This lesson will introduce students to visualization capabilities available through NASA's Earth …
This lesson will introduce students to visualization capabilities available through NASA's Earth Observatory, global map collection, NASA NEO and ImageJ. Using these tools, they will build several animations of satellite data that illustrate carbon pathways through the Earth system. For instance, students will build animations of fire images that indicate carbon is being released into the atmosphere and make animations of plant productivity images that indicate carbon is being removed from the atmosphere and locked into the biosphere.
In this lesson, students use models to visualize the chemical processes of …
In this lesson, students use models to visualize the chemical processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration. A handout is provided to guide students through the activity.
In this lab activity, students interactively plot volcano locations on a vivid …
In this lab activity, students interactively plot volcano locations on a vivid topographic and bathymetric basemap to evaluate right-stepping offsets of the volcanic front of an active arc, Central America.
In this activity, students are asked to research the effects of Wal-Mart …
In this activity, students are asked to research the effects of Wal-Mart on small town economies, relate those effects to their own town, and draw a conclusion based on those effects. Students will construct an argument suggesting that Wal-Mart is a positive or negative influence on a local economy, and be able to support that with evidence.
This chapter studies the relationship between precipitation, evaporation, and surface runoff data, …
This chapter studies the relationship between precipitation, evaporation, and surface runoff data, collected and aggregated by the North American Regional Reanalysis project. Using FieldScope, an online GIS created at the National Geographic Society, you will explore data layers, create a map table for comparison, and analyze geographic patterns.
In this activity, students will design and construct a water bottle rocket. …
In this activity, students will design and construct a water bottle rocket. Students will demonstrate understanding of a good experimental design and analysis of results. Upon completion of flight of the rocket, students will find the height, speed, potential and kinetic energy of the rocket.
This activity guides students through the process of analyzing the motion of …
This activity guides students through the process of analyzing the motion of a water coaster at an amusement park as it comes down and hill and then rapidly decelerates when it hits a water pool. In addition to one dimensional kinematics, the worksheet prompts students to consider forces, Newton's Laws, and even the existence and causes of non-constant acceleration.
This activity engages students and underscores how quickly and dramatically the Federal …
This activity engages students and underscores how quickly and dramatically the Federal Reserve System responded to the financial crisis of 2008. By having students assume the role of various economics players: from commercial banks to foreign governments, this activity highlights how the Fed's operations changed during the crisis. Since the crisis and the adoption of a 0% Federal Funds Rate target, the Fed has shifted toward 'balance sheet' policies.
In this lesson, students explore the action of enzymes through a simulation …
In this lesson, students explore the action of enzymes through a simulation in which their hands are the enzyme "toothpickase" and the substrate is the toothpick. Students will then explore factors, such as temperature, that can affect the efficiency of enzyme action in cells. Students predict the outcome of their results, create their own data tables, and design the experiment for the variable they chose to investigate.
In this lesson, students will use an inquiry based approach to discover …
In this lesson, students will use an inquiry based approach to discover how things move. They will discover that a push and a pull are forces that put things into motion. They will also investigate how friction is a force that slows a movig object.
In this lesson, students will create convection currents in a plastic container …
In this lesson, students will create convection currents in a plastic container that illustrates how the movement of warm and cold air in the atmosphere creates thunderstorms.
This is a whole class activity in which the class will physically …
This is a whole class activity in which the class will physically model how the planets move around the sun. Students will see all the planets smallest to biggest and their distance from the sun. The students will learn about vocabulary words: solar system, revolution, rotation, and orbit.
In this lesson, students learn about disease-causing microorganisms. They will play a …
In this lesson, students learn about disease-causing microorganisms. They will play a game to learn about disease characteristics, treatments, and possible prevention.
In this project-based activity, students quantitatively determine the coefficient of friction for …
In this project-based activity, students quantitatively determine the coefficient of friction for surfaces of their choice. They design and journal their investigative process, and then present the findings in a video production and summary report.
In this activity, students will interpret climographs and analyze weather and climate …
In this activity, students will interpret climographs and analyze weather and climate conditions for various stations in the United States. They will then use climographs and precipitation maps to determine whether each location is wetter than normal, about normal, or drier than normal. Drought will also be studied and discussed.
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