LESSON PLANS
Become an instant expert on dinosaurs. Find motivational mini-lessons and the reference material you need to introduce…
REFERENCE
Read about recent discoveries concerning dinosaurs.
Read all about Tyrannosaurus Sue, a 65 million-year-old dinosaur.
Read about theories on the evolution of birds.
Read about the re-creation of the sound that a Parasaurolophus dinosaur made.
What time periods did dinosaurs live in? Find the answers here.
Distribute an article that explains the winter solstice.
Seasons are caused by the 23.4-degree tilt of Earth's axis, which alternately turns the North and South Poles toward the…
Distribute a chart that lists the lowest recorded temperatures in various parts of the world.
Distribute a chart that lists the greatest recorded snowfalls in North America.
Distribute an article that explains where snow comes from and discusses different types of snow crystals.
Test your students' knowledge of weather-related vocabulary with this word list.
Find answers to your dino questions, for example, are all fossils dinosaurs, what was the biggest dinosaur, what was the…
Your students will find explanations of air pressure and humidity here.
A chart detailing the Beaufort Wind Scale.
Find out the names of types of clouds.
A particularly notable hurricane will have its name retired so other hurricanes can't have the same name.
A list of pollutants, where they come from, and what their effects are.
Distribute an article that explains why the first day of autumn in the Southern hemisphere occurs in March
Description of global warming's effect on the climate.
Describes how emissions contribute to global warming.
Describes the uncertainties surrounding global warming with respect to climate.
Projection of the temperature change that may occur due to global warming.
Provides a definition of global warming.
