Energy4Me
Energy4me: Core Sampling
Relate this to real-world drilling and why drill bits are used to churn up and break up rock in the sampling path. Explain to students that core sampling is one way that geologists determine the geologic formation of rocks and sediments...
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Cupcake Core Sampling
In this activity, students learn about the technique of core sampling of the Earth by investigating the layers in cupcakes that they bake.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Core Sampling
Simulate core sampling with this lesson. Learners will see layers of Earth with this activity.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Design Squad: Build: Down Core
This challenge is to design and build a tool that can take a core sample from the center of a potato. Are you up to it?
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Soil Core Sampling
Students learn about one method used in environmental site assessments. They practice soil sampling by creating soil cores, studying soil profiles and characterizing soil profiles in borehole logs. They use their analysis to make...
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Other
Prince George's Community College: Reading the Rock Record [Pdf]
This is an in-depth activity where students create a rock layer formation using different colors of playdough and investigate the types of folds and rock formations that might occur. They take core samples through anticlines and...
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: A Bit of Engineering
After researching how scientists drill into the ocean floor to retrieve core samples, students work in small groups to simulate the process in the classroom and report on their findings.
Other
Lumos Learning: Parcc Sample Questions & Practice Tests for Grades 3 8
This site provides free PARCC questions and practice tests for Math and ELA that are aligned with Common Core.
Ohio State University
Byrd Polar Research Center: Ice Core Paleoclimatology Research Group
This site explains the research of the Ice Core Paleoclimatology Group. See how they are coring ice samples all around the world to help better understand Earth's changing climate. Provides links to teaching materials.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Grade 1 on Demand Opinion Writing Samples
This collection of opinion essays prompted first graders to write about a "best pet." From the Vermont Writing Collaborative, with Student Achievement Partners and CCSSO, these written pieces are part of the In-Common: Effective Writing...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Making Inferences From Random Samples
Practice making inferences from random samples.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Making Inferences From Random Samples
Practice making inferences from random samples.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Making Inferences From Random Samples
Given a random sample, practice figuring out what can we reasonably infer about the entire population? Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Mangahigh
Mangahigh: Data: Random Sampling
This site provides students practice with the concept of random sampling. Students can learn about the topic by completing an interactive tutorial. Students can then take a ten question timed test to practice the skill.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: What's Down There?
During this activity, students will learn how oil is formed and where in the Earth we find it. Students will take a core sample to look for oil in a model of the Earth. They will analyze their sample and make an informed decision as to...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Harvesting Oil From the Earth
In this instructional activity, students investigate sources of fossil fuels, particularly oil. Students will learn how engineers and scientists look for oil by taking core samples from a model of the Earth. Also, students will explore...
Other
Old Dominion University: Writing Sample Placement Test: Sample Essay
This is a sample writing placement test narrative essay and a list of questions students should ask themselves about their writing. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.3
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra Ii: 5.5 Sampling Variability
This section explores the concept of sampling variability in the sample proportion. It will address the effect on the mean and standard deviation of a sample distribution as the sampling size changes.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra Ii: 5.1 Sample Spaces and Probability
This section explores how to determine the sample space, or possible outcomes, for an event such as rolling dice. It also investigates how to determine the probability of different outcomes occurring for an activity such as flipping a...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Compound Events Visual Displays of Sample Spaces
Seventh graders will be able to represent the sample space of compound events, and calculate the probability of events using their sample space.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Sample Spaces for Compound Events
Practice checking if sample space diagrams match a compound event. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Sample Spaces for Compound Events
Practice interpreting diagrams and sample spaces to find the probability of outcomes.
Climate Literacy
Clean: Dead Diatoms Do Tell Tales
Students take on the role of climate detectives in this climate investigation. Teams make a model of sediment cores using glass beads and sand, study the core samples, and tell something about the hypothetical paleoclimate that existed...
Harold D. Underdown
A Publisher's Sample Guidelines
A list of typical or sample guidelines a publishing company may provide for manuscript submission. Relates primarily to children's literature but may also apply to other forms. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.6 Use technology to produce and...