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Classification of Clouds

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils view a cloud slide show presentation and identify types of clouds. They estimate height based on cloud's appearance. They discuss the vague nature of cloud nomenclature and compare it to the English standard measurement system.
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Precipitation Monitoring

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students monitor the pH level of the precipitation in their local area for one month. In this hands-on activity, students use lab equipment to measure the pH levels and an online tool to track their findings. Ultimately, students seek to...
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Trends of Snow Cover and Temperature in Alaska

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare NASA satellite data observations with student surface measurements of snow cover and temperature. They practice data collection, data correlations, and making scientific predictions.
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The Nile

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students recognize the Nile River played an important role in the lives of ancient Egyptians and still does today. They prepare a newspaper written in English and produced with advanced technology centered around researched information.
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The Great Fire of London

For Students 7th - 12th
In this Great Fire of London study guide activity, students read about the 1666 event. Students read 5 sections of information and examine pictures that summarize 5 days of the event.
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Natural Disaster Blooms Taxonomy

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students complete activities that lead to greater understanding of the variety of natural disasters that occur all over the world.
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Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica Today

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore the importance of research in Antarctica, then explain how snow becomes part of the Antarctic ice cap. They explore Antarctica's harsh environment and discover how scientists drill ice cores and what information ice...
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Fahrenheit vs Celsius

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners construct a thermometer and convert Fahrenheit temperature into Celsius temperature. In small groups, they construct a thermometer, write a paragraph describing how to make a thermometer, and convert temperatures.
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Watching the Clock: An activity to build media-savvy students

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students analyze time constraints on broadcast news. They apply data collecting and data display skills. They identify the difference between news progams and the evening news.
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What is Honesty?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of honesty. In this character lesson, students work in groups to brainstorm and discuss what it means to be honest. Each group shares their ideas with the class and they keep a list of keywords and descriptions.
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Cultural Contact

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the diversity of the Hispanic Culture, utilizing technology enhanced research and creative graphics (by hand) to retell the researched story.
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The Geography of Tornadoes OR

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners learn some basic facts about tornadoes and map two selected tornado statistics by state, and observe, analyze and speculate about the pattern(s) created by the completed map.
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Country: Caribbean Islands

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the countries in the Caribbean. They examine island information, language, climate, culture, currency, places of interest, resort information, and flight information.
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Ground Level Ozone

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze real-time data and predict the level of ground ozone in their home city. They measure the level of ground ozone, submit their data to an online collaborative project, and create a web page presenting the dangers of...
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Holy Habitats or Meet Metamorphosis

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students examine the metamorphosis of frogs and how it adapts to its environment. They research how world pollutants are effecting the amphibian population.
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Does Humidity Affect Cloud Formation?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners use NASA's S'COOL database to identify factors that affect cloud formation.
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Visual Opacity

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students discover the difference between transparent, translucent and opaque. They use those descriptions to classify clouds. They create a presentation in which they show the different types of clouds with their descriptions.
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Exploring Virtual Europe

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students research the geography, government, climate, history, economy, and culture of a European country. They select a country in Europe, explore various websites, and complete a worksheet.
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Social Studies, Civics Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils examine the development of government. They identify different theories of political thought around the world. They participate in a play to discover their own political views on key issues.
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Scientific Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students organize data collected from their experiments using graphs. In this statistics and biology activity, students organize their scientific data from an article into readable graphs. They define the usefulness of their graph and...
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Arctic Microclimates

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify, measure, and average micro-climatic temperatures in a particular region. They draw a small-scale map of an area to be sampled (classroom, playground, park, backyard) and identify potential locations for...
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Article Worksheet 1

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this grammar activity, students fill in the blanks in thirteen sentences with the appropriate article, a, an or the that completes each sentence grammatically correct.
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Phrasal Verbs With "Get"

For Students 6th - 7th
In this ESL phrasal verb instructional activity, students read 13 sentences that have a missing verb phrase. Students use the verb "get" with one of the prepositions in the word bank to complete each sentence.
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Temperature

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars explore the concept of temperature. In this temperature lesson, students read thermometers in degrees Celsius. Young scholars discuss the temperature of the seasons and what clothing they might wear given a certain...

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