In this lesson, students identify which factors in an environment are biotic or abiotic factors and evaluate their effect on other organisms living within the environment.
In this lesson, students understand how water moves through different types of soils.
In this lesson, students create pie-shaped landforms and understand how and where they form. Students will distinguish between alluvial fans and deltas by their depositional environments.
In this hands-on activity, the generator effect will be demonstrated, due to electromagnetic induction when a conductor (extension cord) moves through a magnetic field (in this case, the Earth's magnetic field). Students will note changes in galvanometer readings.
In this lesson, students use blocks of wood to distinguish among fault types and describe the movement along each type.
In this lesson, students explain how and why the settling rates of particles varies with particle size.
In this lesson, students investigate how plants perform a vital part in the hydrologic cycle.
In this lesson, students use slinkies to imitate and better understand the two types of waves assocaited with earthquakes.
In this lesson, students understand the interactions between organisms living in an environment, and how energy flows from one organism and trophic level to another.
In this activity, students explore cloud formation and precipitation by observing and recording weather data, as well as setting up a "cloud chamber" to observe evaporated water vapor as it condenses and precipitates.
In this lesson, students create a visual representation of a habitat. Students should be able to explain the biotic and abiotic factors in their habitat, how those factors affect the organisms they are displaying in their habitat, the flow of energy through their habitat, and the soil and water conditions in their habitat.
In this activity, students acts as a paleontologist as they create and analyze tracks.
In this activity, students demonstrate how water flows on the surface as part of the hydrologic cycle. Students will observe how water gathers in channels and learn how to measure watersheds in terms of magnitude.
In this activity, students use sponges and sand to show how groundwater fits into the water cycle.
In this lesson, students experiment with how tectonic forces form mountains. Students will recreate each landform made by drawing it on paper or using foam strips to model. After performing the force needed to create different landforms, students will label on paper the direction of the movement of the rock corresponding to each force.
In this activity, students are introduced to water and its three phases - solid, liquid, vapor. Students will use their senses to observe, taste, feel, and describe water, and their imaginations to understand the concepts of water's phases.
In this lesson, students will construct a house in the same way ancient pueblo people did using resources according to their availability and specific properties. Students will understand the importance of knowing rock and mineral properties in order to determine usefulness.
Students will examine the choices people make regarding the use of water.
Students should be able to identify the various levels of the pyramid and name
activities from each level that they enjoy and recognize that in order to keep our bodies healthy, we should all do more activities from the bottom of the pyramid and fewer activities from the top.
In this activity, students are introduced to static equilibrium by learning how forces and torques are balanced in a well-designed engineering structure. A tower crane is presented as a simplified two-dimensional case. Using Popsicle sticks and hot glue, student teams design, build and test a simple tower crane model according to these principles, ending with a team competition.