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Layers of the Earth: Plate Tectonics

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders participate in a lesson plan that is about investigating the different layers of the earth and defining how the plates move over the mantle. They engage in a variety of activities and use mathematics to create projects to...
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Paper Towers

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students have the opportunity to use model-building as a way to help comprehend the forces and phenomena at work in the world around them. They describe gravity as a universal force that pulls everything toward the center of the earth....
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A View Of Home From The Front Door and From Space

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover how distance can change how our view of an object. Students build a representative model of where their home is located from different distances. They create three drawn models of their home from various elevations as...
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Recycling!

For Teachers K - 7th
The learners recall events from Dr. Seuss' story The Lorax and make connections to environmental issues affecting their lives. They are expected to reflect on the facts of the story and respond verbally stating the inferences they made...
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Rocks and Minerals

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students are able to describe earth processes (e.g., rusting, weathering, erosion) that have affected selected physical features in students, neighborhoods. They are able to identify various earth structures (e.g., mountains, faults,...
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Our Restless Planet

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the topic of the Earth's rotation, revolution, and orbit. They observe teacher-led demonstrations, explore various websites, write journal entries, conduct a demonstration of why Earth experiences day and night, and...
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The Earth in Space

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use computer images to explain why the Earth has seasons and examine the phases of the moon. They create 3-D images and present them to the class. They answer a series of questions at the end of the lesson.
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The Sun and the Earth

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study and diagram the positions of the Earth and sun during the four seasons. They predict weather for cities in the northern and southern hemispheres.
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Earth, Sun, and Moon

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars participate in a demonstration and complete an online activity that illustrates the earth orbits the sun once a year, and that the moon takes approximately 28 days to orbit the earth.
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Core

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders take their own "core sample" with clay and/or play-dough and correlate the layers of the earth.
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Ratios, Mars and the Internet

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students calculate real ratios that exist between the planets Earth and Mars. After a lecture/demo, students use worksheets and access Internet sites to do their calculations.
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Acid Rain Viewfinder

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students are asked what does rain do? They are told that rain waters the Earth, but also drops acid. Students are told when there is too much pollution in the atmosphere that the environment can't neutralize it, the acid leaches into...
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Earth Science

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore how water and waves erode the earth. In this erosion lesson students determine the processes of wave erosion and building.
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Planets in Balance

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students study the solar system by researching the planets.  In this exploratory lesson plan students divide into teams and create mobiles.
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Weather and Wind

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Young scholars study wind and its effect on weather.  In this investigative lesson students write a report on wind and weather and create a movement sequence. 
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Average Temperature

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study temperature.  In this average temperature lesson plan students record temperature data, calculate and analyze average temperatures and construct a time line graph. 
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Biosphere

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study the earth and show some examples of the way it maintains a life-friendly environment.  In this biosphere lesson students complete a lab activity and create their own biosphere. 
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Be Kind to our Earth

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students make a list of ideas on ways we can take care of our Earth and complete a class project planning sheet where they problem solve to help save the Earth. In this Earth lesson plan, students also play a conservation charades game.
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Earth's Layers

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Learners identify the interior layers of the Earth and analyze a diagram.  In this Earth's layers instructional activity students create a model of the Earth's interior. 
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Latitude and Longitude

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore longitude and latitude lines to discover locations.  In this finding locations lesson students construct a model showing the latitude and longitude lines on Earth. 
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Planet Earth Vocabulary Quiz

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this planet Earth vocabulary worksheet, learners draw lines to match 14 words that pertain to Earth science with their definitions.
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The Earth, Sun, and Moon

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this solar system review activity, students use dictionaries to define the 10 listed terms pertaining to the Earth, sun, and moon.
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Planets

For Students 6th - 10th
In this planets worksheet, students read about Mercury, Venus, and Earth and then complete 21 multiple choice, 2 true or false, and 1 short answer question.
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What is the Mantle Like?

For Students 5th - 6th
In these earth science worksheets student complete this project to model activity in the mantle, one Earth's four layers. The project includes liquid and powder materials in addition to several measuring components. Students must then...