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  • Health Education
    • Grade 912
      • Health Literacy Concepts
        • Core Concepts - Comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.
          • HE.912.C.1.3 Evaluate how environment and personal health are interrelated..
            • Weather and Mosquitoes
            • How Football Players Can Beat the Heat
          • HE.912.C.1.4 Propose strategies to reduce or prevent injuries and health problems.
            • How Football Players Can Beat the Heat
            • Weather and Mosquitoes
      • Health Literacy Promotion
        • Self Management - Demonstrate the ability to practice advocacy, health-enhancing behaviors, and avoidance or reduction of health risks for oneself.
          • HE.912.P.7.2 Evaluate healthy practices and behaviors that will maintain or improve health and reduce health risks.
            • How Football Players Can Beat the Heat
  • English Language Arts
    • Grade 5
      • Writing Standards
        • Research to Build and Present Knowledge
          • LAFS.5.W.3.8 Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide a list of sources.
            • Where does it Rain?
    • Grade 68
      • Reading Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects 6-12
        • Key Ideas and Details
          • LAFS.68.RST.1.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts.
            • Measuring the Wind
            • Football in the Heat
            • Falling Bats at Chiles High OK
            • Milky Way Galaxy: Facts About Our Galactic Home
            • Hunting for Big Planets Far Beyond Pluto May Soon Be Easier
        • Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
          • LAFS.68.RST.4.10 By the end of grade 8, read and comprehend science/technical texts in the grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
            • Measuring the Wind
            • Football in the Heat
            • Falling Bats at Chiles High OK
            • Milky Way Galaxy: Facts About Our Galactic Home
            • Hunting for Big Planets Far Beyond Pluto May Soon Be Easier
      • Writing Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
        • Text Types and Purposes
          • LAFS.68.WHST.1.1 Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.
            • Measuring the Wind
            • Football in the Heat
            • Behind the Webb - MIRI
            • Exploring the Sun
            • Falling Bats at Chiles High OK
            • Milky Way Galaxy: Facts About Our Galactic Home
            • Monster at the Center of the Milky Way
            • Hunting for Big Planets Far Beyond Pluto May Soon Be Easier
        • Research to Build and Present Knowledge
          • LAFS.68.WHST.3.9 Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis reflection, and research.
            • Measuring the Wind
            • Football in the Heat
            • Behind the Webb - MIRI
            • Exploring the Sun
            • Falling Bats at Chiles High OK
            • Milky Way Galaxy: Facts About Our Galactic Home
            • Monster at the Center of the Milky Way
            • Hunting for Big Planets Far Beyond Pluto May Soon Be Easier
    • Grade 910
      • Reading Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects 6-12
        • Key Ideas and Details
          • LAFS.910.RST.1.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to the precise details of explanations or descriptions.
            • How Football Players Can Beath the Heat
            • Winter Weather Workouts
            • Electromagnetism
            • The Infrared Universe - Milky Way
            • World’s Hottest Temperature Cools a Bit
            • Properties of the Sun
            • Space Weather
            • Electrocution: A New Way to Erode Mountains
            • Brutal Winter Caused by Changing Jet Stream
            • Did Colossal WWII Bombing Raids Alter Weather?
        • Craft and Structure
          • LAFS.910.RST.2.6 Analyze the author’s purpose in providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an experiment in a text, defining the question the author seeks to address.
            • Did Colossal WWII Bombing Raids Alter Weather?
        • By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend science/technical texts in the grades 9–10 text complexity band independently and proficiently.
          • LAFS.910.RST.4.10 Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
            • How Football Players Can Beath the Heat
            • Winter Weather Workouts
            • Electromagnetism
            • The Infrared Universe - Milky Way
            • World’s Hottest Temperature Cools a Bit
            • Properties of the Sun
            • Space Weather
            • Electrocution: A New Way to Erode Mountains
            • Brutal Winter Caused by Changing Jet Stream
            • Did Colossal WWII Bombing Raids Alter Weather?
      • Writing Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects
        • Text Types and Purposes
          • LAFS.910.WHST.1.1 Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.
            • How Football Players Can Beath the Heat
            • Wind Quiz
            • Albedo
            • Winter Weather Workouts
            • Keeping up with Carbon
            • Electromagnetism
            • The Infrared Universe - Milky Way
            • World’s Hottest Temperature Cools a Bit
            • Properties of the Sun
            • Space Weather
            • Electrocution: A New Way to Erode Mountains
            • The Driving Force for Lightning
            • Brutal Winter Caused by Changing Jet Stream
            • Ocean Currents and Their Global Impact
            • Did Colossal WWII Bombing Raids Alter Weather?
            • Estuaries and Oysters
        • Research to Build and Present Knowledge
          • LAFS.910.WHST.3.9 Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
            • How Football Players Can Beath the Heat
            • Wind Quiz
            • Albedo
            • Winter Weather Workouts
            • Keeping up with Carbon
            • Electromagnetism
            • The Infrared Universe - Milky Way
            • World’s Hottest Temperature Cools a Bit
            • Properties of the Sun
            • Space Weather
            • Electrocution: A New Way to Erode Mountains
            • The Driving Force for Lightning
            • Brutal Winter Caused by Changing Jet Stream
            • Ocean Currents and Their Global Impact
            • Did Colossal WWII Bombing Raids Alter Weather?
            • Estuaries and Oysters
  • Mathematics
    • Grade K12
      • Mathematical Practice
        • Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
          • MAFS.K12.MP.1.1 Mathematically proficient students start by explaining to themselves the meaning of a problem and looking for entry points to its solution. They analyze givens, constraints, relationships, and goals. They make conjectures about the form and meaning of the solution and plan a solution pathway rather than simply jumping into a solution attempt. They consider analogous problems, and try special cases and simpler forms of the original problem in order to gain insight into its solution. They monitor and evaluate their progress and change course if necessary. Older students might, depending on the context of the problem, transform algebraic expressions or change the viewing window on their graphing calculator to get the information they need. Mathematically proficient students can explain correspondences between equations, verbal descriptions, tables, and graphs or draw diagrams of important features and relationships, graph data, and search for regularity or trends. Younger students might rely on using concrete objects or pictures to help conceptualize and solve a problem. Mathematically proficient students check their answers to problems using a different method, and they continually ask themselves, “Does this make sense?” They can understand the approaches of others to solving complex problems and identify correspondences between different approaches.
            • Windchill
        • Use appropriate tools strategically.
          • MAFS.K12.MP.5.1 Mathematically proficient students consider the available tools when solving a mathematical problem. These tools might include pencil and paper, concrete models, a ruler, a protractor, a calculator, a spreadsheet, a computer algebra system, a statistical package, or dynamic geometry software. Proficient students are sufficiently familiar with tools appropriate for their grade or course to make sound decisions about when each of these tools might be helpful, recognizing both the insight to be gained and their limitations. For example, mathematically proficient high school students analyze graphs of functions and solutions generated using a graphing calculator. They detect possible errors by strategically using estimation and other mathematical knowledge. When making mathematical models, they know that technology can enable them to visualize the results of varying assumptions, explore consequences, and compare predictions with data. Mathematically proficient students at various grade levels are able to identify relevant external mathematical resources, such as digital content located on a website, and use them to pose or solve problems. They are able to use technological tools to explore and deepen their understanding of concepts.
            • Windchill
        • Use appropriate tools strategically.
          • MAFS.K12.MP.7.1 Mathematically proficient students look closely to discern a pattern or structure. Young students, for example, might notice that three and seven more is the same amount as seven and three more, or they may sort a collection of shapes according to how many sides the shapes have. Later, students will see 7 × 8 equals the well remembered 7 × 5 + 7 × 3, in preparation for learning about the distributive property. In the expression x² + 9x + 14, older students can see the 14 as 2 × 7 and the 9 as 2 + 7. They recognize the significance of an existing line in a geometric figure and can use the strategy of drawing an auxiliary line for solving problems. They also can step back for an overview and shift perspective. They can see complicated things, such as some algebraic expressions, as single objects or as being composed of several objects. For example, they can see 5 – 3(x – y)² as 5 minus a positive number times a square and use that to realize that its value cannot be more than 5 for any real numbers x and y.
            • Sea and Land Breeze
    • Grade K
      • Geometry
        • Identify and describe shapes (squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, hexagons, cubes, cones, cylinders, and spheres).
          • MAFS.K.G.1.1 Describe objects in the environment using names of shapes, and describe the relative positions of these objects using terms such as above, below, beside, in front of, behind, and next to.
            • Shapes in Weather and Nature
          • MAFS.K.G.1.2 Correctly name shapes regardless of their orientations or overall size.
            • Shapes in Weather and Nature
          • MAFS.K.G.1.3 Correctly name shapes regardless of their orientations or overall size.
            • Shapes in Weather and Nature
    • Grade 6
      • Statistics & Probability
        • Develop understanding of statistical variability
          • MAFS.6.SP.1.3 Recognize that a measure of center for a numerical data set summarizes all of its values with a single number, while a measure of variation describes how its values vary with a single number.
            • Water Cycle and Weather
        • Summarize and describe distributions
          • MAFS.6.SP.2.4 Display numerical data in plots on a number line, including dot plots, histograms, and box plots.
            • Water Cycle and Weather
          • MAFS.6.SP.2.5 Summarize numerical data sets in relation to their context.
            • Water Cycle and Weather
            • Simple Statistics and Weatherstem Data
    • Grade 912
      • Algebra: Creating Equations
        • Create equations that describe numbers or relationships
          • MAFS.912.A-CED.1.2 Create equations in two or more variables to represent relationships between quantities; graph equations on coordinate axes with labels and scales.
            • Electromagnetism
      • Statistics & Probability: Interpreting Categorical & Quantitative Data
        • Summarize, represent, and interpret data on two categorical and quantitative variables
          • MAFS.912.S-ID.2.6 Represent data on two quantitative variables on a scatter plot, and describe how the variables are related.
            • That Was Then… This Is Now
  • Physical Education
    • Grade 4
      • Cognitive Abilities
        • Identify, analyze and evaluate movement concepts, mechanical principles, safety considerations and strategies/tactics regarding movement performance in a variety of physical activities.
          • PE.4.C.2.4 Understand the importance of protecting parts of the body from the harmful rays of the sun.
            • Outdoor Weather Safety
    • Grade 6
      • Cognitive Abilities
        • Identify, analyze and evaluate movement concepts, mechanical principles, safety considerations and strategies/tactics regarding movement performance in a variety of physical activities.
          • PE.6.C.2.22 List the three different types of heat illnesses associated with fluid loss.
            • Outdoor Weather Safety
    • Grade 912
      • Cognitive Abilities
        • Identify, analyze and evaluate movement concepts, mechanical principles, safety considerations and strategies/tactics regarding movement performance in a variety of physical activities.
          • PE.912.C.2.8 Differentiate between the three different types of heat illnesses associated with fluid loss.
            • How Football Players Can Beat the Heat
          • PE.912.C.2.9 Explain the precautions to be taken when exercising in extreme weather and/or environmental conditions.
            • Winter Weather Workouts
            • Wet Bulb Globe Temperature
  • Science
    • Grade K
      • Earth and Space Science
        • Earth in Space and Time
          • SC.K.E.5.3 Recognize that the Sun can only be seen in the daytime.
            • Sun Nursery Rhyme and Finger Play
            • Exploring Sunlight
          • SC.K.E.5.4 Observe that sometimes the Moon can be seen at night and sometimes during the day.
            • The Moon in the Sky
          • SC.K.E.5.6 Observe that some objects are far away and some are nearby as seen from Earth.
            • The Moon in the Sky
      • Nature of Science
        • The Practice of Science
          • SC.K.N.1.2 Make observations of the natural world and know that they are descriptors collected using the five senses.
            • The Moon in the Sky
          • SC.K.N.1.3 Keep records as appropriate -- such as pictorial records -- of investigations conducted.
            • The Moon in the Sky
          • SC.K.N.1.4 Observe and create a visual representation of an object which includes its major features.
            • The Moon in the Sky
    • Grade 1
      • Earth and Space Science
        • Earth in Space and Time
          • SC.1.E.5.4 Identify the beneficial and harmful properties of the Sun.
            • Exploring Sunlight
    • Grade 2
      • Earth and Space Science
        • Earth Systems and Patterns
          • SC.2.E.7.1 Compare and describe changing patterns in nature that repeat themselves, such as weather conditions including temperature and precipitation, day to day and season to season.
            • What Time is Prime Time?
            • Match the Seasons
            • What Can We Learn from Hurricane Katrina?
            • Cloud Journal
          • SC.2.E.7.2 Investigate by observing and measuring, that the Sun's energy directly and indirectly warms the water, land, and air.
            • Exploring Sunlight
          • SC.2.E.7.4 Investigate that air is all around us and that moving air is wind.
            • The Wind
            • Catching the Wind! What is Wind?
            • Catching the Wind! What is Wind?
            • Bill Nye the Science Guy on Wind
            • Measuring Wind
            • Cloud Journal
          • SC.2.E.7.5 State the importance of preparing for severe weather, lightning, and other weather related events.
            • Fun Facts About Lightning
            • Weather and Fireworks
            • Outdoor Weather Safety
            • What Can We Learn from Hurricane Katrina?
            • Lightning
            • Marine Hazards and Rip Currents
            • Thunderstorms and Tornadoes
            • Hurricanes and Flooding
            • Extreme Temperatures and Wildfires
    • Grade 3
      • Earth and Space Science
        • Earth Structures
          • SC.3.E.6.1 Demonstrate that radiant energy from the Sun can heat objects and when the Sun is not present, heat may be lost.
            • Sunlight
      • Life Science
        • Interdependence
          • SC.3.L.17.2 Recognize that plants use energy from the Sun, air, and water to make their own food.
            • Sunlight
      • Nature of Science
        • The Practice of Science
          • SC.3.N.1.3 Keep records as appropriate, such as pictorial, written, or simple charts and graphs, of investigations conducted.
            • Cloud Journal
          • SC.3.N.1.7 Explain that empirical evidence is information, such as observations or measurements, that is used to help validate explanations of natural phenomena.
            • Measuring Leaf Wetness
      • Physical Science
        • Properties of Matter
          • SC.3.P.8.1 Measure and compare temperatures of various samples of solids and liquids.
            • STEM Challenge - Build Your Own Thermometer
        • Forms of Energy
          • SC.3.P.10.1 Identify some basic forms of energy such as light, heat, sound, electrical, and mechanical.
            • Sunlight
          • SC.3.P.10.4 Demonstrate that light can be reflected, refracted, and absorbed.
            • Sunlight
    • Grade 4
      • Earth and Space Science
        • Earth Structures
          • SC.4.E.6.3 Recognize that humans need resources found on Earth and that these are either renewable or nonrenewable.
            • Solar Energy
            • Solar Energy Quiz
            • Solar Energy
            • Try It: Build a Solar Oven
            • Oil and Water: The Gulf Oil Spill
          • SC.4.E.6.6 Identify resources available in Florida (water, phosphate, oil, limestone, silicon, wind, and solar energy).
            • Solar Energy
            • Renewable and Non-renewable Resources
            • Solar Energy Quiz
            • Solar Energy
            • Try It: Build a Solar Oven
            • Oil and Water: The Gulf Oil Spill
      • Life Science
        • Interdependence
          • SC.4.L.17.4 Recognize ways plants and animals, including humans, can impact the environment.
            • Oil and Water: The Gulf Oil Spill
      • Nature of Science
        • The Practice of Science
          • SC.4.N.1.1 Raise questions about the natural world, use appropriate reference materials that support understanding to obtain information (identifying the source), conduct both individual and team investigations through free exploration and systematic investigations, and generate appropriate explanations based on those explorations.
            • Cloud Journal
      • Physical Science
        • Forms of Energy
          • SC.4.P.10.1 Observe and describe some basic forms of energy, including light, heat, sound, electrical, and the energy of motion.
            • Solar Energy
            • A Closer Look at Heat Energy
            • Energy from the Sun
            • Solar Energy Quiz
            • Solar Energy
            • Try It: Build a Solar Oven
          • SC.4.P.10.4 Describe how moving water and air are sources of energy and can be used to move things.
            • Catching the Wind! What is Wind?
            • Catching the Wind! What is Wind?
            • Does Air Have Mass?
            • Does Air Have Volume?
            • Wind Quiz
        • Energy Transfer and Transformations
          • SC.4.P.11.1 Recognize that heat flows from a hot object to a cold object and that heat flow may cause materials to change temperature.
            • Heat Flow and Temperature
            • STEM Challenge - Build Your Own Thermometer
    • Grade 5
      • Earth and Space Science
        • Earth Systems and Time
          • SC.5.E.5.2 Recognize the major common characteristics of all planets and compare/contrast the properties of inner and outer planets.
            • The Solar System
          • SC.5.E.5.3 Distinguish among the following objects of the Solar System – Sun, planets, moons, asteroids, comets – and identify Earth’s position in it.
            • The Solar System
        • Earth Systems and Patterns
          • SC.5.E.7.1 Create a model to explain the parts of the water cycle. Water can be a gas, a liquid, or a solid and can go back and forth from one state to another.
            • Water Cycle
          • SC.5.E.7.2 Recognize that the ocean is an integral part of the water cycle and is connected to all of Earth's water reservoirs via evaporation and precipitation processes.
            • Winter Storms
            • Winter Precipitation
            • Water Cycle
          • SC.5.E.7.3 Recognize how air temperature, barometric pressure, humidity, wind speed and direction, and precipitation determine the weather in a particular place and time.
            • Wind Quiz
            • Our World: What is Weather?
            • Wind and Weather
            • Windchill
            • Weather Fronts
            • Weather and Golf
            • Weather and Soccer
            • Weather and Football
            • Weather and Tennis
            • Florida Climate
            • Weather Fronts
            • Weather and Citrus
            • Upper Air Observations
            • Fire Weather
            • Barometers
            • Cloud Journal
            • Data Mining
            • Hurricane Matthew
          • SC.5.E.7.4 Distinguish among the various forms of precipitation (rain, snow, sleet, and hail), making connections to the weather in a particular place and time.
            • Where does it Rain?
            • Lake Effect Snow
            • Lake Effect Snow Formation
            • Measuring Precipitation
          • SC.5.E.7.5 Recognize that some of the weather-related differences, such as temperature and humidity, are found among different environments, such as swamps, deserts, and mountains.
            • Florida Climate
            • Weather and Citrus
            • Data Mining
          • SC.5.E.7.6 Describe characteristics (temperature and precipitation) of different climate zones as they relate to latitude, elevation, and proximity to bodies of water.
            • Florida Climate
            • Data Mining
          • SC.5.E.7.7 Design a family preparedness plan for natural disasters and identify the reasons for having such a plan.
            • Lightning
            • Marine Hazards and Rip Currents
            • Thunderstorms and Tornadoes
            • Hurricanes and Flooding
            • Extreme Temperatures and Wildfires
            • Hurricane Matthew
      • Physical Science
        • Properties of Matter
          • SC.5.P.8.2 Investigate and identify materials that will dissolve in water and those that will not and identify the conditions that will speed up or slow down the dissolving process.
            • Oil and Water: The Gulf Oil Spill
        • Forms of Energy
          • SC.5.P.10.1 Investigate and describe some basic forms of energy, including light, heat, sound, electrical, chemical, and mechanical.
            • Solar Power
            • Energy and Energy Transformations
          • SC.5.P.10.4 Investigate and explain that electrical energy can be transformed into heat, light, and sound energy, as well as the energy of motion.
            • Solar Power
            • Energy and Energy Transformations
        • Energy Transfer and Transformations
          • SC.5.P.11.1 Investigate and illustrate the fact that the flow of electricity requires a closed circuit (a complete loop).
            • Solar Power
            • Energy and Energy Transformations
        • Forces and Changes in Motion
          • SC.5.P.13.1 Identify familiar forces that cause objects to move, such as pushes or pulls, including gravity acting on falling objects.
            • Weather and Golf
            • Weather and Soccer
            • Weather and Football
            • Weather and Tennis
    • Grade 6
      • Earth and Space Science
        • Earth Structures
          • SC.6.E.6.1 Describe and give examples of ways in which Earth's surface is built up and torn down by physical and chemical weathering, erosion, and deposition.
            • Climate and Soil Composition
        • Earth Systems and Patterns
          • SC.6.E.7.1 Differentiate among radiation, conduction, and convection, the three mechanisms by which heat is transferred through Earth's system.
            • Solar Radiation and Wind
            • Sea and Land Breeze
          • SC.6.E.7.2 Investigate and apply how the cycling of water between the atmosphere and hydrosphere has an effect on weather patterns and climate.
            • Water Cycle and Weather
            • Lake Effect Snow
            • Lake Effect Snow Formation
            • Weather Fronts
            • El Niño and La Niña
            • Water Cycle
          • SC.6.E.7.3 Describe how global patterns such as the jet stream and ocean currents influence local weather in measurable terms such as temperature, air pressure, wind direction and speed, and humidity and precipitation.
            • Measuring the Wind
            • The Weather Around You
            • Weather and Fishing
            • El Niño and La Niña
            • Fire Weather
          • SC.6.E.7.4 Differentiate and show interactions among the geosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere.
            • Winter Storms
            • Precipitation
            • Forms of Precipitation
            • Weather and Migration
            • Winter Precipitation
            • Tree Rings
            • Data Mining
          • SC.6.E.7.5 Explain how energy provided by the sun influences global patterns of atmospheric movement and the temperature differences between air, water, and land.
            • Solar Radiation and Wind
            • Sea and Land Breeze
          • SC.6.E.7.6 Differentiate between weather and climate.
            • Our World: What is Weather?
            • The Difference Between Weather and Climate
            • Florida Climate
            • Climate Variability
            • Data Mining
            • Hurricane Matthew
          • SC.6.E.7.8 Describe ways human beings protect themselves from hazardous weather and sun exposure.
            • Football in the Heat
            • Fun Facts About Lightning
            • Weather and NASCAR
            • Understading Windchill
            • Outdoor Weather Safety
      • Nature of Science
        • The Practice of Science
          • SC.6.N.1.5 Recognize that science involves creativity, not just in designing experiments, but also in creating explanations that fit evidence.
            • Understading Windchill
      • Physical Science
        • Forces and Changes in Motion
          • SC.6.P.13.1 Investigate and describe types of forces including contact forces and forces acting at a distance, such as electrical, magnetic, and gravitational.
            • Weather and NASCAR
          • SC.6.P.13.3 Investigate and describe that an unbalanced force acting on an object changes its speed, or direction of motion, or both.
            • Weather and NASCAR
    • Grade 7
      • Life Science
        • Interdependence
          • SC.7.L.17.3 Describe and investigate various limiting factors in the local ecosystem and their impact on native populations, including food, shelter, water, space, disease, parasitism, predation, and nesting sites.
            • Weather and Fishing
            • Falling Bats at Chiles High OK
            • Fire Weather
      • Physical Science
        • Forms of Energy
          • SC.7.P.10.1 Illustrate that the sun's energy arrives as radiation with a wide range of wavelengths, including infrared, visible, and ultraviolet, and that white light is made up of a spectrum of many different colors.
            • Sunlight and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
        • Energy Transfer and Transformations
          • SC.7.P.11.1 Recognize that adding heat to or removing heat from a system may result in a temperature change and possibly a change of state.
            • Weather and NASCAR
    • Grade 8
      • Earth and Space Science
        • Earth in Space and Time
          • SC.8.E.5.1 Recognize that there are enormous distances between objects in space and apply our knowledge of light and space travel to understand this distance.
            • Monster at the Center of the Milky Way
          • SC.8.E.5.3 Distinguish the hierarchical relationships between planets and other astronomical bodies relative to solar system, galaxy, and universe, including distance, size, and composition.
            • Milky Way Galaxy: Facts About Our Galactic Home
            • Monster at the Center of the Milky Way
            • Hunting for Big Planets Far Beyond Pluto May Soon Be Easier
            • The Size of Space
          • SC.8.E.5.10 Assess how technology is essential to science for such purposes as access to outer space and other remote locations, sample collection, measurement, data collection and storage, computation, and communication of information.
            • Hunting for Big Planets Far Beyond Pluto May Soon Be Easier
            • The Size of Space
            • How to Land on a Comet
          • SC.8.E.5.11 Identify and compare characteristics of the electromagnetic spectrum such as wavelength, frequency, use, and hazards and recognize its application to an understanding of planetary images and satellite photographs.
            • Sunlight and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
      • Life Science
        • Matter and Energy Transformations
          • SC.8.L.18.1 Describe and investigate the process of photosynthesis, such as the roles of light, carbon dioxide, water and chlorophyll; production of food; release of oxygen.
            • Fall Foliage
      • Physical Science
        • Properties of Matter
          • SC.8.P.8.3 Explore and describe the densities of various materials through measurement of their masses and volumes.
            • Can We Prove That Air Has Mass?
    • Grade 912
      • Earth and Space Science
        • Earth in Space and Time
          • SC.912.E.5.4 Explain the physical properties of the Sun and its dynamic nature and connect them to conditions and events on Earth.
            • Planetary Temperature
            • Properties of the Sun
            • Exploring the Sun
            • Space Weather
          • SC.912.E.5.8 Connect the concepts of radiation and the electromagnetic spectrum to the use of historical and newly-developed observational tools.
            • The Infrared Universe - Milky Way
            • Behind the Webb - MIRI
            • Radiometers
        • Earth Structures
          • SC.912.E.6.2 Connect surface features to surface processes that are responsible for their formation.
            • Electrocution: A New Way to Erode Mountains
            • The Driving Force for Lightning
        • Earth Systems and Patterns
          • SC.912.E.7.1 Analyze the movement of matter and energy through the different biogeochemical cycles, including water and carbon.
            • Keeping up with Carbon
          • SC.912.E.7.2 Analyze the causes of the various kinds of surface and deep water motion within the oceans and their impacts on the transfer of energy between the poles and the equator.
            • Weather and Surfing
          • SC.912.E.7.3 Differentiate and describe the various interactions among Earth systems, including: atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, geosphere, and biosphere.
            • That Was Then… This Is Now
            • Albedo
            • Albedo Activity
            • NASA - Daisyworld - This World Is Black and White
            • Keeping up with Carbon
            • Brutal Winter Caused by Changing Jet Stream
            • Ocean Currents and Their Global Impact
            • Weather and Migration
            • Climate and Soil Composition
            • El Niño and La Niña
            • Tree Rings
            • Data Mining
            • Weather and Surfing
          • SC.912.E.7.4 Summarize the conditions that contribute to the climate of a geographic area, including the relationships to lakes and oceans.
            • Estuaries and Oysters
          • SC.912.E.7.5 Predict future weather conditions based on present observations and conceptual models and recognize limitations and uncertainties of such predictions.
            • That Was Then… This Is Now
            • Pioneer Weather
            • Brutal Winter Caused by Changing Jet Stream
            • Anemometers and Wind Vanes
            • Hygrometer
            • Barometers
            • Data Mining
            • Hurricane Matthew
          • SC.912.E.7.6 Relate the formation of severe weather to the various physical factors.
            • Fun Facts About Lightning
            • Electrocution: A New Way to Erode Mountains
            • Wild Local Weather
            • Hurricane Matthew
          • SC.912.E.7.7 Identify, analyze, and relate the internal (Earth system) and external (astronomical) conditions that contribute to global climate change.
            • Keeping up with Carbon
            • Brutal Winter Caused by Changing Jet Stream
            • Ocean Currents and Their Global Impact
            • El Niño and La Niña
            • Radiometers
            • Climate Variability
          • SC.912.E.7.8 Explain how various atmospheric, oceanic, and hydrologic conditions in Florida have influenced and can influence human behavior, both individually and collectively.
            • Ozone
          • SC.912.E.7.9 Cite evidence that the ocean has had a significant influence on climate change by absorbing, storing, and moving heat, carbon, and water.
            • Keeping up with Carbon
            • Brutal Winter Caused by Changing Jet Stream
            • Ocean Currents and Their Global Impact
            • El Niño and La Niña
      • Life Science
        • Organization and Development of Living Organisms
          • SC.912.L.14.6 Explain the significance of genetic factors, environmental factors, and pathogenic agents to health from the perspectives of both individual and public health.
            • Weather and Mosquitoes
        • Interdependence
          • SC.912.L.17.6 Compare and contrast the relationships among organisms, including predation, parasitism, competition, commensalism, and mutualism.
            • Gulf Oil Spill: Then and Now
          • SC.912.L.17.7 Characterize the biotic and abiotic components that define freshwater systems, marine systems and terrestrial systems.
            • Estuaries and Oysters
          • SC.912.L.17.12 Discuss the political, social, and environmental consequences of sustainable use of land.
            • Sustainable Land Use
          • SC.912.L.17.16 Discuss the large-scale environmental impacts resulting from human activity, including waste spills, oil spills, runoff, greenhouse gases, ozone depletion, and surface and groundwater pollution.
            • Ozone
          • SC.912.L.17.18 Describe how human population size and resource use relate to environmental quality.
            • Sustainable Land Use
      • Nature of Science
        • The Practice of Science
          • SC.912.N.1.1 Define a problem based on a specific body of knowledge, for example: biology, chemistry, physics, and earth/space science.
            • Weather and Surfing
          • SC.912.N.1.3 Recognize that the strength or usefulness of a scientific claim is evaluated through scientific argumentation, which depends on critical and logical thinking, and the active consideration of alternative scientific explanations to explain the data presented.
            • World’s Hottest Temperature Cools a Bit
          • SC.912.N.1.4 Identify sources of information and assess their reliability according to the strict standards of scientific investigation.
            • Gulf Oil Spill: Then and Now
          • SC.912.N.1.6 Describe how scientific inferences are drawn from scientific observations and provide examples from the content being studied.
            • Gulf Oil Spill: Then and Now
        • The Characteristics of Scientific Knowledge
          • SC.912.N.2.4 Explain that scientific knowledge is both durable and robust and open to change. Scientific knowledge can change because it is often examined and re-examined by new investigations and scientific argumentation. Because of these frequent examinations, scientific knowledge becomes stronger, leading to its durability.
            • World’s Hottest Temperature Cools a Bit
          • SC.912.N.2.5 Describe instances in which scientists' varied backgrounds, talents, interests, and goals influence the inferences and thus the explanations that they make about observations of natural phenomena and describe that competing interpretations (explanations) of scientists are a strength of science as they are a source of new, testable ideas that have the potential to add new evidence to support one or another of the explanations.
            • World’s Hottest Temperature Cools a Bit
        • Science and Society
          • SC.912.N.4.1 Explain how scientific knowledge and reasoning provide an empirically-based perspective to inform society's decision making.
            • World’s Hottest Temperature Cools a Bit
          • SC.912.N.4.2 Weigh the merits of alternative strategies for solving a specific societal problem by comparing a number of different costs and benefits, such as human, economic, and environmental.
            • Sustainable Land Use
      • Physical Science
        • Energy
          • SC.912.P.10.18 Explore the theory of electromagnetism by comparing and contrasting the different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum in terms of wavelength, frequency, and energy, and relate them to phenomena and applications.
            • Electromagnetism
            • The Infrared Universe - Milky Way
            • Behind the Webb - MIRI
          • SC.912.P.10.19 Explain that all objects emit and absorb electromagnetic radiation and distinguish between objects that are blackbody radiators and those that are not.
            • Planetary Temperature
  • Social Studies
    • Grade 2
      • Civics and Government
        • Civic and Political Participation
          • SS.2.C.2.4 Identify ways citizens can make a positive contribution in their community.
            • What Can We Learn from Hurricane Katrina?
    • Grade 4
      • Geography
        • The World in Spatial Terms
          • SS.4.G.1.3 Explain how weather impacts Florida.
            • Florida Climate
            • Lightning
            • Marine Hazards and Rip Currents
            • Thunderstorms and Tornadoes
            • Hurricanes and Flooding
            • Extreme Temperatures and Wildfires
    • Grade 6
      • Geography
        • Understand the relationships between the Earth's ecosystems and the populations that dwell within them.
          • SS.6.G.3.1 Explain how the physical landscape has affected the development of agriculture and industry in the ancient world.
            • Soil Measurements
    • Grade 912
      • Social Studies
        • Geography
          • SS.912.G.3.2 Use geographic terms and tools to explain how weather and climate influence the natural character of a place.
            • Wild Local Weather
            • Climate Variability
      • World History
        • Utilize historical inquiry skills and analytical processes.
          • SS.912.W.1.6 Evaluate the role of history in shaping identity and character.
            • Weather and the Military