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Earth sciences Common Core SL.6.2 resources
Explore the Five Themes of Geography 5-E Lesson | Intro to 5 Themes | Google
This lesson introduces & examines the 5 Themes of Geography. The activities are engaging for students & the guided, 5-E format is easy for you to use! Begin with a fun “Picture It” warm-up, then explain each of the themes with the guided slides. Fill-in notes & practice activities accompany the lesson. Students enjoy moving around during the “Partner Find” cooperative learning activity. An exit ticket challenges your students to apply what they have learned about the five themes. You
Grades:
4th - 8th
The Great Rift Valley in Africa 5-E Lesson | Causes and Effects | Microsoft
This lesson explores how the Great Rift Valley was formed and its effects on the land & people in Africa. The activities are engaging for students & the guided, 5-E format is easy for you to use! Begin with a “Memory Game - Kenya” warm-up, then discuss plate tectonics using a clip from “Ice Age 4: Continental Drift”. Present key vocabulary terms while completing fill-in notes. Next, students answer questions while viewing a 15-minute, Discovery Channel video that examines the physical ge
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5th - 12th
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Earth's Layers, Spheres & Landforms Hexagonal Thinking Activity Puzzle & Game
These Earth's Layers, Spheres (Hydrosphere, Biosphere, Atmosphere and Geosphere) and Landforms Hexagonal Thinking Activities engage students kinesthetically as they connect terms related to Earth's Structure. The puzzle and game help students connect concepts and build critical thinking skills. Students work in small groups to arrange hexagons in a matrix, showing how terms and concepts are related to each other. What is Hexagonal Thinking?Hexagonal thinking is an immersive strategy designed to
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Soil, Weathering, Erosion, Deposition Hexagonal Thinking Activity Puzzle & Game
Review Earth Science vocab and concepts with these Soil, Weathering, Erosion and Deposition Hexagonal Thinking Activities. Engage students kinesthetically as they connect terms related to types of soil, erosion, weathering and deposition using hexagonal thinking. The puzzle and game help students connect concepts and build critical thinking skills. Students work in small groups to arrange hexagons in a matrix, showing how terms and concepts are related to each other. What is Hexagonal Thinking
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5th - 8th
Earthquakes & Volcanoes Hexagonal Thinking Activity Puzzle Science Review Game
These Earthquake and Volcano Hexagonal Thinking Activities engage students kinesthetically as they make connections among terms related to earthquakes, volcanoes, Earth's dynamics using hexagonal thinking. The puzzle and game help students connect concepts and build critical thinking skills. Students work in small groups to arrange hexagons in a matrix, showing how terms and concepts are related to each other. What is Hexagonal Thinking?Hexagonal thinking is an immersive strategy designed to de
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Plate Tectonics Hexagonal Thinking Activity Puzzle | Earth Science Review Game
These Plate Tectonics Hexagonal Thinking Activities engage students kinesthetically as they make connections among terms related to plate tectonics, Earth's structure and geological events using hexagonal thinking. The puzzle and game help students connect concepts and build critical thinking skills. Students work in small groups to arrange hexagons in a matrix, showing how terms and concepts are related to each other. What is Hexagonal Thinking?Hexagonal thinking is an immersive strategy desig
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Rocks and Minerals Vocab Terms Hexagonal Thinking Activity Puzzle & Review Game
These Rocks and Minerals Vocab Terms Hexagonal Thinking Activities engage students kinesthetically as they connect terms related to the rocks, minerals and geology using hexagonal thinking. The puzzle and game help students connect concepts and build critical thinking skills. Students work in small groups to arrange hexagons in a matrix, showing how terms and concepts are related to each other. What is Hexagonal Thinking?Hexagonal thinking is an immersive strategy designed to deepen understandi
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5th - 8th
Scientific Method, Tools, Branches Hexagonal Thinking Activity Puzzle and Game
These Scientific Method Hexagonal Thinking Activities engage students kinesthetically as they make connections among terms related to the scientific method, branches of science and scientific tools using hexagonal thinking. The puzzle and game help students connect concepts and build critical thinking skills. Students work in small groups to arrange hexagons in a matrix, showing how terms and concepts are related to each other. What is Hexagonal Thinking?Hexagonal thinking is an immersive strat
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Types of Maps and Map Terms Hexagonal Thinking Activity Puzzle and Review Game
These Map Skills and Terms Hexagonal Thinking Activities engage students kinesthetically as they connect terms related to the map terms, map skills and types of maps using hexagonal thinking. The puzzle and game help students connect concepts and build critical thinking skills. Students work in small groups to arrange hexagons in a matrix, showing how terms and concepts are related to each other. What is Hexagonal Thinking?Hexagonal thinking is an immersive strategy designed to deepen understan
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Crater | Movie Guide + Questions | Social Emotional Activities Digital Printable
Have you ever wanted to include a film, educational video, or movie into your lesson, but needed some questions, activities, and/or deeper thinking work to go with it to help create a more robust and impactful learning experience? Well I certainly have, and I originally created this movie guide and question set for the movie Crater to use in my own classroom for that exact reason!This resource is designed to turn a single movie into (potentially) a full week of reflective learning and expression
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3rd - 8th
PBS NOVA Viewing Guide - Touching the Asteroid
Looking for a hassle-free lesson related to outer space, asteroids, comets, NASA, and more? Then this resource is perfect for you! This viewing guide will take students through the PBS NOVA episode entitled “Touching the Asteroid.” This episode discusses the work a team of scientists is doing in to collect material from a piece of an asteroid named Bennu and bring it back to Earth. This episode is approximately 54 minutes long.NOTE: This episode may require a PBS Passport or purchase to watch.
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6th - 12th
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Tornado Alley - Weather Unit
Why are the Great Plains states - Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota - the perfect mixing bowl to create more tornadoes than anywhere else on Earth?One to five week unit includes annotated graphics, student activities, formative and functional assessments
Grades:
4th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-4
, MS-ESS2-6
, MS-ESS2-5
Solar System Profile Cards 2
Profile cards for the 4 Outer Planets of our Solar System. The cards may be cutout and used as flash cards or kept intact for unit reviews These are meant to be printed on 8.5 x 11 sheet paper.
The Cool The Climate Kit & Kaboodle (Elementary grades climate resource packet)
The movie and resources in this packet are designed to meet Elementary grade Common Core Standards while making learning FUN, hands-on, and action inspiring!Every purchase plants 7 trees through Eden Restoration Projects to help cool the climate. The Cool The Climate Kit is a student-tested climate education program for the elementary grades, featuring a half-hour movie about the causes, effects, and solutions to our climate crisis. CLICK FOR MOVIE TRAILERIn addition to the movie, this resource
Grades:
PreK - 8th
NGSS:
K-ESS2-1
, MS-ESS2-2
, 5-LS2-1
, 5-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS3-5
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Documentary The Greatest Places: Compare/Contrast Physical/Human Characteristics
This is a simple graphic organizer for the IMAX film "The Greatest Places." It's a good way to keep the students engaged and taking notes, but unburdened with lengthy written answers. This focus of this worksheet is on the physical and human characteristics of the various places shown in the film. You may need to discuss with your students ahead of time the terminology of physical characteristics and human characteristics. This would make a nice addition to a science unit of ecosystems/biomes or
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5th - 8th
Story Seeds Activity Zine: Be a Plot Scientist with Dan Gutman
This activity zine is a companion to Episode 1 of The Story Seeds Podcast: The Magic Seed starring 11-year-old Hannah and Dan Gutman, author of the My Weird School series.Kids can use this activity kit to create their own stories using our graphic organizers for developing plot; learn more about seed science by reading a short feature about a scientist from Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University; conduct their own Indoor and outdoor science experiments; make art inspired by The
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Grades:
1st - 5th
Interactive Game | Climate Change Solutions | Gr 6-12 | Free
In this interactive fortune-telling game, students explore four potential solutions to climate change and get their "fortunes" read using informational "Tarot" cards about empowering girls and women, eliminating food waste, using more renewable energy, and switching to plant-rich diets. Students will watch a short video about each solution, choose the solution they think is the best, and answer questions to see if the solution they chose aligns with their answers. Resource AccessTo access the le
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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HS-LS2-7
, MS-ESS3-4
, MS-ESS3-3
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Cosmic Voyage-A Trip through Time & Space (add: COVID-19) [Distance Learning]
Learning Objectives___Quantify the size of the COVID-19 virus compared to other small items like atoms, molecules, a human hair, etc.___Quantify the size of the human being compared to a virus, an atom, a water droplet, a country, a planet, a galaxy, the universe.___Experience the true scale of the observable universe.Sequence:1. Student reads a brief reading introducing scale and size, with connections made to size of viruses and the importance of wearing protective masks and social distancing.
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6th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS1-4
, HS-ESS1-6
, HS-ESS1-4
, MS-ESS1-2
, MS-ESS1-3
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Is nuclear power a better option for energy than fossil fuels? - Civil Discourse
Thinkalong.org is a free, evidence-based interactive tool for students to develop media literacy skills by applying the 5 Key Questions of Media Literacy to public media content. Importantly, the tool does not require registration for teachers or students, abides by student privacy laws, and is advised by a board of both youth and educators.Each module consists of:a compelling and timely question;related current and age-appropriate public media content including audio, video, and text;extension
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6th - 12th
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Middle School — Lesson 1: Water Resources and Water Footprints
This lesson gives students an in-depth understanding of key water issues. They learn about water resources and water footprints, then use the Water Footprint Calculator to analyze their direct and virtual water consumption. Students get a foundation of knowledge and learn why they should care about protecting water resources, which makes it easier for them to make a fundamental shift in attitude about their water use. Designed for middle school – lower secondary level, ages 11 to 14 – the lesson
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS2-3
, MS-ESS2-2
, MS-ESS3-5
, MS-ESS3-4
, MS-ESS2-4
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Should we search for extraterrestrial life? - Civil Discourse for Classrooms
Thinkalong.org is a free, evidence-based interactive tool for students to develop media literacy skills by applying the 5 Key Questions of Media Literacy to public media content. Importantly, the tool does not require registration for teachers or students, abides by student privacy laws, and is advised by a board of both youth and educators.Each module consists of:a compelling and timely question;related current and age-appropriate public media content including audio, video, and text;extension
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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