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  • River Erosion

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    River Erosion

    Students create a model demonstrating how flooding affects the amount of material eroded by a river. Assesses their…

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    Floods
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  • Making Salinity Currents

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    Making Salinity Currents

    Students create a model for currents caused by differences in salinity, using the materials provided. Assesses their…

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    Oceans (Oceanography)
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  • Slowing Evaporation

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    Slowing Evaporation

    Students design an experiment to test how to slow the evaporation of water in an open swimming pool in a dry climate.…

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    Atmosphere and Air
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  • Comparing the Weather

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    Comparing the Weather

    Students compare the weather in their city or part of the country with the weather in three other locations, for a…

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    Weather
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  • Air in Motion

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    Air in Motion

    Students hypothesize what will happen when objects come into contact with a column of air shooting upward at high speed.…

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    Earth Science
    Force and Motion
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  • Speedy Mediums (Speed of Waves)

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    Speedy Mediums (Speed of Waves)

    Students determine the speed of waves in two different mediums: water and vegetable oil. Tests their understanding of…

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    Earth Science
    Wave Theory
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  • Gold Nuggets

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    Gold Nuggets

    Interesting facts and fun activities related to the largest mass of gold ever found.

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    Metals
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  • Swallows Return to Capistrano

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    Swallows Return to Capistrano

    Interesting facts and fun activities related to the hundreds of swallows who return each year to Mission San Juan…

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    Seasons
    Animals (Zoology)
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  • Activity: Layers of the Atmosphere

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    Activity: Layers of the Atmosphere

    Develop math skills while enriching your Earth science curriculum with this research and graphing activity. Students…

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    Graphs and Charts
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  • Activity: Clouds

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    Activity: Clouds

    After using reference materials to find the approximate height at which each cloud combination forms, students will…

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    Weather
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  • Graphing Air Temperature Activity

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    Graphing Air Temperature Activity

    Connect math and science with this graphing activity about air temperature (in Celsius). Students will organize a week…

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    Mathematics
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  • Seasonal Activities

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    Seasonal Activities

    Enrich your science and social studies curriculum with this printable. Students will describe their local weather and…

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    Science
    Earth Science
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  • Activity: Elements in the Crust

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    Activity: Elements in the Crust

    Supplement your study of minerals and their properties with this Earth science activity. Students will research an…

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    Chemistry
    Earth Science
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  • Earth and Shadows: The Reasons for Seasons

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    Earth and Shadows: The Reasons for Seasons

    Try a printable science activity that helps students understand the reasons for the seasons by making a model of Earth…

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    Seasons
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  • Making Time Lines: Relating Time to Distance

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    Making Time Lines: Relating Time to Distance

    Explore an activity that integrates math and science, as students create a large chart to plot a time line of Earth's…

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    Geology
    Earth Science
    Science
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  • Making Model Fossils

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    Making Model Fossils

    Students learn about fossils and how they are created. They then simulate this process, using plaster to make their own…

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    Fossils
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  • Glaciers: Ice That Flows

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    Glaciers: Ice That Flows

    In this activity, students learn how glaciers are formed and how they move materials around Earth. They then experiment…

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    Earth Science
    Glaciers
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  • Earthquake Waves

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    Earthquake Waves

    In this activity, students create model buildings from toothpicks. Using Jell-O, sand, and modeling clay, they then…

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    Earth Science
    Earthquakes
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  • About Metals

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    About Metals

    Learn more about some common metals.

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    Metals
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  • Activity: Solar Energy

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    Activity: Solar Energy

    Explore uses of solar energy by reading the passage in this physics printable. Students will refer to the passage and…

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    Sun
    Earth Science
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  • Activity: Fertilizers

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    Activity: Fertilizers

    Enrich your study of soil with this printable about the two main types of fertilizers: mineral and organic. In this…

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    Soil
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  • Wave and Wind Erosion Activity

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    Wave and Wind Erosion Activity

    Help students learn about erosion caused by waves and wind with this printable Earth science activity. Students will…

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    Weathering and Erosion
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  • Hydrologic Sciences Activity

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    Hydrologic Sciences Activity

    Using a dictionary, students will define the four branches of hydrologic sciences: hydrology, limnology, hydrogeology,…

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  • Activity: Measuring Ocean Properties

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    Activity: Measuring Ocean Properties

    Using reference materials, students will identify drawings of sonar, scuba gear, a bathyscaph, and a submersible. Then…

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    Oceans (Oceanography)
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