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Rocking Through the Rock Cycle part of K-8 Geo Teacher Preparation:Workshop 2016:Activities
Mary Mutrux, Missouri State University
The students will participate as matter traveling through the rock cycle while drawing cards from 4 rock matter stations (magma, igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic). Afterwards, the student will demonstrate their path using a laser pointer in a projected large the rock cycle diagram.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Metamorphic Rocks, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Weathering, Sediment Transport and Deposition, Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Igneous Rocks, Metamorphic Processes, Igneous Processes
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Making Topographic Maps part of K-8 Geo Teacher Preparation:Workshop 2016:Activities
Caitlin Callahan, Grand Valley State University
In this activity, students learn how to contour topographic data from three-dimensional models that they create for themselves. Students examine how topographic contour lines differ based on different topographic features.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Modeling/Physical Experiments, Landforms/Processes:Volcanoes, Fluvial, Hillslopes
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Using 2-liter Bottles to Represent % of Energy Consumption by Source part of K-8 Geo Teacher Preparation:Workshop 2016:Activities
lisa andresen, North Crawford School
Students will create a physical representation of a chart of "U.S. Energy Consumption by Source" using plastic 2-liter bottles and water. Students calculate % of source use to ounces and cups, measure ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Classroom Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review