Students will learn about climate graphs and create their own graphs from precipitation and temperature data found online.
Students will research and map tornado frequency in the US.
This short video explains all of the resources that go into creating and using a plain cotton t-shirt.
Students use a variety of media to discuss and analyze human-related pressures upon marine ecosystems and resources.
Students watch videos to examine ways that human actions can throw a marine ecosystem out of balance and lead to species decline. Then they brainstorm a list of stakeholders and generate questions about them.
Students discuss their ideas about what makes a group, which groups might cause conflict when combined in the same country or area, and what religions and languages are present in Europe.
Students are introduced to ecosystems, food webs, and keystone species. They draw a simple food web and predict the impact keystone species have on an ecosystem.
This short video explains how a school district in Iowa is learning and earning with wind power.
This resource supports English language development for English language learners. This resource provides background and additional resources about tides and what causes them.
Students will use online videos and photo galleries to conduct a virtual bolus dissection for the Laysan albatross and learn how marine debris can be mistaken for food and harm marine organisms.
Students investigate different marine ecosystem types, identify examples of these ecosystems and their characteristics, and locate the ecosystems on a map of the world's oceans.
Students investigate marine food webs and trophic levels, research one marine organism, this activity sand fit their organisms together in a class-created food web showing a balanced marine ecosystem.
Students explore the air quality index and factors that contribute to poor air quality events.
Students use prior knowledge to brainstorm instruments scientists use to measure weather. They play a game to match illustrations of instruments that measure weather with descriptions of each instrument, and then use a photo gallery to check their answers. Students analyze the instruments based on how valuable they would be for measuring weather on other planets, or what modifications they may need to handle extreme weather.
Students take on the roles of consumers, utility companies, and fuel companies to simulate the effect of a finite supply of non-renewable energy resources on our supply of electricity.
The NC map includes state boundaries, interstate highways, rivers, and the top ten most populous cities in the state. The map is available as a downloadable tiled PDF that can be printed, laminated, and assembled to engage students in group work to learn about their state's geography. The tiled map is a large map that prints out on several 8.5'' by 11'' sheets of paper for easy assembly and convenient printing. The map is also available as a "poster version" that can be printed on a large-format printer.
Students analyze three broad ocean habitats, the characteristics and conditions of each, and research the animals of each zone and their adaptations.
Students define the rules as they see fit for dividing the resources of the North Sea and create a map defining those borders and allocating resources to individual countries.
Students explore a map of a park and use map symbols, a map key, and cardinal directions to analyze it.
Students use metric measurement, including astronomical units (AU), to investigate the relative size and distance of the planets in our solar system. Then they use scale to model relative distance.