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- 9th - 12th
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Students, after reading the explanation given below, use the World Wide Web to discover what NASA Glenn Research Center is doing to safeguard our atmosphere and summarize the findings in a business report format. Full Review »
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- 6th - 9th
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Students explain how relatively thin the atmosphere is, compared to the size of the planet, and determine the relative extent of the four major atmospheric layers. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students feel the changes of the amounts of greenhouse gases in the global atmosphere. They examine theamounts of greenhouse gases in the global atmosphere are clearly changing.Some evidences of these changes for carbon dioxide and CFC-11. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students study the concepts of global warming and climate change as they relate to the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. They examine the changes in glacial ice in relation to global warming. They decide how human activities, especially the use of cars, contribute to global warming. Full Review »
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- 6th - 9th
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Students discuss the characteristics of the Goldilocks Principle. They discover the pressure and chemical composition of Venus and Mars. They discuss how the Earth's temperature is affected by the atmosphere. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students perform an experiment to determine the stomaltal index on the upper and lower epidermis of two species of leaves. Stomatal densities change in response to changing atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide and to annual rainfall. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students examine the constant changing of the Earth's atmosphere. After labeling the layers of the Earth, they identify various processes inside the Earth that can cause gases to be emitted. Using the internet, they research how the burning of the oil fields in Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War added to the amount of pollution and effects on the atmosphere. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Student discover some of the ideas and concepts that make up the topic of Ecology. They read and interpret graphs to assimilate the information that is displayed. They discover the rate of increase of Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the results on the ecosystems. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 8th
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Students study the dynamic nature of the atmosphere. They identify major air pollutants and their local and global effects. Afterwards, they discuss proactive and reactive methods of reducing air pollution. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students explore the abstract idea of the atom and explain the differences and similarities between solids, liquids, and gases. They understand the molecular differences between solids, liquids, and gases. Full Review »
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