Where has the Time Gone? (Elapsed Time Worksheet)
This is a 3rd Grade worksheet that reinforces how to tell time and then students have to solve 4 elapsed time word problems with visible clocks.
Which sediment is most porous and which is most permeable?
In this Earth Science Lab, I have my students design an experiment that determines which sediment type is the most porous and which sediment type is the most permeable. This is a common design that my students come up with. There are others, but this one works well. For the lab, go to https://earthscience.xyz/content/porosity-and-permeability-lab.
Why do rivers curve? Video
MinuteEarth, a youtube channel demonstrates how a river goes from straight to meandering. Learn some basic concepts of erosion, deposition, and stream formation in this video. This science video also talks about river landforms.
The Water Cycle Video
In this Study Jam video, students will learn about the water cycle. The vocabulary used in the video is precipitation, evaporation, condensation, humid, transpiration, clouds, dense, and water vapor.
Three Stories about Skip the Squirrel in First Person, Second Person, and Third Person
Discover the Fascinating Tales of Skip the Squirrel: Three Engaging Perspectives
Two Passage Expository essay Prompt What are the best ways to grow plants
This worksheet contains two passages on how plants grow and tips for growing your own plants. It contains the writing prompt, "How do plants grow? Use information from the two essays to explain the basic needs of plants and provide tips for growing your own plants at home." Finally, this document contains a 5 paragraph essay based on the two passages.
Two Passage Opinion Writing Prompt School Uniforms or Student Dress Choice
This worksheet contains the writing prompt, "Do you think schools should have a dress code policy that requires students to wear uniforms? Why or why not?" It contains two passages. The first passage gives the benefits of wearing school uniforms. The second passage gives the disadvantages of school uniforms. This worksheet can also be used as a reading resource for compare and contrast. It also contains a sample 5 paragraph essay taking the opinion that schools should have a uniform policy.
Understanding Continental Drift and Pangaea
In this activity, students get to know Alfred Wegener and why and how he came up with the idea of continental drift and the super-continent Pangaea. Students will complete some internet searches to discover what type of fossils Wegener used to help him come up with his hypothesis. Students will find the time period the fossils lived, which continents they were found on, and describe both the current climate and the climate in which they prehistorically lived. Students will also cut out the Pangaea puzzle and fit the fossils, and rocks together.
Understanding Earthquakes through Analyzing and Plotting Data
In this Earth Science activity, students will gain a deeper understanding of the following Vocabulary: seismologist, seismograph, seismogram, epicenter, P-Wave, S-Wave, Wave Amplitude, Magnitude, and Richter/Moment Scale.
Students will create a digital spreadsheet that will help them calculate data they gathered by looking at actual seismograms. Technology is incorporated throughout the lesson.