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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

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

Newton's Second: Having A Ball With Motion part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Susan Van Kekerix
This activity is a field investigation where students design and test a gravity ball launcher, record their observations, and share their findings in the large group setting.

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity
Subject: Physics:Classical Mechanics

The Rock Cycle: A hands on Simulation part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
jill selchow
This activity is a hands-on simulation of the rock cycle.

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience

Investigating Soil Composition - Soil Soaks Up Water part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Carrie Leisch, Centerville Elementary School, ISD 12, Centerville, MN 55038 Based on an original activity from Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, Lesson 2 Soil, p. 315 and 319.)
This activity is a classroom quick lab where students explore sand, soil, and water in relation to absorption and permeability.

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture, Geoscience:Hydrology, Soils

Investigating simple plants part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Claire Torrey
Students will observe simple plants, develop an investigable question, and form an investigation. They will document their investigation in their science notebooks.

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Field Activity
Subject: Biology:Ecology

Economics of installing Solar PV panels: is it worth it to the individual? part of SISL:2012 Sustainability in Math Workshop:Activities
Martin Walter, University of Colorado at Boulder
We show that it is economical for an individual to install solar photovoltaic panels in Denver, Colorado; and this is a sustainable strategy for society at large.

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Primary (K-2), Intermediate (3-5), College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Sustainability, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Energy, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Mathematics, Economics, Political Science

The Incredible Journey- A Walk Through the Water Cycle part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Kristin Contons
This activity is a classroom investigation where students predict, explore and evaluate what happens to water as it travels through the water cycle.

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Hydrologic cycle

Make a Model Fossil part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Anne E. Flynn St. Charles Borromeo School St. Anthony Village Minnesota Based on an original activity from Harcourt Science 2006. Page 215
This activity is a combination outdoor/indoor lab where students will collect natural materials from the environment and use them to create both a mold and cast model of a fossil. Students will learn how a fossil is formed and why scientists use models to help them understand how things work and develop.

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity, Field Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology

Investigation a food web: producers, consumers, and decomposers part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Sandra Ahlberg Prairie Elementary Worthington, Minnesota
This activity is a field investigation where students list plants and animals they observe. Students will organize their data as producers, consumers, or decomposers and create a food web showing how they affect each other. They will predict what will happen if the food web becomes imbalanced by extinction or over population.

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Field Activity
Subject: Biology:Ecology