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    Youth and Law part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Putting Sustainability into Action workshop:Activities
    Carla Lippett, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
    Students, faculty, staff, and other community volunteers will collaborate in groups with the delivery of a Law-Related Education (LRE)program that goes beyond questions about who, what, when, and where. LRE helps ...

    Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), Primary (K-2), Intermediate (3-5)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Activities
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    What makes things move? part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
    Theresa Porter; Theresa Porter
    This activity is an inquiry approach to teaching what force is. Students will learn what push, pull, gravity, and friction are.

    Grade Level: Primary (K-2)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Field Activity
    Subject: Physics:Classical Mechanics

    Air Is Matter part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
    Caroline Sorensen
    This is a series of investigations about air and its properties. How air exists all around us, and things it is capable of doing.

    Grade Level: Primary (K-2), Intermediate (3-5)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Field Activity
    Subject: Chemistry

    How does weather change? part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
    Susan Anderson, Taylors Falls Elementary, Taylors Falls, MN based on an activity from Houghton Mifflin Science Grade 2 Weather Patterns, p. D6.
    This activity is a field investigation where students gather temperature and weather data in the a.m and p.m. and develop a new, experimental question to predict temperature over the course of the year.

    Grade Level: Primary (K-2)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology

    Observational Skills: Observing and creating sketches of an outdoor environment part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
    Daryl ("Tish") Monjeau Bancroft Elementary School Mpls., MN
    In this series of activities, students observe and sketch the environment outside their school using their senses. Students create a classroom book using one of their sketches.

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

    Measuring and recording the weather around us using a science notebook in second grade. part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
    Jen Froisland Chanhassen Elementary, Chanhassen, MN.
    This activity is a field investigation where students measure, record and describe weather conditions using common tools (rain gauge, thermometer, and barometer). They will compare their observations to Weather.com (online) and the local newspapers to compare their findings, and record these observations.

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

    Identifying the sun as a source of light by observing shadows. part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
    Peggy Greenwaldt Cyrus Elementary School Cyrus, MN 56323
    This activity is a kindergarten field and classroom investigation where students make observations, collect data and share conclusions that shows they understand that the sun is a source of light.

    Grade Level: Primary (K-2)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity
    Subject: Geoscience

    What makes things move? part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
    Theresa Porter; Theresa Porter
    This activity is an inquiry approach to teaching what force is. Students will learn what push, pull, gravity, and friction are.

    Grade Level: Primary (K-2)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Field Activity
    Subject: Physics:Classical Mechanics

    Tulip Growth and the Parts of the Flower part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
    Kari Johnsrud, Madison Elementary School, Winona, MN
    This is a field and classroom activity in which students will observe tulip growth and identify and describe the parts of the tulip flower.

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

    Going on a leaf hunt! part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
    Sarah Hanf, North Park Elementary School, Columbia Heights, MN, based on an original activity from the Foss Kit, Trees.
    This activity gives kindergartners the chance to get outside collect, observe and sort leaves. They will also try to differentiate between MN native leaves and non-native leaves to MN.

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