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- 10th
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Students describe the biosphere and work to design a mural of the earth's biosphere. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students create models, practice inquiry skills, work with fellow students in teams, and reinforce concepts discussed in class all by using the theme of BIOSPHERES. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students identify the biotic and abiotic factors in the biosphere and describe the characteristics of populations. They compare a species' habitat and its niche within a community. Full Review »
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- 7th - 10th
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Students collect data from a local river biome. They use the information for metric conversion and graphing equations. They study the components of what makes up a biosphere and how math is used to analyze one. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students describe the changes that have affected the Missouri River over the past 200 years by identifying transformations in this area's atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere. They research online in groups assigned to each topic. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students continue their examination of the existence of life on Earth. In groups, they determine the role of the water cycle and other biogeochemical cycles play in keeping balance on Earth. They participate in experiments to discover how moisture gets in and out of the air. To end the lesson, they compare and contrast the relationships between biotic-biotic, biotic-abiotic, and abiotic-abiotic interrelationships. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students describe Earth's atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and explain how these systems affect life in Indiana. Students work in small groups to construct their own models of the atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students create a biosphere using the computer program SImEarth. They work in small groups to create "Daisyworld" in which they model aspects of the Gaia hypothesis. They form a question to answer and choose variables to investigate in their computer model. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students model the biosphere and manipulate variables affecting change and plan their experiments with the help of others. They describe their question, hypothesis, and methods of investigation. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the origin of life on Earth and its evolution through geologic time by participating in a whole class discussion. They respond to prompts that lead them to conclusions about the interactions among the biosphere and the geosphere, atmosphere and hydrosphere over time. Full Review »
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