A plethora of information about the blue crabs of Chesapeake Bay will amaze and delight your marine biologists. They learn, through direct instruction, about the characteristics and life cycle of this fascinating arthropod. A highlight...

Students use NASA satellite data to correlate cloud cover over Africa to the solar declination.

Learners use NASA satellite data to see cloud cover over Africa.  In this seasons lesson students access data and import it into Excel. 

Students think about what causes the seasons to change, reflect on what they know about seasons and how their lives affected by seasonal changes.

Want to know more about Ancient history? Young historians will read a minimum of two web sites to complete the chart "Residents of Olympus". They choose one Greek god or goddess to research. This could be a small group activity or...

Students explore season change. In this season change lesson ,students investigate weather events, Earth's movement and celestial events. Students watch videos and list weather events that happen in winter, spring, summer, and fall....

In this science worksheet, middle schoolers locate and identify various vocabulary terms related to space science. There are 21 words located in the puzzle.  

In this science worksheet, students cut and paste the 4 season words to label each picture. They label the pictures which represent each of the four seasons; a snowflake, colored leaves, an Easter basket, and a person resting on the beach.

Learners discuss the types of crops that are grown in different regions of the United States. Using given steps, students create a mobile to depicting crops that are harvested in specific seasons of the year. Mobiles are gathered and...

After reviewing weather expressions with your Spanish scholars, have them do some research: what is the weather like in different parts of the world? They can choose up to four different cities to compare with the local weather of their...

Practice answering the Spanish question, "Que tiempo hace?" with this colorful PowerPoint. It outlines the correct sentence structure, as well as presenting multiple examples to help answer the question. The last slide includes four...

Students explore what the sky looks like at different times. They identify objects in the sky and recognize changes over time. Students observe the sky and look for objects that are common in both the daytime and the nighttime sky.

Young scholars will draw the moon's shape for each evening on a calendar and then determine the pattern in the shapes over several weeks. Students' understandings should be confined to observations, descriptions, and finding patterns.

Third graders hear and use the terms: el verano, la primavera, el invierno y el oto¿¿o. They review particular months in Spanish. Students explore the difference in connections between months and seasons in northern and southern...

Students research and create a visual presentation on the seasonal salinity of the Earth's oceans. They apply the research in a simulation of a lab disaster in which they must relabel ocean samples.

Students view a film about the fall of Peru's president. They develop possible solutions for governments to follow when dealing with terrorism. They work together to research civil liberty limitations put in place during war. They...

Do bears really sleep for an entire season? Six multiple choice questions and a drawing activity make up a worksheet that tests scholars' comprehension skills after reading about bears during winter. 

Plankton: so much more than just a SpongeBob character. Three different activities have kids looking at both phytoplankton and zooplankton in pictures, as well as collecting their own samples (depending on your access to a saltwater...

In this Winter puzzle, students identify words with winter activities, such as a sled, snow, or a shovel. A list of approximately 20 words is listed to assist students in their search.

In this creative lesson on seeds, 1st graders listen as the book The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle is read to them about the life of a seed. Students then draw a picture to show the life cycle of a seed in each season.

Students celebrate the great outdoors and the coming summer break by studying the natural world. In this seasons lesson, students engage in bark rubbing and operate a digital camera to capture outdoor imagery for a collage to help them...

Third graders explore different kinds of weather. In this weather instructional activity, 3rd graders discover the different ways humans protect themselves from weather.  Students read the book Pink Snow and Other Weird Weather by...

Students in second grade are paired with fifth grade computer research buddies. They observe the characteristics of caterpillars, and identify the four stages of the caterpillar to butterfly life cycle. They graph the number of...