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    Discovering Plate Boundaries part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
    Dale Sawyer, Rice University
    Students work collaboratively using data maps to discover plate tectonic boundary processes. Data sets used are earthquakes, volcanos, seafloor age, and topography. Show other versions of this activity Hide The ...

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8), Informal, General Public, Intermediate (3-5), College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Jigsaw
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics
    Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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    Mentos and soda eruptions- lessons on explosive volcanic eruptions part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
    Heather Wright, Alison Rust (contact), Kathy Cashman
    Students participate in a popular experiment with Mentos candies and soda. This helps them learn about the scientific method, gas saturation, bubble nucleation, and explosive volcanic eruptions.

    Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
    Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Volcanism, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Volcanology
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Antarctic Rock Boxes part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
    Jason Cervenec, Ohio State University-Main Campus
    The Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center offers no-cost Rock Boxes for use by educators in both schools and informal learning environments. Each box may be borrowed for one month and contains more than 30 ...

    Grade Level: Middle (6-8), Middle - 8, High School (9-12), Middle (6-8):Middle - 7, Primary (K-2), Middle (6-8):Middle - 6, Intermediate (3-5)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Snack Tectonics part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
    Lisa Gardiner
    Students create a tasty model that illustrates plate tectonic motions. Different materials are used to simulate asthenosphere, ocean lithosphere, and continental lithosphere.

    Grade Level: Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
    Subject: Geoscience

    Demonstrating Climate Change and the Water Cycle to Fifth Grade Students part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
    Jennifer Murphy
    Demonstration of the greenhouse effect and its role in climate change, discussion of the phases of water and the water cycle, and a hands-on experiment to investigate the role of temperature in phase changes of ...

    Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Hydrologic cycle

    The Geography of Land Planning part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
    Lisa Gardiner
    Students use simplified maps to plan towns, being conscious of water resources, and then learn how their town fits into the larger watershed.

    Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
    Subject: Geoscience, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning