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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Introduction to Texas Hurricanes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students are asked to graph data about some 20th century hurricanes that hit the Texas coastline. For each graph, they are asked several questions about any apparent correlation between the different variables. Students...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Sensors

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of the Internet of Things, types of sensors are examined including acoustic, visual, weather, GPS, and others.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Project Sky Math

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teachers will be interested to explore the SkyMath module, and the 16 classroom activities at this site. In this program, students will collect and record real-time weather data to analyze. Data analysis, graphing, number relationship,...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Measuring and Comparing Temperatures

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Using thermometers, students will compare differences in the temperature of various materials and locations. They will record and chart the data that was collected and present the graphs to their classmates.
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Geoscience Research Institute: The Little Ice Age

For Students 9th - 10th
This very detailed article examines the long-term climate changes throughout the world. Discusses agriculture and provides graphs and illustrations. Includes lots of scientific discussion.
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The Environmental Literacy Council

Environmental Literacy Council: Temperature

For Students 9th - 10th
The difference between heat and temperature is explained, followed by a discussion of temperature and its relation to global climate change. Gallileo Galilee, Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Anders Celsius, and Carl Linnaeus are mentioned in...
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The Learning Partnership: Journey to El Yunque

For Students 6th - 8th
In this set of learning modules, students examine the impact of hurricane weather on the El Yunque rainforest in Puerto Rico. They learn about hurricanes, producers, consumers, and the food chain, and how disruptions in organisms'...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Hurricane Hunters: Tracking Katrina and Rita

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity students can use data collected on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to study functions, predictions, and probability models. Students will track the two hurricanes to see how the paths of the hurricanes affected the Gulf...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Do You Really Want to Visit the Arctic?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This jigsaw activity is designed for students to become familiar with several datasets of Arctic weather data, collected in Eureka on Ellesmere Island. Students join a role-playing activity to read and interpret graphs while considering...

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