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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Earth Caching

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students learn about EarthCaches and processes of the Earth. Using online resources, they find an EarthCache located near their school, visit it, and record the information required in its associated activity. They...
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Earth's Hydrologic Cycle

For Teachers 1st - 9th
In this experiment, students create a model of the water cycle and learn about its crucial role in moving water around the Earth.
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Magnets at the Core

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students simulate magnetic pole reversal to study the movement of Earth's magnetic poles.
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Seismic Mapping

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students become scientists, and learn about the usef of seismic technology to map patterns of rock formations below the surface of the Earth.
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: A Model of Three Faults

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students learn about the different kinds of faults and plate boundaries and where they can be found. They research and report on the faults that are present in their state. They are also asked to develop models of...
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Teachnology: Science Lesson Plans

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Great lesson plans covering a wide-range of science-related subjects. A wonderful resource for wonderful teachers!
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University of Kentucky: Earth Science Classroom Activities

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A collection of links to activities and lessons that could be used for Earth science concepts including the foil record, creating a timeline of Earth's history, plate tectonics, dinosaurs, and the progression of life on Earth.
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Ocean Currents Change Our Earth

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers learn about the factors that drive ocean currents by measuring the density of ocean water and tap water.
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Rock Around the World

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Classes from around the country collect rock samples and send them in to be analyzed by NASA scientists.
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Rock Art in the National Parks

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars learn the importance of protecting pictographs as part of their geologic heritage by making their own paint using natural ingredients to create art.
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Mapping Your Soil

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use the Web Soil Survey developed by the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service to determine what soil is around your school and how it can be used.
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Model of a Normal Fault

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students construct a model that demonstrates how a block of rock is extended by a normal fault.
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Modeling an Oil Reserve

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Doing this investigation will help students understand how geoscientists identify and explore petroleum-rich reserves.
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Monitoring Life in the Rocky Intertidal Ecosystem

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity will allow students to learn the sampling techniques used in the field by citizen scientists who participate in LiMPETS, five national marine sanctuaries along the West Coast.
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Mystery Mollusc

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students become marine biologists, and their goal is to characterize the biological communities that live on or near the seamount in the Monterey Bay area. There, they must identify a mystery mollusk.
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Natural Gas Formation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this investigation, students make a simple model of how gasses can form from decaying material. They will also explore the effects of temperature on gas formation.
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Plant an Ozone Monitoring Garden

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students monitor local ozone by looking in their neighborhoods for ozone-injured plants or establishing similar gardens outside their schools or in their backyards.
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Products Made From Petroleum

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Small groups to research products made from petroleum other than fuels. The challenge is to find such products "hiding in plain sight."
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Properties of Fluids in Reservoirs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This investigation will help students understand the physical relationships between natural gas, oil, and water in a reservoir and how these relationships can affect recovery.
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Burning Issues

For Teachers 5th - 8th
In this activity, students will learn about fire management and research the questions of whether forest fires should always be extinguished and whether prescribed burns can be helpful. They will form and support their own opinions about...
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: How Can You Test Your Soil?

For Teachers 5th - 9th
As a citizen scientist, learners use a soil test kit to find out how much of each type of chemical is in the local soil.
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Hurricane Tracking

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students track and plot hurricanes paths for study.
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Land and People: Finding a Balance

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Student groups will be asked to present and justify a solution to a real environmental dilemma concerning water usage.
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Logs of Straw Dendrocronology

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Using straws to recreate tree rings, students learn how dendrochronologists work. Construct a 50-year climatic history on a three-meter time line.

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