This Classroom Connectors lesson plan teaches young students that our Solar System is composed of many objects which revolve around a star, the Sun. In this lesson students learn about the Earth-Moon-Sun system, satellites, orbits, rotation and revolution. The site provides goals, objectives, an outline, time required, materials, activities, and closure ideas for the lesson. The Classroom Connectors ... Full description.

This Classroom Connectors lesson plan teaches young students about the effects of changing atmospheric conditions on weather. Students learn about air masses, fronts, pressure changes, and other conditions that change weather. The site provides goals, objectives, an outline, time required, materials, activities, and closure ideas for the lesson. The Classroom Connectors address content with an activity ... Full description.

This interactive game lets younger students practice indentification of planets, nebulae, galaxies, and other astronomical objects. Astronomer Michael Shara of the American Museum of Natural History introduces the feature, which consists of eight images of objects that must be matched with their written descriptions. There is also a link to additional space images at NASA's 'Astronomy Picture of the ... Full description.

After an introduction that explains the life cycle of both medium and massive stars, the book offers twelve related activities. Level 1 activities are suitable for primary students and involve ordering, drawing, matching, and word puzzles. The level 2 activities, which start with a four square activity and include doublets, word spirals, matching, and a decision box maze, are suitable for intermediate ... Full description.

This activity will aid in the understanding of high and low pressure behavior, vacuums, and molecular structure. Students play the roles of "air molecules" to simulate high and low pressures, and use balloons to simulate clouds. They should be able to describe high and low pressure areas, identify a front, and explain why areas of high pressure seek areas of low pressure. There is also a suggestion ... Full description.

These activities are designed to stimulate student interest in the study of space science. After covering information on the solar system, students will do a reinforcement activity having to do with the inner and outer planets. Likewise, after covering information on different stars and basic constellations and asterisms (parts of larger constellations), students will do the listed activities to reinforce ... Full description.

In this lesson, learners compare snow and ice cover in the Northern Hemisphere over a period of two years. The images are obtained from measurements of visible and microwave radiation taken by satellites and sent back to Earth and are analyzed with a customized version of ImageJ running as an applet within a browser. Full description.

In this lesson, learners use a Web-based version of ImageJ to examine images of Hurricane Katrina as it moved through the Gulf of Mexico in August 2005. Students explore infrared radiation, water vapor, and visible radiation, and use images captured by the NOAA GOES satellite to plot and measure the path of Katrina. Full description.

This lesson plan is part of the DiscoverySchool.com lesson plan library for grades 6-8. It focuses on the ecology of the Grand Canyon area. Students act as scientists investigating the damming of the Colorado River by the Glen Canyon dam and experimental flooding that took place in 1996. They then write a proposal as to whether or not more experimental flooding should be done on the area considering ... Full description.

This lesson plan is part of the DiscoverySchool.com lesson plan library for grades 6-8. This lesson focuses on sedimentary rocks and how they are formed. Students review the rock cycle and three rock types: igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary. They then write children's books about sedimentary rocks to explain the process to a younger audience. Included are objectives, materials, procedures, discussion ... Full description.