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Environment laboratory videos
STEM Weather Lab
Teach your students all about weather technology with this STEM Weather Lab! Students will rotate through four stations:Station 1: Measuring Rainfall - Students will measure the amount of rainfall using a rain gauge. Next they will measure the rain in a graduated cylinder. Finally, students will come up with a math equation to figure out how many inches of rain 235 ml would be.Station 2: Measuring Wind - Students will use an anemometer to record the wind speed of a 3-speed fan.Station 3: Mea
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6th - 8th
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9:50
Video: Survival of the Fittest, A Game of Populations
Natural selection, population genetics, migration, competition… these can be difficult concepts to study in a classroom. This game allows kids to simulate the rise and fall of populations as different species interact with their environments and each other. There are two levels of game play. In the first level, students get a feel for the typical interactions amongst and between species including competition, reproduction, migration, and predation. At this level they also experience the potentia
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6th - 11th
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Nature Walk #4 Leaf Collage
I designed these nature walks to give fourth, fifth, and sixth graders field experience with the concepts being taught in Earth, Life, and Physical Science. My students were fortunate to have woods, trails, and a creek so near their school building that parent permission slips were not necessary. They are also good to use as an “icebreaker” to begin discussions about the “Big Questions” of Earth, Life, and Physical Science.
This nature walk has the students gathering fallen leaves a
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4th - 7th
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11:48
Tragedy of the Commons Lesson and Video
This lesson is a video with a guided notes and lab that go along with it. It can be used to supplement your current lesson, flip your classroom, or provide with your sub plans. The video is under 12 minutes long, aligns perfectly with AP Environmental Science and other environmental science courses. It defines and gives examples of tragedy of the commons, externalities, asks students to think about how to solve the problem of overexploitation of resources, and ties things together with hunting a
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9th - 12th
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