Standard Course of Study :: Science

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Be the meteorologist: Students use internet data to plot the path of a hurricane over several days. At designated points, students will decide which areas of the coast to put under a hurricane warning and will justify their decisions. This lesson uses real weather data and allows students to "be the meteorologist."; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Science); By Rebeccah Haines.

Coastal Weather Issues: Planning for a Hurricane: The unit is designed for seventh grade students who have been studying Earth and its atmosphere. In this sequence, students are faced with the realistic issue of personal and social decision-making when planning for hurricane strikes, which includes classification, tracking, and monitoring hurricanes, as well as planning for evacuations. The inquiry-based approach involves a WebQuest in which the learner will assume the role of an emergency management team member who must create a preparation plan for the community.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts, Computer Technology Skills, and Science); By Karen Greene.

Graphing Climate Information: Students learn to plot the data for the average monthly precipitation for three cities.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Computer Technology Skills and Science); By Madelyn Owenby.

Investigating evaporation: Students will investigate evaporation as a cooling process. They will witness that temperature is affected by moisture content and the process of evaporation. Next, they will explore websites related to the processes of evaporation and condensation. Students will apply gained knowledge to real-life situations, and will share their new knowledge with a person outside the classroom.; Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Science); By Jessica Bohn.

Weather conditions database: Students will search and sort various fields of a given database file.; Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Computer Technology Skills and Science); By DPI Integration Strategies.

El Niño: The purpose of this lesson is to understand that El Niño is caused by changes in the atmospheric and ocean content. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Science); Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Natural hazard risks in the United States: In this lesson, from Xpeditions, students examine specific locations of high risk for various natural hazards, assess why these hazards exist where they do, and investigate what towns and cities are doing to prepare for a natural disaster. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Science); Provider: National Geographic

Natural hazards: Same forces, different impacts: In this Xpeditions lesson, students consider the threats that natural disasters (specifically tornadoes, volcanoes, and earthquakes) pose for humans, then compare and contrast two disasters. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Science and Social Studies); Provider: National Geographic

The Ocean and Weather: El Niño and La Niña: In this lesson, from Xpeditions, students explore the weather phenomena El Niño and La Niña . (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 Science and English Language Arts); Provider: National Geographic

The Science of Hurricanes: This lesson is the first of a two-part series on the science of hurricanes and the kinds of technology being used to identify and track them. Students examine different scientific aspects of hurricanes, all in an effort to begin to understand the nature of motion-particularly how changes in speed or direction of motion are caused by forces. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 and 7 Science); Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Sister storms: children of the tropical seas: In this lesson, from Xpeditions, students learn about different kinds of tropical storms throughout the world. They learn about how the storms are different, how they are similar, and how they are distributed throughout the world. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Science); Provider: National Geographic

Tracking tornadoes: In this lesson from Xpeditions, students will learn about how tornadoes are formed and how they are rated according to intensity. They will use the Internet to learn where tornados occur most frequently, what kind of damage they cause, how they are predicted, and current scientific research into them. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Science); Provider: National Geographic

When natural hazards become human disasters: In this Xpeditions lesson, students gain a better understanding of natural events and consider the dangers that natural hazards and natural disasters pose to humans. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Science); Provider: National Geographic