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Free adult education earth sciences resources
OREO COOKIE PHASES OF THE MOON FOOD LAB
A popular lab, with a competitive twist! Educators, your students will have tons of fun learning/reviewing the phases of the moon with this engaging activity. Instead of simply cutting the cream out of each cookie, students will be tasked with a challenge (against their peers) for each of the 8 phases of the moon. I've also included a student version of the slides so that they can insert a photo of each phase they create. Why? Well, we all know that those cookies will not last very long at the e
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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NGSS:
MS-ESS1-1
Water and Carbon Cycle Diagram Activity - Bring out their creativity!
This package is broken into a water cycle and a carbon cycle assignment. Usually, what I do is use the water cycle as a practice run (more formative assessment), then the carbon cycle as graded work but the tasks can be used however you like. Your students will use their varied learning styles to complete this assignment. Those who love art will enjoy the chance to really get creative and design something fantastic. Others will enjoy the way the task is set out step-wise with easy to follow i
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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MS-ESS3-1
, MS-LS2-3
, MS-LS2-4
, MS-ESS2-1
Solar System: Totally Tourist Tour of Our Solar System Online Research Activity
Solar system tour...online of course! With the internet as their resource, students explore current information about our Solar System and discover some fun and interesting information about the planets along the way.Answers not included.Click here to follow my store and receive the latest updates.Original Artwork (©AwesomeScience). For Personal Use Only. Uneditable.Page count does not include Terms of Use and links to supplementary activities. Copyright ©AwesomeScience 2013 – The Present.All R
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5th - 11th, Adult Education
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ABC Nature Walk - Print or Digital
FREE Nature Walk Activity - Fun Activity for Any Group of Kids or Adults! FREEThis activity will help kids to enjoy nature as they look for a different natural object for each letter of the alphabet. This would be great to use during the school year, for summer school, camp, with scout groups, and for homeschoolers. You could even use it with your family on a camping trip! With the digital option, you'll have a keepsake of the awesome memories that are made!There are two options for completing
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
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Air Masses and Fronts w/BONUS T-Storm and Severe Weather Forecasting PowerPoint
PROCEEDS BENEFIT "REACH INC."-EMPOWERING ADULTS WITH DISABILITIEShttp://www.reachinc.org-Southern Science Specialists - Chapel Hill, North Carolina-Unbelievably LOADED Weather PowerPoint! Great for middle school, high school, college, adult education, weather hobbyists, and home schooling!Pairs great with the following lab/activity on severe weather found at the link below:CLICK HEREMore advanced severe weather lab manual and Skew-T tutorial found at the link below:CLICK HERE FOR LAB MANUAL----
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Blue Planet II: One Ocean Worksheet, Word Search, Word Jumble Blue Planet 2
This video guide includes 3 instructional resources for use with the video "Blue Planet 2: One Ocean". 1. 21 Question Worksheet w/ key2. 44 Word Word Jumble w/ key3. 44 Word Word Search w/ keyCheckout my "Blue Planet II: One Ocean" set of resources for free!The questions are answered about every 2-3 minutes. Have students answer them all, or just the odds/evens to prevent answer sharing or to spread out the amount of time between questions.The video questions are often word-for-word from the vi
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Deadliest Volcanoes: PBS Documentary Questions & Key
PBS: Deadliest Volcanoes is an Earth Science documentary featuring some of the most violent and active volcanoes on Earth. The video tells how scientists can predict when a volcano will erupt. My document involves detailed questions that students in middle or high school can fill out while watching the film. There are also after-viewing questions that will get students to analyze what they learned.
Free Video to Stream-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB8DLqQXREM
TV PG Rating
2012
53 minutes
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Oceans: Currents and Maps (Come EXPLORE Your World!)
INSERT YOUR NAME HERE! Magellan, Sir Francis Drake, John Cabot, Leif Eriksson, James Cook, Sir Walter Raleigh, Marco Polo, Vasco de Gama, and Columbus.This is a part of the complete ocean current tutorial/lab/activity found below:FULL VERSION CLICK HEREDiscover the Gulf Stream, the Kuroshio Current, the East Australian Current, the California Current, the Peru Current, and the Labrador Current.6 different mapping activities addressing similar content (ocean currents and global winds) in differe
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4th - 9th, Adult Education
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Eclipse Diagrams SURFFDOGGY
(4 pages) A diagram of solar and lunar eclipses is included. The diagram includes a detail often overlooked by authors and students alike, and explains why eclipses are such rare events. A compare/contrast table is included for students to complete, as well as a page of short answer questions.
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Solar System - Ready to Print - Display on the Wall
Just print these models in colour, cut off all the white paper using scissors, and glue them to the top of any classroom wall, across the whole wall. The stick glue works fine. Make sure to roughly keep the distances between the planets in the proportion.https://sharelessonresources.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-solar-system-ready-print-and-display.htmlSun - Mercury - 1 unitMercury - Venus - 0.9 unitsVenus - Earth - 0.7 unitsEarth - Mars - 1.4 unitsMars - Jupiter - 9.7 unitsEtc. Please see the excel
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Stars & Galaxies Digital Notebook Set-Up | Space Astronomy Unit Middle School
This product includes a score sheet, unit cover with a word bank, a review Bingo activity, unit reflection activity, and more! Buy my bundle and get access to my entire unit links. This product is created using Google Slide and is printable (8.5" by 11")! This helps to prepare for the uncertainty of what might happen in the next school year and help make planning more manageable for you. This product is part of my complete Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe Interactive Notebook- Distance Learning
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4th - 10th, Adult Education
Interacting Systems of the Earth (Biosphere, Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere)
Need students to understand how the different Systems of the Earth interact? Try this activity out. Students will engage in the reading/comprehension/annotation of an excerpt on the Earth's systems.Next, students will analyze a geologic event in which they will have an opportunity to explore evidence of various systems interactions.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Layers Of the Earth Project
Looking for a unit project on Earth's layer. Well here you go, this can help wrap up your Geology Lesson.
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Saturn- Article, Questions, Wordsearch, and Hidden Message!
This engaging worksheet will allow students of all ages to learn about the planet Saturn! Worksheet includes a reading passage, related questions, and a word search. Letters not used will spell out a hidden message. This activity can be used in-class, for homework, or as a review. Discover the unique attributes of Saturn, its moons, rings, storms, and history!
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3rd - 12th, Adult Education
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Natural Disasters Mini Project
This short project can typically be completed in one or two days. In it, students research a major natural disaster and complete an informational chart. Once they have completed the chart, they create a "mini-poster" on the back that describes their natural disaster.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Geology: WEATHERING and EROSION PPT (with AMAZING alternative QUIZ!)
This PowerPoint is LOADED! Content from this weathering and erosion PowerPoint has been used at academic levels ranging from 6th grade enrichment science to introductory level geology classes at the university level. What makes this PowerPoint special is the QUIZ (assessment) at the end that is scored on a sliding justification scale. In this portion, students interactively choose the best weathering type based on the image and instructional discussion about the image. Answer choices vary be
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6th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Weather: Global Wind Belts and the Coriolis Effect PowerPoint
PROCEEDS BENEFIT "REACH INC."-EMPOWERING ADULTS WITH DISABILITIEShttp://www.reachinc.org-Southern Science Specialists - Chapel Hill, North Carolina-18 multifaceted slide PowerPoint addressing the topics of global winds,the general wind rules, the Coriolis effect, and the impact of global winds on weather systems. The HIGHLIGHT of the PowerPoint is a Global Wind Diagram/Model slide that is gradually built with clicks on one particular slide. This particular diagram/model adds the following clic
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Plate Tectonics: PowerPoint Notes
PROCEEDS BENEFIT "REACH INC."-EMPOWERING ADULTS WITH DISABILITIEShttp://www.reachinc.org-Southern Science Specialists - Chapel Hill, North Carolina-156 slide PowerPoint on Plate Tectonics. Topics, concepts, and terminology covered include: Continental drift, Pangaea, evidence of rock formations, fossils, climates, magnetism, sea floor spreading, earthquakes, volcanoes, and GPS. Also covered are plate tectonic boundaries-collision, ocean ocean subduction, continental ocean subduction, divergent
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6th - 10th, Adult Education
Lab #6: PhET Plate Tectonics
Lab #6 in my lab series.NOTE: This lab requires access to a computer and the PhET Plate Tectonics Simulation Website.Students use the PhET Plate Tectonics Simulation to describe the differences between continental and oceanic crust, to identify and describe the three types of plate boundaries, and to describe the geologic features created by each type of plate boundary.I have had great success with this lab. My students enjoyed using the simulation and by having them draw time-lapse sketches of
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Types of Measurement Instruments
I designed these measurement instrument cards to use in our science unit. The aim is to introduce instruments that are used to measure temperature, wind speed, the direc9on of the wind, humidity of the environment, atmospheric pressure and rain.
May suggest that you laminate the follow cards for durability whilst in use. I suggest the cards to be used for vocabulary or weather center lessons.
I would very much appreciate your rating of my materials please. Thanks!!!
Fabiana
www.fabianacarter
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1st - 3rd, Adult Education
Biome Jigsaw Activity Research Task Posters
Use these posters to help your students research the biomes of the world under the following headings:-General Information-Climate-Plants-Animals#austeacherBFR
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Greenhouse effect
I created this beautiful and clean poster explaining in a very simplified manner the greenhouse effect caused by the greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere.
This is a good quality image, so you can print it, use it on your lesson plan or on your power point presentation for your students.
The image is in PNG format.
You can use this image only for personal use.
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PreK - 6th, Adult Education
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Science of Weather and Climate - Game Board
This is the board used by students to play the Science of Weather review game. Students move about the globe on the board and answer questions, challenging each other and reviewing at the same time. In the original PDF, the board is broken down into four pieces, that you need to assemble. This board is in the original large format.
About Science of Weather:
Science of Weather is a flexible earth science module for elementary, middle, and high school, supported by the National Science Foundatio
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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Peeling Back the Layers of the Atmosphere PowerPoint
This brief presentation covers "air," the composition of Earth's atmosphere, and a concise explanation of each major layers. The five layers covered are include the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere. I have also included directions for a fun space travel poster activity I used in class to solidify the ideas. The students had a lot of fun doing it! This presentation is a great introduction of wrap up for several different classes. I used it in physical science and
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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