Getting a Grip on Hydrogen Bonds part of Oceanography:Activities
Elizabeth Nagy, Pasadena City College
The purpose of this brief (~15 minutes) activity is for students to directly observe some of the unique properties of water that are the result of hydrogen bonds, such as capillary action, adhesion, cohesion, and ...

From Source to Sink: How Sediment Reflects the Journey from the Mountains to the Sea part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:Mini Lesson Collection 2014
Lonnie Leithold, North Carolina State University; Adam Hoffman, University of Dubuque; Kathy Surpless, Trinity University; Steve Kuehl, College of William and Mary
This is one component of the Source to Sink Mini Lesson Set Continental margins are phenomenal places to study the modern sedimentary cycle because sediment in margin regions has been routed from mountains ...

How Do We Estimate Magma Viscosity? part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Physical Volcanology:Examples
chuck connor, University of South Florida-St. Petersburg
SSAC Physical Volcanology module. Students build a spreadsheet to examine how magma viscosity varies with temperature, fraction of crystals, and water content using the non-Arrhenian VFT model.

Mass and Density of the Earth part of Keyah Math:Activities
Kéyah Math Project development team: Nancy Zumoff, Christopher Schaufele, Steven Semken, Tracy Perkins, Lynn Onken, Philippe Laval, David Gonzales, and Andrew Becenti (deceased). Kéyah Math Project directed by Steven Semken , Arizona State University; and Christopher Schaufele and Nancy Zumoff, Professors of Mathematics, Emeritus. Archived at Arizona State University School of Earth and Space Exploration.
This activity is intended as a follow-up to the Measuring the Size of the Earth and Measuring the Size of the Earth from Arizona activities. Students use data on the radius and volume of Earth, Newton's Law of ...

How are Flow Conditions in Volcanic Conduits Estimated? part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Physical Volcanology:Examples
chuck connor, University of South Florida-St. Petersburg
SSAC Physical Volcanology module. Students build a spreadsheet to calculate velocity of rising magma in steady-state Plinian eruptions using conservation of mass and momentum.

Size, Mass, and Density of the Earth part of Keyah Math:Activities
This activity combines the exercises from several Keyah Math activities in guiding students to use the mathematics of Eratosthenes and Newton with actual data, in order to compute the size, mass, and density of Earth. Click here to view the full activity on the Keyah Math Project website.
This activity combines the exercises from several Kéyah Math activities in guiding students to use the mathematics of Eratosthenes and Newton with actual data, in order to compute the size, mass, and density of ...

Density Differences part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Mary Holmberg Eden Valley-Watkins Elementary School Eden Valley, MN Based upon an original activity from Houghton Mifflin, DiscoveryWorks, p. E52
In this lab activity, students determine density differences of water samples with varying temperature and salinity levels. Students synthesize information to predict the effects of oil in given water samples.

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.

Density-Mystery Canisters part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
Jenna LoDico, University of South Florida
For this lesson, we want students to become familiar with the concept density through the experimentation of placing different substances and objects into empty prescription pill bottles and placing them into fresh ...