NorthEast Ohio Geoscience Education Outreach
Carbon Cycle
Using a jigsaw approach, earth science experts teach each other about the physical, biological, and geologic components of the carbon cycle, with a specific focus on the ocean.
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Ice Ages
Interested Earth enthusiasts are introduced to ice ages. The 26,000-year cycle is charted and the eras named. Several slides are dedicated to the carbon cycle and how it contributes to the changes. The reasons for the cooling of the...
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Rock-forming Minerals
In this mineral worksheet, students use a table of information about rock-forming minerals to complete 10 short answer questions.
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Minerals Commonly Found in the Home
For this mineral worksheet, students collect 5 common household items that contain minerals and analyze them. After filling in a data table, students complete 3 short answer conclusion questions.
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Minerals of the Earth
Unearth this gem of a resource to use in your geology unit! With colorful images, bullet-point text, and links to related videos, it deals with the characteristics, properties, and identification of minerals. There are also slides...
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Formulas of Common Acids
In this chemistry learning exercise, students write the formula for the given ten names of the common acids. The acids include chloric, boric, and oxalic.
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Diatom Ooze
High schoolers explore seafloor sediment. For this ocean environment lesson, students describe the characteristics of different types of seafloor sediment and oozes. They compare and discuss locations of sediments and oozes by plotting...
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The Blast Furnace
In this chemical reactions worksheet, learners practice writing chemical formulas, word equations, and symbol equations. Students identify the types of reactions. This worksheet has 7 problems to solve.
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Bouncing Balls
Students create a polymer to demonstrate its properties and develop an awareness of the wide variety of uses for polymers.