Ready-To-Use Earth Science Activities for the Elementary Classroom

by Seabury, Debra L.

• ISBN13: 9780130279774
• ISBN10: 0130279773
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Pearson P T R

Summary

For the elementary classroom teacher, here are 180 illustrated reproducible activities that challenge students to become actively involved in their own learning and the world in which they live as they explore our environment, ecological principles, and conservation.

Conveniently organized into five sections:
-- For The Teacher -- special art and creative projects, reproducible forms, planning calendars and student awards.
-- Environment -- Where Are We?
-- Ecology -- How Do We Fit In?
-- Conservation -- What Can We Do?
-- Answer Key -- Complete answers to activity sheets

Sure to engage students, the variety of activity formats includes word searches, crossword puzzles, hand-writing pages, and more.

Table of Contents

About This Resource	vi
How to Use This Resource	vii
SECTION ONE: FOR THE TEACHER	1	(22)
Resources (reproducible sheet)
Planning Calendar (reproducible sheet)
Activities	4	(6)
Rain in a Glass	4	(1)
Pollution Catchers	4	(1)
The Natural Selection Game	5	(1)
Backward Garden	5	(1)
Energy-Saving Eggs	6	(1)
The Garbage Game	7	(1)
Six Thousand Cans!	7	(1)
Book Swap	8	(1)
A Word About Guests and Field Trips	9	(1)
Art Projects	10	(4)
Endangered Species Trading Cards	10	(1)
New Paper from Old	10	(1)
Sun Paintings	11	(1)
Food Web Mobiles	12	(1)
Brown Bag Posters	12	(2)
Creative Writing	14	(7)
From the Diary of...	14	(1)
My Green Commitment	14	(1)
Animal Diamante	15	(1)
Earth Smart News	16	(5)
Awards and Culmination	21	(2)
SECTION TWO: WHERE ARE WE? ENVIRONMENT	23	(62)
Land
A Land Word Search	24	(1)
Land Handwriting	25	(1)
What's So Special About Earth?	26	(1)
Is Dirt Important?	27	(1)
Where in the World?	28	(2)
The Changing Earth	30	(2)
Rocky Road	32	(2)
More Than Just Dirt	34	(2)
Earth's Resources	36	(2)
Look What I Found!	38	(2)
Your Corner of the World	40	(1)
One Continent?	41	(1)
Coordinate the Coordinates	42	(1)
Land Quick Check	43	(1)
Water
A Water Word Search	44	(1)
Water Handwriting	45	(1)
Where Is All the Water?	46	(1)
Food from the Sea	47	(1)
The Water Cycle	48	(2)
How We Use Water	50	(2)
Turn on the Water	52	(2)
Down the Drain	54	(2)
How Do You Use Water?	56	(2)
Easy Come, Easy Go?	58	(2)
Solar Purifier	60	(1)
Water Use Math	61	(1)
A Watery Puzzle	62	(1)
Water Quick Check	63	(1)
Air
An Air Word Search	64	(1)
Air Handwriting	65	(1)
I Need Some Air	66	(1)
In the Air	67	(1)
Up in the Air	68	(2)
Weather and the Atmosphere	70	(2)
Atmospheric Pressure	72	(2)
Our Changing Climate	74	(2)
Air Pressure Challenge	76	(2)
Great Minds	78	(2)
Hot or Cold?	80	(1)
Air Resistance	81	(1)
An ``Airy'' Puzzle	82	(1)
Air Quick Check	83	(1)
Environment Notes	84	(1)
SECTION THREE: HOW DO WE FIT IN? ECOLOGY	85	(62)
Plants
A Plant Word Search	86	(1)
Plant Handwriting	87	(1)
The Green Providers	88	(1)
Plant Survival	89	(1)
Portrait of a Plant	90	(2)
Plant Scavenger Hunt	92	(2)
Plant Succession	94	(2)
Special Parts, Special Jobs	96	(2)
Biome Riddles	98	(2)
Tropical Treasure	100	(2)
Scrambled Trees	102	(1)
Transpiration	103	(1)
How Tall?	104	(1)
Plant Quick Check	105	(1)
Animals
An Animal Word Search	106	(1)
Animal Handwriting	107	(1)
Animals, Animals, Animals	108	(1)
Classifying Animals	109	(1)
Battle for Survival	110	(2)
The Balance of Nature	112	(2)
The Clean-Up Crew	114	(2)
Threatened, Endangered, Extinct	116	(2)
Endangered Interview	118	(2)
Animal Products	120	(2)
Exotic Invaders	122	(1)
An Animal Puzzle	123	(1)
Animal Life Spans	124	(1)
Animal Quick Check	125	(1)
People
A Word Search About People	126	(1)
People Handwriting	127	(1)
A Little History	128	(1)
A Little Culture	129	(1)
We Are Unique	130	(2)
World Population Growth	132	(2)
Where Are All the People?	134	(2)
What Are We Doing?	136	(2)
Need or Want?	138	(2)
People and Resources	140	(2)
Surprise Slogan	142	(1)
Classroom Squeeze	143	(1)
Life Expectancy	144	(1)
People Quick Check	145	(1)
Ecology Notes	146	(1)
SECTION FOUR: WHAT CAN WE DO? CONSERVATION	147	(62)
Energy
An Energy Word Search	148	(1)
Energy Handwriting	149	(1)
Energy for the Earth	150	(1)
More and More Energy	151	(1)
Fossil Fuels	152	(2)
Alternative Energy Sources	154	(2)
Making Electricity	156	(2)
Powerful Research	158	(2)
Cars, Cars, Cars	160	(2)
Powerful Decisions	162	(2)
Meter Reader	164	(1)
What R-U?	165	(1)
Powerful Problems	166	(1)
Energy Quick Check	167	(1)
Pollution
A Pollution Word Search	168	(1)
Pollution Handwriting	169	(1)
What Is Pollution?	170	(1)
What a Mess!	171	(1)
What's in the Air?	172	(2)
What's in the Water?	174	(2)
The Toxic Pyramid	176	(2)
Household Hazards	178	(2)
Hazardous Research	180	(2)
Supplies Surprise	182	(2)
Noise, Noise, Noise!	184	(1)
Beach Pickup	185	(1)
Pollution Problems	186	(1)
Pollution Quick Check	187	(1)
Conservation
Wanted: Earth Smart People	188	(1)
Conservation Handwriting	189	(1)
Why Do We Pollute?	190	(1)
Rachel Carson	191	(1)
Down in the Dumps	192	(2)
The Three R's	194	(2)
Why Recycle?	196	(2)
A Draining Experience	198	(2)
An Environmental Issue	200	(2)
The ABC's Go Green	202	(2)
What's Compost?	204	(1)
A Conservation Puzzle	205	(1)
A Little Logic	206	(1)
Conservation Quick Check	207	(1)
Conservation Notes	208	(1)
SECTION FIVE: ANSWER KEY	209