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Bring A Rock

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate rocks and minerals. They collect a rock, describe it in writing, and in small groups divide their group of rocks into subgroups based on their team's classification.
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Rock On

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create a powerpint presentation to inform their classmates about a selected type of rock. Students are divided into groups to research a particular type of rock. Each group researches their topic using traditional and...
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The Impact of Mining on American History

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students listen to background information about coal and its mining in the United States history. They then construct a timeline using the above article. Illustrate with pictures from the www.coaleducation.org web site.
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Student Guide: Evolution Videodisk from Videodiscovery

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use this worksheet with the videodisk from Video discovery titled Evolution: Inquiries into Biology and Earth Science.Written because there is no computerized control program available, it is to be used with a standard videodisk...
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Computer Lab Lesson Plan - Science

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students examine rocks and minerals. Using the internet, students research rocks and how they are formed. They use word processing software to list minerals and materials that form specific rocks.
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Post-settlement landscape evolution

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students use this example, a field laboratory in introductory geology becomes a test of a hypothesis: Does the model proposed by Stanley Trimble for Coon Creek, Wisconsin adequately describe the history of post-European-settlement...
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Studying Aquifers in Outcrop

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students describe two or more different rock types found in outcrop. Students look specifically at the hydro-geologic properties of the rocks and complete the lab with a paper explaining a scientific phenomenon in layperson terms.
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Floodplains in the field (with GIS)

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students measure a topographic and geologic cross-section across a floodplain by simple surveying and auguring techniques. They consider the spatial context of the field observations, use GPS measurements, and desktop GIS analyses.
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Geologic Puzzles: Morrison Formation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students make observations and present interpretations based on their observations and on their prior knowledge. They use images to answer questions and make formulate hypotheses.
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"Making a Good Impression"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are shown how fossils are formed and to learn how extinct organisms lived based on their remains and surroundings. They are shown TAKS review problems on the overhead related to evolution and fossil evidence. Students discuss...
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Rocks

For Students 4th - 5th
In this earth science worksheet, students find the words that define rocks and the answers are accessed by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
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Burning Waste Coal

For Students 9th - 12th
In this coal worksheet, high schoolers compare the process of cogeneration with other process for generating power. Students determine what happens to the waste coal. This worksheet has 2 short answer and 8 true and false questions.
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Evolution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this evolution worksheet, high schoolers review genetic variability, gene mutations, biodiversity and adaptations. This worksheet has 22 fill in the blank and 10 short answer questions.
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Global Change — Change and Cycles Where Land, Air and Water Meet

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Young scholars participate in an experiment to define a parts-per-billion solution. For this ecology lesson, students select a second substance to create a parts-per-billion solution and observe and record their results. Young scholars...

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