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Earth sciences Common Core SL.11-12.1 resources
Solar System Activity: Scaled Down Size & Distance Model of Our Solar System
Bring the Solar System down to Earth with this activity that scales down the sun, planets, and distances between them! An excellent out-of-the-classroom group activity for your inquisitive students!Watch your students' eyes widen as preconceptions are challenged and misconceptions are swept away.Then watch their eyes light up while they work together to measure distances and hold up planets, fusing math and science together into one unforgettable experience.This activity is not only fun, but i
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
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MS-ESS1-2
, MS-ESS1-3
Layers of the Atmosphere Build an 8-foot Scaled-Down Model of our Atmosphere
Create an 8-foot-tall (2.4m), scaled-down model of our atmosphere and discover cool information about our atmosphere at the same time! Students will also learn a little history about humankind's ventures into our atmosphere.Includes Troposphere, Tropopause, Stratosphere, Stratopause, Mesosphere, Mesopause, Thermosphere, and Exosphere. No prep.The only way to get a true sense of atmospheric scale is with a model this big!Crosscutting concepts: scale, proportion, & quantity, systems & sy
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Ecology, Environmental Studies, and Earth Science Activities Bundle
Problem-Based Learning Challenge: High School Global Carbon Cycle Project
This global carbon cycle project is a high school level problem-based learning experience where students examine the short- and long-term carbon cycles, explore the problem of anthropogenic activities that disrupt the carbon cycle, and develop a comprehensive plan with a diverse set of solutions to restore the balance of the short and long term carbon cycles. Students will do all of this seamlessly with the guiding templates provided in this resource.This resource comes with a printable and digi
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9th - 12th
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HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
, HS-LS2-5
, HS-ESS3-4
, HS-ETS1-1
Also included in: The Science of Climate Change: Greenhouse Gases Mini-Bundle
Environmental Espionage Escape Room Game Activity for Kids, Teens & Homeschool
Make your end of the year celebration unforgettable with this fun Espionage Escape Room Activity which focuses on environmental waste and Earth Day. It is designed for ages 11-adult, but younger ones can play with some help. The fun and engaging “Environmental Espionage Escape Room” (previously labeled Earth Day Espionage) features 9 puzzle challenges that reveal a final secret code. This easy no-prep party game can be played indoors or outside, and it is perfect for:End of the year activityEnv
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Not Grade Specific
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Problem-Based Learning: Winter Weather Power Outage Prevention Plan
Resource Description:This resource is a high school level problem-based learning experience where students examine the sources of power outages due to extreme winter weather, and solutions to prevent disasters such as this from happening again. Students will put together a comprehensive prevention plan for mass winter weather power outages. They will do all of this with the guiding templates provided in this resource.This resource comes with a printable and digital version (Google Slides). This
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9th - 12th
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NGSS:
HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
, HS-ETS1-1
LEARN BY DOING: An Earth Science Podcasting Project
This podcasting project integrates Next Generation Science and Common Core English-Language Arts standards in a series of engaging activities that requires students to dive deep into content and be held accountable for their expertise by presenting what they have learned in multiple ways, by giving and receiving feedback to one another, and to evaluate their own work and the work of others using rubrics.
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6th - 12th
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HS-ESS3-3
, HS-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS3-4
, HS-ESS3-5
, HS-ESS3-6
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The Hurricane Code (set in 2099) by J Aura Discussion Guide Free
Free Discussion Guide for The Hurricane Code. This book by James Aura poses situations, questions, and ideas that are startling, but really starting to happen now. Could hurricanes dominate Earth with soaring temperatures by 2099? Aura takes a careful look at the possible implicates of unchecked climate change. Refugees from the USA move north to escape pythons who are also on the move. Quantum computers, Artificial Intelligence, could technology save us or not? This is a Cli-fi story based on s
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11th - 12th
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