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Tornadoes + The Wizard of Oz

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 Let's see a video of a real tornado! It looks impressive! Also, let's see a tornado in a movie. Do you know the Fairytale about the Wizard of Oz, where a girl called Dorothy and her dog Toto were taken by a tornado, together with her house, to a magic country. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1aeGkWrIz4Az38PL-khxgzobcq-LbN-Ua?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1aeGkWrIz4Az38PL-khxgzobcq-LbN-Ua?usp=sharing

Thunder∙storm = rain🌧️ + lightning ⚡ + thunder 🔊 - Static Electricity Hair Experiment

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What is lightning? How dangerous is it?   When there is a rain, and you hear a thunder, do not hide under a tree - this is dangerous, because a lightning can strike it! Better hide in a building or a car. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wmIApWnMpx-XAtATDQ43UafhcNRvo05m?usp=sharing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VFzKfE37SI https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wmIApWnMpx-XAtATDQ43UafhcNRvo05m?usp=sharing

Explore the Interactive Map of Mars

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 Explore the Interactive Map of Mars See this detailed interactive map of the Jazero crater on Mars, recorded by NASA USA Perseverance 2020 mission. https://maps.planet.fu-berlin.de/jezero/ https://maps.planet.fu-berlin.de/jezero/

Weather Front Interactive Simulation

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The Weather Fronts Interactive Simulation  See what each front does to the weather Cold front Warm front Occluded front Stationary front https://learn.weatherstem.com/modules/learn/lessons/105/index.html

🎹 Play an Instrument - A Sound Pitch Activity

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Try to play any melody using your computer keyboard! Do you know what is sound pitch? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3RPgDHpMCw https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CABtGINP4FH--pd8qxqyy3u7RLREJO1_?usp=sharing

Simple Machines - Wheel and Axle

Here is some practical application of simple machines. There are five simple machines - lever, wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane, screw and wedge. This one is wheel and axle. You may want to use it in your class  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_WqKLNgvaA

Weather ⛄ 💨 ☁️ 🌡️ ☀️🌧 ⚡ ❄️

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 How do we measure the weather? What is temperature humidity air pressure wind speed and direction? https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ijClu13ufpuvGZcMCqWdhpcsFOuDlQsn?usp=sharing What is sleet? https://sharelessonresources.blogspot.com/2021/05/weather.html Activity 👆👆👆 https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ijClu13ufpuvGZcMCqWdhpcsFOuDlQsn?usp=sharing

See if it is raining 🌧 in Japan right now! - The real-time weather map

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   See if it is raining in Japan right now!    This interactive real-time map let the students see what is going on with the weather around the world in real time, and why.   Can you spot deserts on the map?   See different weather parameters on the world map 1. Temperature 2. Humidity 3. Precipitations - rain, snow, sleet, hail 4. Air Pressure >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   https://map.worldweatheronline.com <<<<<<<<<<< Blue = cold, red = hot   Looks like it is raining in the United Kingdom right now! Can you spot the Sahara desert on this air humidity map? Red = dry air, blue = moist air, high humidity   https://map.worldweatheronline.com

Atmosphere - GoPro goes through the layers of the atmosphere

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What is air?  Is it one gas or a mixture of gasses? What can you see if you go up for many kilometers? Are there clouds? Where do plains fly to avoid turbulence?  How to remember all these 5 `spheres` Why we live in troposphere? What does 'tropo' mean? How is it connected with tropism in plants, that we learned a few months ago? https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1d5E2OcfP0ApCdpKuv6pPcn2vCGHBjQ_1?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1d5E2OcfP0ApCdpKuv6pPcn2vCGHBjQ_1?usp=sharing

Recap Chapter 11 - Geology - The Main Highlights

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Let’s Recap Chapter 11!  - Convergent and Divergent Boundaries - What is Caldera? - How does weathering work? https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1gEpi0XUFMTz14-nsDVMSajG7Dp7K-WMK?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1gEpi0XUFMTz14-nsDVMSajG7Dp7K-WMK?usp=sharing

Erosion and Deposition Cycle

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How do rocks move? https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/120KpKKrYEiO5TwLnvyQDPvieXBsYOup4?usp=sharing

Soil Formation - Look underground to see what worms do in there

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 What do worms do underground? There is a way to look at it! Do worms help soil to form or destroy soil? How? Let's learn about the soil formation steps . Try the soil formation simulation ! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1QwZkqZ25H3TNNtszhZd9FGkUvJqqgIHs?usp=sharing