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Soup Can Water Budget part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
Jason Cervenec, Ohio State University-Main Campus
During this first of five activities, students use materials to create an apparatus and process to investigate the ultimate destination for water falling on a watershed. Students make quantitative measurements and ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8):Middle - 8, High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
Subject: Environmental Science
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Modeling the Effects of Dam Removal on the Elwha River part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
Travi Sandland
Students are introduced to the social and scientific issues surrounding the removal of the Glines Canyon Dam on the Elwha River, and conduct a hands-on experiment with real-world application to observe the effects ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Project, Lab Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Restoration/Reclamation
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

A Kinesthetic Demonstration for Locating Earthquake Epicenters part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
John Keyantash, California State University-Dominguez Hills
A kinesthetic activity for students to understand the technique for locating the epicenter of an earthquake. It is performed indoors and outdoors in three lessons.

Grade Level: Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Field Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Urban Planning 101: Map Appreciation part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
Jill Baumtrog
This is a synthesis activity, providing closure to river and/or map units. Students will begin by looking at a series of maps, including 3D maps. They will brainstorm ways the natural world may interact with humans ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Activities:Project, Classroom Activity, Audio/Visual:Maps
Subject: Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning, Geoscience:Geology, Geography:Physical

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

The Waves and Tsunamis Project part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
How is a tsunami like a wave on a string? We assemble rubber bands, paper clips and washers into strings with various mass distributions to observe the effects on wave characteristics. The project is supplemented ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Hazards, Physics:Oscillations & Waves, Geoscience:Geology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Coastal Hazards:Tsunami

From Creeks to the Classroom: Hands-on Curriculum Units on the Web part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
Irene Salter
MyScienceBox is a website full of lessons, hands-on activities, assessments, and field trip ideas for science teachers. One of many lessons is "Gone Fishin" which allows participants to become the captain ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources:Fisheries, Geoscience, Oceanography:Marine Resources

Celebration of Earth and Arbor Day part of NAGT:Our Work:Past Projects:Teaching in the Field:Field Trip Collection
D. Marie Hart
During this trip, students will plants 25 oak trees in a designated area set by Little Rock Parks and Recreation.

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Informal, High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Field Activity:Field trip , Activities:Project:Service Learning
Subject: Environmental Science:Forest Resources

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