Serc: Cloud Inquiry Investigation & Id

It's cloudy with a good chance of learning! An inquiry-based lesson begins with an exploration of transparent, translucent, and opaque materials. Young scientists then connect their learning to the different cloud types as they take the...

Young scholars observe the sky and weather to gather data. They conduct experiments to answer questions about the sky and weather phenomena. They measure, analyze and present data. They create sky windows by gluing sky colored paint...

The second of a instructional activity series contains an activity where students choose a lifeboat's variable to investigate, plan an experiment based on the variable they have chosen, and then test the variable. Upon completion of...

Students will observe and investigate various characteristics of Minnesota critters, and then chart and give reasons for the way they grouped them.

Students investigate the water cycle and cloud formations by examining photographs.  In this weather lesson, students observe pictures of specific cloud types and identify them by putting them in groups.  Students describe the...

In this guided inquiry investigation, students examine conditions to see what affect these conditions have on evaporation rates.

Students observe leeches, develop questions about them, and decide as a class which question to investigate further as an inquiry activity.

Students look at how clouds form. In this cloud lesson plan, students make a cloud using water,  2 liter bottles and a match. They watch how the pressure and temperature changes the atmosphere in the bottle to create a cloud. 

Students investigate cloud formation. In this weather lesson, students examine how clouds are formed. Students participate in experiments that model how water vapor in the air works.

An inquiry lesson where students explore pitch and the rate of vibration. Students will look at how the rate of vibration which creates pitch is affected by the size of the object studied.