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Have you ever seen the Mexican flag? Well, if you have you would have seen a bird on it. The bird with the snake in it's mouth is the golden eagle. Do you ever wonder why it looks the way it does?

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Horseshoe Bend (Arizona, USA) Yoanna Quiros

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Some of you may be wondering how this and other amazing rock formations came to be. The answer to this question is weathering and erosion (which also play a major part in the rock cycle)! Weathering breaks down the Earth's surface into smaller pieces. Those pieces are moved in a process called erosion and deposited somewhere else. Weathering can be caused by wind, water, ice, plants, gravity, and changes in temperature. Water, wind, and glaciers contribute to erosion by picking up pieces and moving them to a new location.

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The golden eagle looks the way it does because of heredity! This means he has traits form both his mom and dad in his DNA through sexual reproduction. So, he looks a little like both of them. This eagles parents might have been light - medium brown and had lighter colored beaks. Some golden eagles are light brown, dark brown, big, small, or have light or dark beaks. We all get different traits form our parents and their parents before them.These can include hair color, eye color, hair texture, skin color, and how tall or short we are. This is why you look like both your mom and dad! What traits do you get from your parents?

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You will now observe rocks by yourself! Using rocks that I will pass out that represent common rocks and rock formations found in other places, you will choose a rock and draw it in the box shown. You will then describe your rock in the lines using words provided to you in the word bank.

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Now, think about the different ways a golden eagle can look. What traits can they have? Create your own golden eagle based on how you think his mom and dad look! Once you are done tell me what you think it’s parents looked like. I think my eagle's parents had both black and dark brown feathers.

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The game tug-of-war has been around for thousands of years. While the origin of the game is not completely certain amongst experts, it is known that many different cultures have used the game of tug-of-war for various lessons throughout time. For example, in ancient Greece the game was practiced as a competitive sport and in China, the game was used to train warriors for battle. Evidence has been found that the game has been played in places all over the world including Egypt, India, Japan, Korea, Hawaii and South America. Today here in American we use this game to help teach the lesson of Force and Motion.

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The game tug-of-war helps students to understand Newton’s Third Law of Motion, which says for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. The game provides a real-life way to experience the pushing and pulling of forces. In the game of tug-of-war, the first side to pull the rope is the “action force” and the “reaction force” will be the movement that goes along with the tug. Balanced forces will be seen when both sides are pulling equally on the rope, creating no movement. It is when the forces become unbalanced, which is when someone pulls with more strength, that the rope will move in a certain direction. To demonstrate the lesson even farther, students can go to https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/forces-and-motion-basics/1.0.0/forces-and-motion-basics_en.html and run the simulation to see the basics of tug-of-war and how the game involves force and motion.

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Now boys and girls you will complete this worksheet with following the questions. You will define force, unbalanced and balanced forces, and provide responses from our tug of war lesson. Looking back at the history of tug-of-war, try to relate the game to ways we incorporate the lesson into our teaching today. In what ways did Greece and China help encourage our teachings of force and motion regarding tug-of-war?

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Alexandria Perez | Forces for Kids | Balanced and Unbalanced | Science Lesson for Grades 3-5 | Mini-Clip

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Forces for Kids | Balanced and Unbalanced | Science Lesson for Grades 3-5 | Mini-Clip

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Cultural Science Night - Mexico's Hurricane Season

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Cultural Science Night TOPIC 1 Introduction What is a hurricane? A hurricane is a large rotating storm with high speed winds that forms over warm waters in tropical areas. What conditions do hurricanes need to form? Thunderstorms Warm ocean water Wind SUBTOPIC 1 Lets Learn More

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Inspired by hurricane Patricia, Mexico's largest hurricane in the past 50+ years, this activity demonstrates to students how hurricanes form from the eye of the hurricane outwards.

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When people talk about Mexico, they are usually talking about the beautiful blue waters and tropical weather. But what happens when those wasters and the tropical climate experience a change in atmospheric pressure? They become the perfect spot for a hurricane. While teaching students about weather and climate, hurricanes are a key topic with a lot of history behind them. We hear a lot about hurricanes and the damage that they cause, but often not how or why they happen. My activity dives into why/how hurricanes occur, why Mexico's climate is an ideal place for hurricanes to occur, and the hurricane season they have built around them.

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After the experiencing the presentation and the activity, students will be able to complete this activity sheet to review important topics covered in the lesson!

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Greek mythology goes back many many years in time. There are multiple different Greek Gods and Goddesses that each symbolize something different and special. I have chosen the Greek Gods and Goddesses that relate to different weather patterns we experience on a daily basis and categorized them together. By: Madelynn Saenz

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For my activity, I will be having the students research a website I have provided and have them answer the following questions relating to the Greek Gods and Goddesses that deal with the different weather patterns. Then, for the interactive part, the students will cut out the 6 different Greek Gods and place them with their corresponding weather patterns. The students should be able to recall the information they just learned while researching through the website.

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science culture project: The Greek Gods and Goddess relating to weather patterns

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Have you ever looked outside your window to see what is outside? Is it sunny, rainy, cloudy, windy, or is there snow?

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For my activity, I will be having the students research a country during a particular season that they choose. After doing some research on their chosen country and season, they will draw items in the suitcase that would be appropriate to bring to that country during that time. The students should be able to explain the items they chose. They should also be able to compare their chosen country's weather with the weather in their hometown during the season they chose. For example, if I picked a Australia during the summer (June-August), I would say it is cold and I would bring padded jackets and other winter clothing. For a comparison to Texas, I would say Texas during the summer is hot and I would bring short shirts and other thin clothing.

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Cultural Science Night Worksheet - Lam, Kelly

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There are many different food chains that happen in all parts of the world. This food chain is composed of organisms that are native to Southern Asia. Food chains always begin with the sun as a source of energy, then producers convert that energy into a form that they can use. A primary consumer will eat the producer and the energy it has is transferred to the consumer. A secondary consumer eats the primary consumer, and a tertiary consumer eats the secondary consumer. After a plant or animal dies, a decomposer breaks it down and returns the nutrients and energy to the soil for the producers to use once again. By: Alexis Stewart

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Students will print and cut out these pictures to use for their food chain. The names of the organisms are:
Sun - Energy Source
Evergreen Frangipani - Producer
Silkworm - Primary Consumer
Scarabaeidae (Beetle) - Secondary Consumer
Asian Water Monitor - Tertiary Consumer
Poison Fire Coral - Decomposer

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How is the Earth's tilt and rotation similar to that of a dreidel. Dreidels are traditionally used in a Jewish game specifically during Hanukkah. By Darci Fulcher

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For my activity, we will be playing the dreidel game. The worksheet provided gives you a dreidel you can design and make for the game.

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In my video, I gave the instructions on how to play the Dreidel Game.

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My science lesson would be introducing the water cycle to my students. I would first ask my students if they have heard of the water cycle and what is it. After giving them the opportunity to talk I would explain what it is. As a class I will go over everything they need to know and explain how each step is important. Once my students have a better understanding of what it is I would talk about other continents and how much it rains there. I would compare South America to Australia. One continent is the wettest on the planet while the other is the driest. I would tell my students that because South America has one of the largest rivers in the world there is lots of rain there. I would stop and ask them to explain why having a body of water is important to see if they understand the water cycle. After checking for understanding I would move onto Australia and explain how it is dry and doesn't have a lot of rivers like South America. I would want my students to understand how each step is important for it to rain at the end and understand why places like the dessert doesn't rain, or go through "The Water Cycle." My activity would be a sheet that they can color. It is good for the students to see a picture for better understanding. There will also be numbers for them to cut out and paste according to the correct steps.

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My science lesson will be discussing about the weather in Vietnam. The seasons are very different from ours! This will explain the students how there are different seasons for each country depending where the country is located. I will show a video of a woman talking about the weather and temperature in Vietnam and I hope this will reflect back to the students how different the weather it is from North America from Vietnam. Our summer in North America is from June-August while summer in Vietnam is from May-October. Starting from September in North America will be fall! The seasons in Vietnam are longer than ours. I hope this lesson will teach students the different seasons of the month each country is experiencing from each other.

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I will give the students this worksheet to fill out after watching the video. They will fill the worksheet based off of Vietnam's months off by their seasons.

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Space and the First Person in Space is Russian

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Space and the First Person in Space is Russian

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Hi, kiddos! Want to learn more about space and the first person that went into space? Well, let us learn more about SPACE!

Space is also known as outer space. Is the large area that contains all of the planets including our planet the Earth, stars including our Sun which is a star, and galaxies that we presently know. Space contains no air or gravity and is so huge that we still have not fully explored it!

In the 1950s, there was a big improvement in science and technology related to what we knew about space. This leads to the interest in outer space increasing along with different countries.

In the "Space Race" which begin in 1957, the United States and the Soviet Union were in competition with each other on who can enter outer space first. IMAGINE THAT! Being the first person to enter outer space!

On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin was the first person that entered space! He was a Russian cosmonaut that completed ONE SINGLE ORBIT around our planet Earth. This lasted about an hour and 48 minutes.

As part of celebrating our exploration and knowledge of space, you will complete a worksheet and create your own rocket!

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This book takes the reader around the world while teaching about the water cycle. The book also shows many different climates as well.

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Okay kids we will now be using our brains and you will fill out these questions related to our lesson today! You will be writing and filling out each question to your best ability. Once you have completed the worksheet, we will do a fun activity by creating our own rocket!

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Hi kiddos! We will be creating our own personal rockets for this activity!

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How to make plastic bottle rockets | Science Experiments for Kids

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Try this experiment yourself! Ask your parents for help. All you need is a clear jar, water, shaving cream, food coloring and some droppers!

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Rain Cloud In A Jar easy DIY Science Experiments for kids to do at home!

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This worksheet will introduce students to climate!

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Complete this worksheet by choosing a country other than the U.S. to learn more about!

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Play this Kahoot! game to test what you know or use it as a fun way to practice!

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Educational Videos for Students (Cartoons on Bullying, Leadership & More)

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What is Ramadan? Fun Facts about Ramadan (Social Studies Cartoon)

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Ramadan relates to science because of all the important things it does to our body and brain. It has many benefits for example, it helps with you immune system which increases white blood cells which prevents infections. Its also great if you want to loose a few pounds, natural transition and fat burning. Lastly, it helps with your circulatory system preventing you to get high cholesterol and diabetes.

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Ramadan relates to science because of all the important things it does to our body and brain. It has many benefits for example, it helps with you immune system which increases white blood cells which prevents infections. Its also great if you want to loose a few pounds, natural transition and fat burning. Lastly, it helps with your circulatory system preventing you to get high cholesterol and diabetes.

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My science lesson is discussing about Ramadan and how it relates to science. Students will learn about religion and different cultures. For my project I incorporated gamed and videos to show students how different people around the world celebrate  fasting around the world.

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A comprehensive database of ramadan quizzes online, test your knowledge with ramadan quiz questions. Our online ramadan trivia quizzes can be adapted to suit your requirements for taking some of the top ramadan quizzes.

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Pittu Garam or "Seven Stones" can be played anywhere and anytime as long as you have seven stones, a ball, and at least two people. This game is played by stacking seven flat stones on top of each other and taking turns to see who can knock over the stones first. This game is similar to Jenga but it is played in Pakistan.

The purpose of playing this game is to learn about Newton's first law of motion. This law states an object remains at rest and an object in motion maintains it's velocity unless it experiences an unbalanced force. The seven stones represent the object that remains at rest. When the players attempt to knock down the stones, using the force of the ball in motion, they are testing Newton's first law. When a player knocks the stones down with the ball, they see Newton's first law in action.

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This worksheet is a short series of questions that allows the students to reflect on what they learned from this cultural science lesson.

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Students can watch this video to watch others play the game and to learn how to play themselves. It's a lot of fun to watch or play!

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Indian traditional game pitthu or Seven stone played at Pushkar fair, Rajasthan