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Space

• See my Space page for lessons on Mars, Stars, and Constellations (page)

Moon

• See my  Moon Unit Page for lessons on the Apollo Missions, Phases, and Tides (page)

Weather

1. Adopt A City – Mini Weather Unit – (page) students will adopt a city and compare the weather for that city to where we live in New Jersey. This unit involves a series of tasks that cover a variety of meteorology topics and geography skills.
2. Study Jams – videos for weather related topics (link)
3. BrainPOP.com – videos for weather related topics (link)
4. Drawing Isotherms – students will use an interactive website to learn how to draw isotherms (blog entry)

Rocks & Minerals (under construction 2.11.15)

• “Rocks, Gems, and Minerals Guide“ – I have a classroom set of these and recommend them since they are inexpensive, have a great deal of information, and are age appropriate. I have other guides in my classroom as well that are more detailed to use as additional reference guides
• The Sterling Hill Mining Museum – a former mine turned into a museum, they have an amazing collection of minerals and a wonderful place to visit!
• Geology.com’s Mineral Page has tons of information and images of minerals (link)
• Mineralogy 4 Kids website (link) and notes (pdf)
• Minerals Vocab cut & paste (pdf)
• What is a mineral? Students will learn the characteristics of minerals and then classify items as either minerals or non-minerals (blog entry)
• Minerals in your home  – what is in my toilet? (Blog Entry)
• Crystal Shapes/Systems information (link)
• Graphic Organizers for types of minerals and slides (ppt)
  • Silicate Minerals handout (pdf) 
  • Non-silicate Minerals handout (pdf)
• Moh’s Hardness Scale handout (pdf)
• Ride the Rock Cycle! Students will go on an adventure and create a comic strip of their journey on the rock cycle (blog entry)
• Rocks ROCK! Students will learn to identify 12 common rock samples by researching each and creating games with their peers (blog entry)
• Law of Superposition – which came first? (blog entry)

Mining

• Lewis Hine & Child Labor: Why did boys work in the coal mine instead of going to school? (blog entry)

Plate Tectonics

• Pangea Activity – how did the continents fit together? (blog entry)

Earthquakes

• Real-time data collection for EQs – students will plot EQ data for their assigned region of the world – what patterns will they notice? (Blog entry)

Volcanoes