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Safe Water Unit part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity could be part of a bigger theme under pollution. The activity could be the water part and the bigger focus could contain all other types of pollution.

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5)
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity

Exploring Sugarloaf Cove: Investigating the Geology of Lake Superior's North Shore. part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a field investigation where students make observations of the pebble beach, lava flows, and wetland restoration at Sugarloaf Cove to generate questions to be addressed throughout the earth science curriculum.

Grade Level: Middle (6-8)
Subject: Environmental Science, Geoscience
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Field Activity

Investigating Soil Composition - Soil Soaks Up Water part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a classroom quick lab where students explore sand, soil, and water in relation to absorption and permeability.

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5)
Subject: Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture, Geoscience:Hydrology, Soils
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity

Disasters to Nature: Sensitivity of Ground-Water Systems to Pollution part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a field investigation where students will observe three areas with high sensitivity to pollution, and test water quality in two of the locations.

Grade Level: High School (9-12)
Subject: Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water quality/chemistry
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity:Field laboratories

How Does Water Get Polluted? part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a hands-on modeling of the effects of pollution on our ground and surface water. Students will observe and record their observations as pollution is placed on the ground in their model and it is rained upon.

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5)
Subject: Geoscience, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Non-Point Source Pollution
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity, Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Demonstration

Minnehaha Falls: Observing Changes in Nature through Drawing and Writing part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
The activity is a field trip to Minnehaha Falls where students will observe and record their findings in a science notebook.

Grade Level: Primary (K-2)
Subject: Biology, Geoscience, Environmental Science
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Field Activity

Discovering Nature in our Neighborhood: An Investigation of Natural Communities around Our School part of MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
In this unit, students make regular journal entries about a plant/animal/insect community in the natural area around our school and use this to create a Non-fiction Class Book. They also interview family/resources to discover, record and present stories about human relationships with nature from their culture(s).

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5)
Subject: Biology:Ecology, Environmental Science, Biology:Diversity
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity