In this lesson, students use models of the Earth, the Moon, and the Sun to explore the interactions of shadows in the Earth, Moon, and Sun system. Students manipulate and observe their 3-D models as they simulate the movement of these bodies through rotation and revolution. After their observations, they draw 2-D representations and develop further questions about their models and the natural phenomena.

In this lesson, students will take on the role of a member of an environmental club and will search the database to find a wetland that they would be interested in helping to protect. Using the database search capabilities, they will first select various wetland characteristics and generate a report on the sites that meet their search criteria. Next, they will access an interactive map to view the locations and nearby features of the identified wetland sites. They will then narrow the choices down to a single wetland that they would like to protect and gather further information about it. Finally, as a member of the club, they will prepare a brief report to persuade others of the value of protecting their chosen site.

In this lab activity, students are introduced to colligative properties in solutions, concentrating primarily on the effects of nonvolatile solutes on freezing point.

In this lesson, students work in small groups to analyze press releases of the Federal Open Market Committee. In these press releases, students explore decisions made by the FOMC with the purpose of combating either recession or inflation by using the federal funds rate as a target and the traditional monetary policy tools. Students also identify the extraordinary crisis measures implemented to help the country recover from the great recession.

In this lesson, students will use modeled climatological data from the University of New Hampshire's EOS-EarthData, and obtain modeled, annual predictions for minimum temperature, maximum temperature, precipitation, and solar radiation for Minnesota and California. This will enable them to explore climate change's impacts on two very different regions. Data used in this chapter will span the years 2000 through 2100. Students will import the data into a spreadsheet application and analyze it to interpret regional differences. Finally, they will download data for a third state of their choice and compare the new data with the first two states in order to answer a series of questions about the regional differences in climate change.

In this module, students will learn how scientists gather data about the depth of the ocean floor and how these data are displayed to indicate the shape of Earth's ocean basins. Students will explore an illustrated timeline that describes ancient through modern methods used to learn about the seafloor. Then, using GeoMapApp, a freely-available software and data access tool to create visual representations of bathymetric data, they will collect bathymetry data and produce a graph that represents the profile of the seafloor beneath a virtual boat. Armed with a clearer understanding of how the bathymetry data were obtained and how they indicate the shape of the seafloor, students will explore new parts of Earth, using GeoMapApp to create high-resolution profiles and contour maps.

In this lesson, students will work together to construct a decomposition column. They will observe activity in the column and predict how changing elements may vary column activity. Students will use tools to measure and record data. Students will describe column activity in words and/or pictures to share with others.

In this lesson, students examine global climate model output available online and consider the potential impact of global warming on tropical cyclone initiation and evolution. As a follow-up, students read two short articles on the connection between hurricanes and global warming and discuss these articles in context of what they have learned from model output.

In a think-pair-share activity, students first work independently to apply theoretical concepts discussed in class to analyze graphically the effects of changes in the relative supply of (or demand for) skilled labor on the relative wage during various time periods. Students are then paired to share and revise their answers, combining the answers from each part of the question to describe the long-run trend in the U.S. wage structure. These teams are then paired with another team who has completed the same exercise to discuss their answers, revising them if needed, before being randomly chosen to report answers to the larger class.

In this unit, students will develop an understanding of climate change and how it is different from climate variability. Students will read articles and access data, maps, and graphs of trends. They will also view several short video clips and learn about and compare climate models. Students will see how climate impacts life and life impacts climate in both short and long timescales.

In this activity students will learn about global wild weather. Students should be able to define and describe the evidence of climate change; describe "extreme" weather events and define climate variability; and investigate climate models and predictions for future climate and weather patterns, especially temperature changes and explain the concept of "anomaly".

In this activity students will learn about climate change. Students will also learn about some of the indicators of climate change and view graphs showing the rates of change in the selected indicators.

In this lab, students will get a better sense of how rapidly the most recent—century-scale—changes in global temperature are taking place as compared to past—millennial-scale—changes. They will gain a better understanding of the interrelationship between global temperatures and atmospheric concentrations of the greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide. Students will also view satellite maps showing the spatial patterns of global warming over the past 150 years.

In this lab, students will look forward in time and learn about climate models and view the projected changes in climate for the upcoming century. This lab also includes different scenarios that can affect climate in the future.

In this lab activity, students examine and identify chemical equations and use a chemical reaction to create a rocket.

A video of a student accelerating across a stage on a cart powered by releasing compressed carbon dioxide from a fire extinguisher can be used to analyze constant acceleration. This video includes a to-scale ruler that students can use to find displacement, as well as a frame counter that can be used to find elapsed time. This lesson is meant to be a direct application of using the kinematic equations to solve for the acceleration of the cart.

In this lesson, students learn about glacial and volcanic ffeatures by examining and comparing bathymetric and topographic images of the Sand Point area of Alaska. Students collect map evidence to determine which surface and seafloor features were formed by volcanoes and which were formed by glaciers.

In this activity, students investigate the relationship between the two forces and the location of the fulcrum in a first class lever. Students work in coppoerative groups to make observations that they can then generate a formula for, determining the relationship between the force of effort, force of resistance, and location of the fulcrum.

In the first part of this investigation students will learn about some of the impacts that declining fish populations are having on humans around the world. In Part B, students will explore maps of changes in global marine biodiversity (the variety of life in ocean, sea, and coastal environments) over the last several decades. Finally, in Part C, students will interpret graphs comparing large predatory fish populations to total fish catch per year for the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.

The Fishing Game pits students against two virtual fishing companies. The goal is to maximize the company's bank account at the end of 10 years' fishing. This almost always results in a crash of the fishing population and ultimate demise of the fishing company.