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    Ocean Acidification/Acid Rain Demonstration with a Soda Stream part of Teaching Activities
    Sheldon Turner, Triton College
    Using a SodaStream or other household carbonation appliance to teach about acidification and its effects on the environment.

    Grade Level: Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
    Subject: Chemistry:General Chemistry:Acids & Bases
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    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

    Sinking Water: A Connection With Glaciers, Ocean Currents and Weather Patterns part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
    Stanley Mraz, North Park Elementary School in Fridley, MN in the Colombia Heights School District. Guided inquiry part of the lesson is based on an original activity from the FOSS Kit, Water, p. 16-18.
    This lesson has activities where students will learn about buoyancy and explore how hot water rises and cold water sinks. As an extension and real-life application, students will see that glacial run-off is occurring at a rapid pace and the cold glacial water could potentially change ocean currents thus influencing global climates.

    Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
    Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Chemistry:General Chemistry:Properties of Matter

    The Science of Puddles part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
    Debra Hornfeldt, Como Park Elementary, St Paul MN Based on original activities from The Wonders of Wetlands pages 152-156 and Aquatic Project Wild pages 21-26.
    This activity is a field investigation of puddles where students gather data and record their findings.

    Grade Level: Primary (K-2), Intermediate (3-5)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Classroom Activity
    Subject: Chemistry, General Acids & Bases, Geoscience, Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Hydrologic cycle

    Investigating Precipitation: Snow part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
    Holly Hansen
    This activity combines field and classroom investigations about snowflakes to develop a testable question.

    Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Field Activity
    Subject: Chemistry:General Chemistry:Bonding & Molecules

    Famous Scientists part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
    Pam Schilling, Sky Oaks Elementary School, Burnsville, Minnesota, information summarized from various Internet sites: wikipedia.org and other biographical sites
    This lesson is a presentation of famous scientist throughout history where the students will learn and take notes about the contributions and discoveries made in science.

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