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Solar energy hot box

This hands-on science lesson is great because it allows students to get out of their seats and move about, as well as allows students to work in cooperative groups. The teacher is more of a facilitator and students are more in charge of their own learning processes.

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Mathematics and Science)

By Nicole Albright.

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.

Temperature graphs

In the following lesson students will locate and record daily high temperatures for several major cities. This data will then be displayed on line graphs. Students will choose one city, and based on its high temperatures, write a paragraph describing appropriate clothing and activities for that location. They will draw a picture of themselves dressed in the clothing and participating in an activity they described.

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Mathematics)

By Kaye Clark.

Bullington Center

Students will receive hands-on education on plants and the environment at this 12-acre public garden.

Format: article/field trip opportunity

Project Groundhog

The students will determine the groundhog prediction of either six more weeks of winter or an early spring and see if the prediction was accurate by recording daily weather data for six weeks. Over that six week period the students will be comparing their weekly data with schools around the USA and Canada using the Project Groundhog website.

Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Mathematics and Science)

By Jane Diamond.

Solar sizzlers

Group projects of building solar cookers or collectors provide arena for learning about energy sources and transformation. Gathering data for comparison and analysis exercises students' graphing skills and thinking.

Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Information Skills and Mathematics)

By Larry Parker.

Watching the weather

In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 3.5

In this lesson for grade seven, students discuss the work that meteorologists do and brainstorm ways to collect data about the weather without using instruments. Students collect weather data over a two-week period.

Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Science)

By Emma Couch.Adapted by Mitzi Talbert.

We all live downstream

This lesson uses the North American Streamside exhibit of the North Carolina Zoological Park as an inquiry-based starting point for a stream ecology study.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science)

By Eddie Hamblin.

Winter advisory: The effect of salt on the freezing point of water

In CareerStart lessons: Grade eight, page 5.9

In this lesson, students complete a lab to help them understand the effect of salt on the freezing point of water. Students discuss the benefits and drawbacks of using salt as a de-icing and anti-icing agent on roads.

Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Science)

By Tammy Johnson and Martha Tedrow.

Resources on the web

Sensing the invisible: The Herschel Experiment

In this lesson, from Science NetLinks, students find out that there is radiation other than visible light being emitted from the sun. They reproduce a version of William Herschel's 1800 experiment that discovered the existence of infrared radiation. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Science)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

A Paleo Perspective on Global Warming

Find out just what global warming is, how scientists study it, and how it affects weather and climate. This website will lead you through thousands of years of fascinating data and contains images of nature's climate documents: tree rings, polar ice cores,... (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: NOAA