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What Are Weather Fronts?
In this activity, students will learn about weather fronts. A lesson plan is included.Subjects:Earth ScienceWeatherScience -
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Weather Terms
Test your students' knowledge of weather-related vocabulary with this word list.Subjects:VocabularyScienceEarth Science -
CLASSROOM TOOLS
Weather Forecast Bulletin Board
Create a weather-themed bulletin board for your classroom. This packet includes bulletin-board instructions, weather…Subjects:ScienceEarth ScienceWeather -
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Nature's Weather Clues Mini-Lesson -- PowerPoint Slideshow
As part of a weather forecasting lesson, use these PowerPoint slides to show how nature sometimes gives clues to…Subjects:WeatherEarth ScienceScience -
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Instant Expert: Weather
Become an instant expert on weather. Find motivational mini-lessons and the reference material you need to reinforce key…Subjects:ScienceEarth ScienceWeather -
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Weather Station
With a student-made weather station and/or the Internet, students measure weather in a variety of ways, write about…SubjectsScienceEarth ScienceWeather -
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Building a Weather Vane
Build a weather vane and show students how to use it to determine wind direction.Subjects:WeatherEarth ScienceScience -
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Butterfly Garden Lesson Activity
Students see the complete life cycle of a butterfly.SubjectsTeaching Eric Carle & The Very Hungry CaterpillarAnimals (Zoology)Insects -
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What Is the Weather in Your City?
Students practice using the World Wide Web as they research local and international weather on the Internet and complete…Subjects:ScienceEarth ScienceWeather -
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
KWL Chart - Weather and Seasons
Introduce your students to a KWL chart that is a graphic organizer for recording what students Know, Want to know, and…Subjects:ScienceWeatherSeasons -
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Investigate Activity: Investigating Clouds and Weather
Students use cotton balls, glue, and paper to make models of clouds over a ten-day period, and interpret the results.…Subjects:ScienceWeatherEarth Science -
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Intro to Rocks Mini-Lesson -- Powerpoint Slideshow
Use these PowerPoint slides to illustrate rock formation, weathering, and erosion. Visit our DK Instant Expert page for…Subjects:ScienceEarth ScienceRocks -
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The Restless Air Mini-Lesson -- PowerPoint Slideshow
Use these PowerPoint slides to help students learn more about wind as an important property of weather. Visit our DK…Subjects:ScienceEarth ScienceNatural Disasters -
WORKSHEETS
Air Quality and the Weather -- Teacher Section
Try a teacher's guide that leads you through a unit that has students constructing and analyzing temperature maps,…Subjects:ScienceEarth ScienceAtmosphere and Air -
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Do Clouds Tell Us What Weather Is Coming?
By observing cloud conditions over a set period of time, pupils discover a link between cloud conditions and weather…SubjectsScienceEarth ScienceWeather -
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Gallery of DK Digital Books for Earth Science
Use these beautifully illustrated earth science books from DK's award-winning reference series to brush up on your…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureScienceEarth Science -
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Summarizing: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Use a lesson that is designed to expand primary students' summarizing skills using the book Cloudy With a Chance of…SubjectsReadingReading ComprehensionReading and Literature -
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Printable Resources for Your Classroom
These ready-to-use educational printables will help you reinforce concepts, enhance parent communications, organize… -
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Digital Book Library from DK
Brush up on your knowledge on history and earth, life, and physical sciences with these beautifully illustrated, digital…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureNonfiction LiteratureInformational Texts -
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Understanding Median, Mode, and Mean Answer Key
Answer key.Subjects:Probability and StatisticsMathematics -
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Investigating Median, Mode, and Mean
Use a lesson that provides students with an opportunity to identify and apply median, mode, range, and mean.SubjectsMathematicsProbability and Statistics -
TEACHER ADVICE
10 Tips for Motivating Students
Having trouble motivating students to stay engaged and involved in the classroom? Try these teaching strategies for… -
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Instant Expert: Rocks and Minerals
Become an instant expert on rocks and minerals. Find motivational mini-lessons and the reference material you need to…Subjects:ScienceMineralsRocks -
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PowerPoint Library
Brush up on your knowledge of history and earth, life, and physical sciences with these beautifully illustrated…Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryScience