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Government of Alberta
Alberta Environment: Focus on Groundwater: Groundwater Basics [Pdf]
This article explains in detail what groundwater is, why it is important, human activities that affect its quality and quantity, and things we can do to protect it.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Fog Chamber
Create a fog chamber by rapidly expanding air in a jar in this activity. This activity uses a match in a jar to bunch water into tiny droplets.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Teacher Resources: Groundwater Study Guide [Pdf]
This study guide is designed to help students begin thinking about groundwater - where it comes from, why it's important, and how it can be conserved and protected. The guide includes a brief overview of groundwater, a glossary, and...
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Introduction to the Atmosphere
A detailed overview of the Earth's atmosphere, with explanations about atmospheric properties, the structure of the atmosphere, its four layers, atmospheric processes, energy heat transfer, conduction and convection, and radiation. All...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Illinois State Water Survey: Nitrogen Cycle: Human Impact on the Nitrogen Cycle
An overview of the impact of human activities on the environment and how those actions effect the nitrogen cycle.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: A Guide to Rain Garden Construction
Student groups create personal rain gardens planted with native species to provide a green infrastructure and low-impact development technology solution for areas with poor drainage that often flood during storm events.
NOAA
Noaa: The Ocean's Role in Weather and Climate
A collection of resources - interactive activities and teacher tutorials - on the impact the ocean has on weather and climate.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Watersheds Urban and Rural
In this activity young scholars build models of two types of watersheds, one urban and one rural. They will then simulate rain or the water cycle and observe what happens to the 'soil.' This activity leads to discussions about the water...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Dams
Through eight lessons, students are introduced to many facets of dams, including their basic components, the common types (all designed to resist strong forces), their primary benefits (electricity generation, water supply, flood...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Moebius Strips
In this activity, students make Moebius strips and use them to demonstrate the interconnectedness of an environment. They will explore the natural cycles (water, oxygen/carbon dioxide, carbon, nitrogen) within the environment.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Modeling Tree Transpiration
In this activity, young scholars will observe and measure the water given off through transpiration by a plant in a small terrarium.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Where Do Rainy Days Come From?
Find out more about rainy days when you check out this resource, which features hands-on interactive activities, experiments, fun facts, and more.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Rivers 2
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students evaluate the water cycle and how rivers erode, transport, and deposit materials to produce physical features. Many slides and aerial photos of flooding and riverbanks are...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Flow of Matter in Ecosystems
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this module, students will learn about the cycles of nature (water, carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus) that support the flow of nutrient matter through an...
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: Seashore Science
Come and learn with this incredible seashore science resource. The content includes fun facts, experiments, reproducible activities, resources and more.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Evaporative Cooler
Build an air conditioner in this activity using a washcloth, coat hanger, aluminum pan, and three-speed fan. After constructing the air, students will measure the air, water, and wet cloth temperature as well as measuring the humidity....
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Evaporation: Determine the Variables That Affect the Rate of Evaporation
In this instructional activity, students will be able to explain and demonstrate the process of evaporation while discovering the variables that affect the rate of evaporation.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: How Clouds Form
Cloud formation results when warm, humid air rises and cools, causing the water vapor in the air to condense and form clouds. For this lesson, students will conduct an activity that demonstrates how this occurs.This lesson plan was...
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion: El Modelado Del Paisaje I
This unit will discuss how the external geological agents cause the arrangement of the landscape that can be found throughout the earth. It contains 18 interactive activities.
Climate Literacy
Clean: Hurricanes as Heat Engines
For this activity, students examine the effects of hurricanes on sea surface temperature using NASA data. They examine authentic sea surface temperature data to explore how hurricanes extract heat energy from the ocean surface.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: All About Clouds
This lesson uses hands-on activities and trade books along with websites to explain the formation of clouds. This lesson may be used in conjunction with a weather unit.
US Geological Survey
Usgs: Earth Surface Dynamics (Research Activities)
This site from USGS provides several activities to help understand the interrelationships among earth surface processes, ecological systems, and human activities. Also included are links to new findings and programs concerning Earth...
National Geographic
National Geographic: Sources, Sinks, and Feedbacks
Students will learn about how the Earth's carbon cycle works, as they examine the relationship between levels of carbon dioxide and water vapor in the atmosphere and the temperature of the ocean's surface. Includes online student...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Flood Analysis
Students learn how to use and graph real-world stream gage data to create hydrographs and calculate flood frequency statistics. They also learn how hydrographs help engineers make decisions and recommendations to community stakeholders...