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Other Curriculum Map
Activities
Weather, Life Cycles, Electricity
Week 26
*2nd-
 Weather
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FEMA for kids
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Teams of students choose a
prominent city in the United States. Use
www.weather.com to find the high
temperature from the day before. Keep a record, then create a line graph
using Excel. Compare all the graphs for changes of weather among the
chosen cities. Follow up with discussions about the reason for the
temperature and ranges of each city.
*3rd- Weather, heat, light
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FEMA for kids
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Create a how-to brochure or power
point explaining the water cycle.
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Interactive Weather Maker-
Students change temperature and humidity to find out what it takes to create
wind, rain, snow, cloudy or sunny days.
*4th-
 Life
Cycles-
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Web quest -
Determine which two animals have the most similar life cycle. (Note:
there are a couple of dead links. If you are interested in this type of
inquiry based lesson, I can create a new page for your students to use.)
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Create a Digital Movie with
pictures and sound explaining the life cycle of an animal of your choice.
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Parts of a Flower Interactive site
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New York Times interactive & hard
copy Life Cycle
Crossword Puzzle- challenging.
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Animal
Life Cycle Printouts
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Use
Kidspiration or Inspiration to create a life cycle. Teacher
can first model, then students can create either in computer center or lab.
*5th-
 Transfer
energy, electricity
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