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Melting ice cubes part of Oceanography:Activities
Mirjam Glessmer, University of Bergen
Explore how melting of ice cubes floating in water is influenced by the salinity of the water. Important oceanographic concepts like density and density driven currents are visualized and can be discussed on the ...

Grade Level: General Public, College Lower (13-14), Intermediate (3-5), Primary (K-2), Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Project, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography:Physical , Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Layer Cake Geology part of Paleontology:Activities
Molly Ward, Museum of the Rockies
This activity visually introduces students to the idea of geologic time and the correlation between time, rock layers and fossils. It uses the familiar, relevant example of cake but teaches important concepts such ...

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), Primary (K-2)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology:Evolution , Biostratigraphy/Biogeography
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Ontogeny part of Paleontology:Activities
Molly Ward, Museum of the Rockies
This activity allows even the youngest of learners to understand what the concept of ontogeny is, relative to humans and also applied to learning about dinosaurs.

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), Primary (K-2), Intermediate (3-5)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology:Development/Growth and Form/Morphometrics
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Photographs of snow bank structures part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Activities
Audrey Rule, SUNY College at Oswego
This set of photographs was taken in February 2004 in Oswego, New York on the shore of Lake Ontario, an area that receives about five meters of snow each winter because of lake-effect. Prior to photography, a large ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8), Primary (K-2)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology, Sedimentary Geology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review