Activities
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Students will examine two different techniques for mapping different aspects of the ocean, and will model those techniques on a small scale in the classroom.
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In this activity, students will gain an understanding of the engineering design process by designing and observing different containers that slow down the process of heat transfer.
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In this activity, the teacher will create a large rain maker by pouring water over plastic wrap punched with holes over a foil tin.
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In this activity, students will gain an understanding of the physical characteristics and absorption of types of materials that make up soil.
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In this activity, students will gain an understanding of how a simple hovercraft uses the forces of motion to move.
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In this activity, students will experiment with ice and water and evaluate how both can carry materials and change the formation of Earth's surface.
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In this activity, students will learn how non-native species can damage the balance of an ecosystem.
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In this activity, students will use classroom materials and wind energy to build and power a sailboat.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will brainstorm why people live, work, and vacation by the shoreline.
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In this activity, students will explore the relationship between angles of incident and reflected light and use this relationship to design and test their own periscopes in a classroom competition.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will explore light travel and how it is redirected with the use of mirrors.
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In this activity, students carefully add drops of liquids to the surface of a penny to help them understand the concept of surface tension.
- K–5
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In this activity students will examine the relationships between the organisms within an ecosystem and how changes that affect one affect the others.
- K–5
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In this activity, students will take on the role of organisms in various environments as they discover the concept of interdependence in ecosystems.
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In this activity, students will create a simple model of Earth as a magnet.
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In this activity, students will use shadows to demonstrate that Earth is moving, not the sun.
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In this activity, students will evaluate water ice balloons to reconstruct recent climate history by sorting different layers of evidence.
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In this activity, students will gain an understanding of the value of using a scale model and the effect of water speed on erosion rate and stream formation.
- K–5