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Skill 7: Communicate Scientific Procedures and Explanations
Activity Name |
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Activity ID |
Fossil Footprints |
Rocks |
7.3 |
A02 |
Let’s Bet on Sediments |
Rocks |
7.2, 7.3 |
A03 |
Making Sedimentary Rocks |
Rocks |
7.3 |
A05 |
Metamorphic Rock: Melting Rock |
Rocks |
7.3 |
A06 |
Mineral Identification Lab |
Minerals |
7.2, 7.3 |
A07 |
Discovering How Reflection of Sun's Rays Effects Soil Temperature |
Soil |
7.2, 7.3 |
A09 |
Topographic Maps |
Topographic Maps |
7.2, 7.3 |
A10 |
Older than Dirt |
Geological Time |
7.2, 7.3 |
A12 |
Understanding Earth's Changes Over Time |
Geological Time |
7.2, 7.3 |
A15 |
Planet Magnet |
Earth's Magnetic Fields |
7.2, 7.3 |
A17 |
Virtual Dating - Isochron and Radiocarbon Dating |
Geological Time |
7.2, 7.3 |
A18 |
Who's on First? |
Fossils |
7.2 |
A19 |
Changes in the Mighty Mississippi |
Weathering |
7.1, 7.2, 7.3 |
B01 |
Losing it |
Weathering |
7.2, 7.3 |
B02 |
Weathering Experiments |
Weathering |
7.2, 7.3 |
B03 |
Making Waves |
Effects of wind, waves, & currents |
7.2 |
B04 |
Glacial Geological Formations |
Erosion |
7.2 |
B05 |
Pollution |
Polution |
7.3 |
B06 |
Coastal wetlands need you |
Constructive & destructive forces |
7.3 |
B08 |
Distance between Us and Them |
Plate tectonics |
7.3 |
C01 |
Moving Plates |
Plate tectonics |
7.3 |
C03 |
Heating the Earth's Surface |
Earth’s layers, & internal heat |
7.2, 7.3 |
C02 |
Thermal Convection |
Earth’s layers, & internal heat |
7.2, 7.3 |
C04 |
What Volcano? |
Volcanism |
7.1, 7.2, 7.3 |
C05 |
Earthquake - Travel Time, Epicenter, and Magnitude |
Earthquakes |
7.2, 7.3 |
C07 |
Global Warming |
Global warming |
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D01 |
Comparing Temperature and Solar Radiation for Common Latitudes |
Weather |
7.2, 7.3 |
D05 |
Analysis of Atmospheric Conditions for a High Mountain Retreat |
Weather |
7.2, 7.3 |
D06 |
Investigating Factors that Influence Climate |
Climate |
7.2, 7.3 |
D07 |
Identifying Ozone Variations Over Different Locations |
Global warming |
7.2, 7.3 |
D09 |
Comparing the Effects of El Nino and La Nina |
El Niño/La Niña |
7.2, 7.3 |
D10 |
Creating Climographs |
Climate |
7.2, 7.3 |
D11 |
Climate and Weather |
Climate |
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D12 |
Hurricanes as Heat Engines |
Storms & weather forecasts |
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D13 |
Differences Between Ground and Air Temperatures |
Climate |
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D14 |
An Ocean of Weather |
Oceans (zones, chemistry, history) |
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E01 |
Investigating Changes in Density |
Oceans (zones, chemistry, history) |
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E03 |
Temperature and Deep Ocean Circulation |
Ocean currents |
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E06 |
The Varying Density of Sea Water |
Oceans (zones, chemistry, history) |
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E07 |
Water Cycle Game |
Water cycle |
7.2, 7.3 |
E08 |
Yo-Yos, Tow-Yos, and ph, Oh My! |
Oceans (zones, chemistry, history) |
7.2 |
E09 |
Earth Science Project: Create an Ocean Weather Forecast |
Ocean currents |
7.2, 7.3 |
E10 |
Patterns in High Cloud Coverage |
Water cycle |
7.2, 7.3 |
E11 |
Sea Surface Temperature Trends of the Gulf Stream |
Ocean currents |
7.2, 7.3 |
E12 |
Virtual River (Part 1) - River Discharge |
Surface Water |
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E13 |
Virtual River (Part 2) - River Flooding |
Surface Water |
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E14 |
Sea Surface Salinity |
Surface Water |
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E15 |
Speeding around the Sun
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Gravity |
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F08 |
The Solar System |
Solar system |
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F10 |
Phases of the Moon
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Solar system |
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F11 |
Spectroscope |
H-R diagram of sun/stars |
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F07 |
Planetary Real Estate |
Solar system |
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F13 |
Exploration: Then and Now Survival! |
Space exploration |
7.1, 7.2, 7.3 |
F14 |
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