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2. Earth Science
2. Earth Science
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The teacher's guide includes a module overview, 4 individual activity folios, duplication masters (in English and Spanish) for student sheets, and an annotated bibliography.
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for student sheets, and an anno tated bibliography. This module includes science background information, detailed instructions on planning for and conducting each activity, an extensive assessment component, and extensions for integration and enrichment.
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Measurement contains 4 multipart activities, requiring from 12 to 15 class sessions to complete. The teacher's guide includes a module overview, the 4 individual activity folios, duplication masters (in English and Spanish)
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The teacher's guide includes a unit overview, the 16 lesson plans, an annotated bibliography, and blackline masters of student record sheets and mineral identification cards. A student activity book with simple instructions and illustrations accompanies the unit.
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The teacher's guide includes a unit overview, the 16 lesson plans, an annotated bibliography, blackline masters for student record sheets, and tips on using redworms in the classroom. An optional consumable notebook for students, My Soils Book, includes most of the record sheets and the three reading selections used in this unit.
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Chicago, Ill.: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp., 1993. Grades: 3, ~ In this module consisting of 4 multipart activities, students explore water in all its forms: they investigate surface tension, freezing, expansion, density, evaporation, condensation, water quality, and natural processes of water recycling.
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Hands-on activities in the unit include constructing parachutes to discover the effects of air resistance; building wind gauges to measure wind speed; and making-and flying paper airplanes to test students' knowledge of air movement, pressure, and resistance. This module includes an overview, a glossary, evaluation activities, and reproducible masters for student worksheets.
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In classroom and playground lessons that integrate science with mathematics, language arts, social studies, art, music, and physical education, students from kindergarten to the intermediate grades learn the comparative sizes of dinosaurs, how they were named, and what their lives might have been like. Digging into Dinosaurs contains 20 lessons organized in 5 chapters; a sixth chapter provides art and craft ideas.
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Each activity includes a vocabulary list, a list of materials needed, preparation steps, teaching suggestions, and reinforcement activities. The teacher's guide includes reproducible masters for student worksheets.
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The Moons of Jupiter requires about 5 to 7 sessions of 40 to 50 minutes each. This thorough guide contains summary outlines, background information, detailed lesson plans, literature connections, activity sheets, and suggestions for additional resources.
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Grades: 2-4 In the module Soil, students discover how soil is formed, examine soil components and compare types of soil, investigate soil erosion and pollution, and begin to understand the importance of soil to plants and animals. Activities in the unit include students observing earthworms and discovering their role in cultivating soil, collecting and examining soil samples, and simulating erosion of soil by wind and water.
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Each activity includes a vocabulary list, a list of materials needed, preparation steps, teaching suggestions, and reinforcement activities. Reproducible masters of student worksheets are provided.
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Students learn the conditions neces sary for clouds to form, and begin to associate specific types of clouds with specific types of weather conditions. Weather Forecasting includes 12 activities that require about 14 class sessions to complete.
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Series Acronyms Following are acronyms of series Hides in "Earth Science- Science Activity Books." (Series titles that are spelled out are not included in this list.) AIMS Activities Integrating Mathematics and Science CESI Council for Elementary Science International NSTA/FEMA National Science Teachers Association/Federal Emergency Management Agency Price and Acquisition Information Ordering information is presented in a block immediately below the annotation.
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Publisher/supplier: Federal Emergency Management Agency. Materials: Available locally, or from commercial suppliers.
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Materials: Materials available locally, from commercial suppliers, or in kit. 2~46 Explonng Space: Using Seymour Simon's Astronomy Books In Me Classroom.
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Matenals: Available locally, from commercial suppliers, or in kit from Delta Education. 2.53 InvesUgadng Science with Dinosaurs.
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Publisher/supplier: National Energy Foundation. Materials: Available locally, or from commercial suppliers.
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Many of the activities integrate other curriculum areas for example, geography in studying water distribution, social studies in creating a solution to the problem of wasted water, and mathematics in learning the concept of 1 part per million. The teacher's guide is designed to accompany a student booklet by the same title, and is available in English, Spanish, French, and metric.
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