In this lab activity, students use a circular motion "machine" to investigate the variables that affect circular motion. The students then graph their data in order to find mathematical relationships between the variables they have studied.

This lesson is designed for students to develop investigational skills using observation and touch. The students will determine the characteristics they wish to use to categorize the rock samples. Because the students are working in small groups they will need to cooperate to decide on the criteria for sorting. Vocabulary words to be used include color, shape, texture, size, group and belong.

In this classroom activity, students work in groups (pairs) that include a borrower (consumer or firm) and a lender (bank). There are three rounds of activity that the pairs engage in. In Round 1, students work with nominal and real interest rates to think more deeply about how inflation can transfer purchasing power from borrowers to lenders, or vice-versa. In Round 2, students consider the impact of changes in the Federal Funds rate on borrowing/lending and overall economic activity. In Round 3, students are asked to think critically about inflation expectations, the impact of prediction errors, and the roll of forward guidance by the Federal Reserve Bank in forming expectations.

This lesson is designed to provide students with an overview of regional climate variations around the world and promote discussion of factors that create differences in climate around the world. This assignment provides an introduction to the complexities of the climate system by requiring each student to gather information about one region or country, then synthesize that with information provided by other students.

In this STEM lesson, students use the engineering design process to build and test a model coring drill capable of penetrating several sediment layers respresented by different colors of clay/dough. Then they will use their drill to explore the sediment beds at 4-6 "sites."

After completing this investigation, students should be able to compare climate patterns from a variety of regions of the globe and explain how climate is defined by precipitation and temperature. Students should also be able to give examples of the relationship between climate and the living environment (the biome).

In this opening lab, students will become familiar with weather by recording observations about the weather conditions and the plants in their own schoolyard or neighborhood.

In this opening lab, students will become familiar with weather by recording observations about the weather conditions and the plants in their own schoolyard or neighborhood.

In this case study, students will learn about the weather and climate of New England, and Vermont in particular. Students will also learn more about the Sugar Maple tree as you observe short- and long-term trends in climate and consider the relationship between climate and the production of maple syrup, an important agricultural product loved by millions.

In this lab students will investigate the weather patterns of northwestern Vermont where the city of Burlington is located.

In this activity students will learn about temperature trends that could affect maple syrup production in Vermont.

In this lab, students will study the major types of terrestrial (land) biomes around the world and present one biome type. Students will also become familiar with a simple way to organize biomes by precipitation and temperature

In this lab students will work with Google Earth, a dynamic interactive map visualization tool. Students will observe temperature patterns, biome types, and climatographs from selected cities around the world. As they work though the links and images in this activity, keep in mind how climate, a long-term average of weather patterns, shapes the life of a region.

In this lab students will learn about the water cycle. Included in this resource is a lab for students to build a physical model of the hydrologic, or water, cycle and an animation to supplement learning.

In this lesson, students will learn about the pathway of solar energy from the sun, through the atmosphere, and to Earth. They will then complete the "Earth's Energy Budget" activity to model the distribution and movement of energy units in this system.

In this activity students will explore the Greenhouse Effect. This activity includes videos and questions to help supplement student learning.

In this hands-on lab activity, you will test the greenhouse potential of two easily acquired greenhouse gas samples: water vapor, carbon dioxide.

In this unit students will have articles to read, hands-on investigations or labs, videos, computer animations, maps, graphics, and class discussions. The combination of these experiences will help you understand the ways in which energy from the sun interacts with Earth's atmosphere, land, oceans, and biosphere (all living things) to give us weather and climate. As you work through the lessons, you will learn more about weather and climate patterns, their causes and the impacts that they have on life on Earth. You will get a sense of how the Earth's systems, such as wind and ocean currents, distribute incoming solar energy around the planet, making Earth habitable for a broad range of life.

This unit will introduce the basics of the carbon cycle. Students will learn how carbon moves throughout the different components of the carbon cycle and where carbon is stored in the Earth's system. Using case studies, NASA visualizations, current research, and interactives, students will explore how living things on land, in soils, and in our oceans regulate the carbon cycle. Because carbon and climate are tightly coupled, students will analyze the effect of carbon dioxide on the Earth's thermostat and our climate. Finally, students will seek possible solutions to a warming climate.

In this lab students will investigate the questions: What are the complex forces that are driving this weather and, ultimately, climate? How do they work together? Students will develop an understanding of the complexity of the interacting forces that work together to create the predictable patterns that we know as climate.