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How do you "hook" students on geology? What's a good way to get your class off to a good start? Check out this middle school science teacher's "hook stations" idea in a Teaching Channel video (5 minutes).

How can we help students visualize how the continents used to fit together? This hands-on activity is worth a try for earth science!

We've got microscopes, but how about some pond, river, stream, or puddle water? Dirty water is free, and it's a great resource for organism classification in science! This Teaching Channel video is a good idea!

This Wiki by a middle school teacher in South Carolina has some nice units and printable items. Looks like a typical 8th grade science curriculum.

This may be a bit intensive for the lower elementary students to do alone, but it would make a great demonstration activity or something fun for a science fair project!

This University of California website is a good resource for personal professional development. While it is geared toward teachers, it does have a number of useful resources to use with students.