This resource links to a rotation-based "game" created by NOAA and the National Weather Service.  I've also attached a 5E formatted lesson plan giving some background and introduction.  The activity should take about one class period, and there is a point-of-view writing activity included as extension.  You'll need to print out (and laminate for durability) the station cards and labels.  Be sure to print the student recording sheet as well.

Students will be using Google scholar and learning ways to research using these technology topics.

Students will learn about algorithms and programming at a basic level and use playdough and microbits to review information about the planets that they have learned.  Students will code using block coding and iterative design to debug their code.  Students will use data, lists, and arrays as well. Students will follow an outlined algorithm to correctly construct the planets to scale using rulers and play dough.

Students will learn about data and how it is stored on computers and used in real-life. One set of data that is stored and used is weather data. Students will use local weather data to create a wall hanging by assigning a colored cord or thread for each high temperature and then using those cords to represent a month of weather data, similar to temperature blankets.  

Science Instructional Plans (SIPs) help teachers align instruction with the Science Standards of Learning (SOL) by providing examples of how the content and the scientific and engineering practices found in the SOL and curriculum framework can be presented to students in the classroom.

"The Prairie Preacher" follows Dr. Dwayne Estes, a botanist who earned his nickname for his passionate advocacy of grassland conservation. Once a child who found solace in nature, Estes now dedicates his life to saving America’s most endangered ecosystem—Southeastern grasslands. Through the Southeastern Grasslands Institute (SGI), he works tirelessly to protect and restore these vital landscapes.

This video explores the decline of southeastern U.S. grasslands over 300-400 years, focusing on the role of Native Americans and natural fires in maintaining these ecosystems. European settlers and agricultural practices disrupted this balance, converting grasslands into forests and farmlands. The result was a significant loss of these vital ecosystems, profoundly altering the landscape

Science Instructional Plans (SIPs) help teachers align instruction with the Science Standards of Learning (SOL) by providing examples of how the content and the scientific and engineering practices found in the SOL and curriculum framework can be presented to students in the classroom.

In this activity, students will complete a handout, using an on-line interactive, to learn about the rock cycle.  Upon completion, students should have a better understanding of how processes on earth can transform rock from one form to another.

Science Instructional Plans (SIPs) help teachers align instruction with the Science Standards of Learning (SOL) by providing examples of how the content and the scientific and engineering practices found in the SOL and curriculum framework can be presented to students in the classroom.

Science Instructional Plans (SIPs) help teachers align instruction with the Science Standards of Learning (SOL) by providing examples of how the content and the scientific and engineering practices found in the SOL and curriculum framework can be presented to students in the classroom.

Science Instructional Plans (SIPs) help teachers align instruction with the Science Standards of Learning (SOL) by providing examples of how the content and the scientific and engineering practices found in the SOL and curriculum framework can be presented to students in the classroom. This lesson focuses on the history and evolution of the Earth.This lesson includes the WIDA English Language Development Standards for ELs and differentiation through additional supports for both ELs and other students

Here is a simple lab report that can be used in any science class (6-12). The report is designed to help students identify hypotheses, independent and dependent variables, controls, constants, and to analyze experiments. I have also included tips on a simple way to teach your students to identify the IV and DV through a "cave man hypothesis" and how to teach controls with less confusion.

Today's science standards encourage inquiry based activities and the best inquiry based activities result when an scientist and teacher collaborate. This activity was created by Dr. Alex Hastings, one of the scientists who helped discover Titanoboa, a large snake that existed 60 million years ago in South America. In this activity students will use the measurement of a Titanoboa vertebrae to estimate the size of the snake and the temperature that must have existed back then to allow the snake to get to such a large size.

During the Coronovirus, many museums were shut down. I have been given permission by the Virginia Museum of Natural History to use their pictures of their fossils and exhibits in this virtual museum. Student can access this on their chromebook or pc. The displays are inquiry based and students are encouraged to fill in the attached worksheet as they tour the museum. 

The Virginia Museum of Natural History has given permission for pictures of fossils and their exhibits to be used in this virtual museum. Students can examine the latest exhibits on the Cretaceous Seaway and ask why was it there over the United States 87 million years ago. What are the oldest fossils in Virginia. They can examine evidence from Catawba Mountain just West of Roanoke to formulate hypotheses as to way so many marine species perished 450 million years ago.