some of the Pathfinder experiments by devising methods of collecting and measuring magnetic substances in pseudo-Martian soil. The efficiency of each of the methods used to collect materials is evaluated in this lesson.

Students identify the various states of water and its natural flow downward. As a class, students take digital pictures of different forms of water and create a multimedia presentation describing their photographs. Groups of students...

Students explore temperature variation in lakes and deal with the data.

Students determine whether various rocks are porous or not. They conduct an experiment to determine if a brick is porous, calculate how much water the brick soaked up, and develop a conclusion.

In this English worksheet, students read "The Year 2007 to be the Hottest Ever," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

Students explore air and clouds by watching demonstration. They perform an experiment to measure air pressure changes.

First graders investigate the concept of snow and how it is formed. They are given a variety of resources in order to make information available. Students use the information in order to provide the context for an essay. They use Kid...

Students understand that elements of the geography curriculum are important aspects of certain jobs. In this geography/career lesson plan, students discuss how geography can be useful in certain jobs, listen to guest speakers whose...

Students examine the interactions of the Earth's systems and other objects in space.  In this climate change lesson students study the pros and cons of different climates and what their preferences are. 

Sixth graders examine the conditions of Canada's provinces during the winter months. In groups, they discover the types of sports practiced and discuss how it relates to their culture. They also view paintings by Robert Harris and...

Students revise Spanish mystery stories. They sequence the events from a group's mystery story and suggest revisions for the setting. They revise their stories using the suggestions from classmates and describe characters in folktales....

Pupils analyze what's happening and interpret why it's happening as the season progresses.

Fourth graders reasearch the history of the Pony Express on the internet or they can use books from the school or public library. They write a one-page story which incorporates their research. They share their stories with the class by...

Students experiment designing graphs of selected readings from the Nebraska sites from the Power in the Wind study. They choose whether or not to put their data in a spreadsheet program to make a computer-generated graph or to complete...

Learners discuss the importance of reducing, recycling and reusing materials to help the environment. As a class, they create a worm bin and observe how it turns material in to compost. They use the internet to research the...

Learners discuss contemporary methods of travel and the time it takes to travel to places. They use the Internet to explore 18th century travel. Students work in small group to research the amount of time it would have taken...

Simple guidelines for building several weather-related tools: anemometer, wind vane, barometer, rain gauge, snow gauge, and thermometer. After building your tools, follow experiment steps and record your findings on the Scholastic...

Choose a weather-related topic, view the map, then make your own weather forecast.

Over a period of two weeks students will use their class-made instruments to measure and record weather data. Students will also compare their data to online weather data. The final activity involves analyzing the collected data to look...

Students learn about four factors that describe different types of weather -- temperature, wind, precipitation, and sunlight and clouds -- as they explore various weather conditions and find evidence that describes each type of weather...

In this investigation, students will observe the weather and use weather terminology to document data in a science notebook. They will continue to observe and record their weather data throughout the year, looking for changes due to...

This hands-on activity explores five different forms of erosion (chemical, water, wind, glacier and temperature). Students rotate through stations and model each type of erosion on rocks, soils and minerals. The students record their...

Students act as citizen scientists and take and record the local temperature, and compare it with national readings.