High schoolers visit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and explore the different careers offered by them. They ask questions and view the grounds.

Students observe what happens to water as it goes from a solid to a liquid.  In this exploratory activity students gain an understanding for the water cycle while working in groups observing what happens to water as it changes...

Young scholars state and directly experience two laws of Physics (Law of Gravity, Law of Centrifugal Force) that affect weather. They explain the observations made when using the "hurricane machine" and relate them to other events and...

Sixth graders examine the processes and transformations that occur in carbon pools. They play a game to identify paths taken by carbon through the environment.

Young scholars conduct an experiment to determine the distance between touch receptor fields in parts of the right-hand side of the body. They enter data into the data table.

Third graders, in groups, research animals, plants, and conditions found in ecosystems.

Students utilize a variety of math skills to explore the Turks and Caicos Islands, the British Territory to which South Caicos belongs. They select and apply quantitative data to support their recommendations for future investment and...

Students comprehend the four parameters of water quality. They perform tests for salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH and clarity or turbidity. Students comprehend why scientists and environmental managers monitor water uality and aquatic...

Using data on population, land area, and house size, young scholars will investigate how much space is used by people in Texas compared to the population of the world, and how much space would be required to give everyone in the world...

This inquiry invites students to investigate human impacts on the environment. Specifically, students will examine the relationship between human population, light pollution, and how brightly celestial objects like stars appear in the...

In this lesson, students are asked to examine a model for a space station on Mars that will house six researchers studying the possibility of establishing a colony. Given the dimensions of the station and the minimum amount of space...

This activity illustrates how data can be imported into Google Earth for visualization and interpretation. Students are introduced to air quality as it relates to population density and topography.

Learn why people live in places with lots of people.

Explore the diversity and prevalence of spiders around the world, and learn about jumping spiders, hunters that stalk their prey and pounce from a distance. Research the types and population density of spiders that live around you.

For this biology field lab exercise, young scholars conduct a stationary population study of goldenrod galls. They examine a host of factors including goldenrod plant density, goldenrod gall density, gall height, gall mass, larval exit...