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Weather Stations: Winds

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/explore/solar_system/...

Lunar and Planetary Institute
Children use a toaster to generate wind and compare the appliance's heat source to Jupiter's own hot interior. They discover that convection drives wind on Jupiter and on Earth.

Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Atmospheric and oceanic circulation, Geoscience:Oceanography:Ocean-Climate Interactions, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Solar radiation, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Atmospheric circulation
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity

Weather Stations: Storms

https://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/explore/solar_system/...

Lunar and Planetary Institute
Children test how cornstarch and glitter in water move when disturbed. They compare their observations with videos of Jupiter's and Earth's storm movements.

Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography:Ocean-Climate Interactions, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Climatology :Atmospheric and oceanic circulation, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Atmospheric circulation
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity

NASA Global Warming Demonstration

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/global-warmi...

Jet Propulsion Laboratory
This demonstration shows how water absorbs more heat than air. The corollary that is made is that the oceans are absorbing a lot of the heat related to climate change. The video tutorial shows an ...

Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Oceanography, Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity

Carbon Cycle Role Play

https://www.calacademy.org/educators/lesson-plans/carbon...

California Academy of Sciences
Carbon cycle activity to demonstrate how carbon moves throughout the atmosphere. The activity ends with a discussion of how humans impact the carbon cycle.

Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Biology:Biogeochemistry, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity

Thermal Expansion and Sea Level Rise

https://scied.ucar.edu/activity/thermal-expansion-water

Lisa Gardiner
In this short but effective demonstration/experiment, students investigate how thermal expansion of water might affect sea level.

Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity, Activities

Bioprospecting for cellulose-degrading microbes: Individual Isolate Method

https://www.glbrc.org/outreach/educational-materials/bio...

Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
This is a long-term inquiry activity in which students investigate locations they believe harbor cellulose-digesting microbes, collect samples, isolate them on selective media, and screen them for ...

Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Renewable & Alternative Energy, Environmental Science:Energy
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity

Fermentation in a Bag

http://www.glbrc.org/education-and-outreach/teachers-3

Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
This is a hands-on inquiry activity using zip-lock plastic bags that allows students to observe the process of fermentation and the challenge of producing ethanol from cellulosic sources. Students ...

Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Renewable & Alternative Energy, Environmental Science:Energy
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity

Fermentation Challenge: Making Ethanol from Cellulose

https://www.glbrc.org/outreach/educational-materials/fer...

Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
This hands-on activity introduces students to the process of fermenting different carbohydrate sources into ethanol. Teachers demonstrate yeasts’ inability to metabolize certain food sources.

Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Renewable & Alternative Energy, Environmental Science:Energy
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity

Life Cycle Assessment of Biofuels 101

https://www.glbrc.org/outreach/educational-materials/lif...

Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
In this activity, students conduct a life cycle assessment of energy used and produced in ethanol production, and a life cycle assessment of carbon dioxide used and produced in ethanol production.

Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Environmental Science:Energy:Renewable & Alternative Energy, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Anthropogenic causes, Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Energy, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Greenhouse gas emissions
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity

Biofuels/Biomass Cellulose Lab

http://www.ei.lehigh.edu/eli/energy/sequence/day21.html

Environmental Literacy and Inquiry Working Group
In this lab activity, students investigate how to prepare a biofuel source for conversion to a combustible product. The activity models how raw materials are refined to process liquid fuels.

Subject: Environmental Science:Energy, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Environmental Science:Energy:Renewable & Alternative Energy
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity

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