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Students watch "Flush to Finish" to learn what happens to water as soon as it goes down the drain or toilet and is normally forgotten about. This video shows the importance of water conservation, appreciation for water as a resource, and how to keep the water cycle clean.

Students learn the meaning of maritime, continental, tropical, and polar air masses and are able to practice identifying where they come from.

This is a research project that allows students to guide their own learning about ten types/forms of energy. It includes a rubric for their presentation and note template for students to complete throughout all presentations! This project is a student favorite and lasts about a week.

Students experiment to determine which substance heats up and cools down quicker; sand/soil or water. This is a great way to introduce atmospheric and oceanic currents as well as land and sea breezes.

presentation or pdf explaining lake effect snow

What determines weather a breeze is a land or sea breeze? Students illustrate what time of day it is as well as where the wind is coming from/going to during a land and a sea breeze.

Information about igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks-includes intrusive vs. extrusive, characteristics, and examples of each rock type.

Here are 12 questions to ask students as a pretest/post test or formative assessment of concepts relating to Earth's Eclipses and Tides.

Use this worksheet to review or assess volume, distance, and mass measurements. Conversions are also included on this form.

Use this resource to sketch the phases of the moon throughout the month. Then review with questions about shading, where the terms waxing, waning, gibbous, etc. come from.

Questionnaire to go with Bill Nye's "Water Cycle" video

Use this sheet to practice identifying observations (qualitative and quantitative) and inferences.

covers tides and eclipses through vocabulary and sketches

I use this during when my students are working on stories or journals to help them add depth to their characters. It is great for a realistic fiction unit!

This studyguide reviews the first 3 steps of the scientific method and offers practice questions.

Use these slides to create passports for your students. As they fill in the information from my "Biome Scavenger Hunt" or the Internet, they can earn their passport stamps.

An assignment that encourages students to explore any professional such as scientists, musicians, presidents, historical figures, poets, writers, etc.

Practice converting in the Metric System with these practice problems.

Looking for a way to get your students to want to review their notes? Students can review key vocabulary for waves using this memory game and study at home!

Students just learning the periodic table should become familiar with common elements. Use this Sweet 16 List to learn the names and symbols of just a few.