Teaching Activities

Classroom Phenology: Using the Environment as a Source of Data and Observations part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Carrie Otis Minnesota Internship Center English Language Academy Minneapolis, Minnesota
This activity is a classroom and schoolyard investigation where students collect daily temperature and precipitation readings, weather observations, and weekly phenology reports in a phenology binder and in nature journals. Students then analyze this data and compare to recorded values in the Weatherguide calendar.

Grade Level: Primary (K-2), Intermediate (3-5)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Field Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology, Mathematics, Biology

Calculating the declination of the sun for elementary students part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Claire Torrey
Students will observe the patterns of apparent motion of the sun using simple tools.

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Field Activity
Subject: Mathematics, Geoscience:Lunar and Planetary Science

How high is BIG? - using an astrolabe part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Don Fraser Oak Crest Elementary Belle Plaine MN (Based on an idea we did in the Earth Studies class)
Use an astrolabe to measure the height of objects, and see seasonal changes over time.

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience, Mathematics, Environmental Science, Geography