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      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

      2-Day Investigating Soil Samples: observing and identifying soils part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
      Debra Ose Northside Elementary Benson, Minnesota Originally created
      This activity is designed for a primary classroom (outdoors & indoors) investigation where students collect and investigate soil samples and describe the soils, looking for similarities and differences. Students develop a method of recording the data colleted and can present the information gathered.

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

      What sizes are the planets and how do they move around the sun? part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
      Akbar Rasheed Muhammad Saint Paul Academy and Summit School Saint Paul, MN 55104 Based on original activity from Sally Spooner, Sunset Elementary School, Cody, Wyoming
      This is an activity to help students understand the abstract concept about how planets move around the sun and their relative size compared with other planets in the solar system.

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

      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

      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

      Leaf Walk: Observing and Investigating Leaves part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
      Kathleen Fischer Remer Elementary School Remer, MN Based on an original activity from the FOSS Kit, kindergarten investigation 2: Leaves
      This activity is a field investigation where students compare leaves, share observations and develop an investigable question to be explored by the class in small groups.

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