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Resources for Teaching about Biogeochemical Cycles

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students study the different cycles and Earth's systems.  In this investigative instructional activity students study the nitrogen and carbon cycles, play a game pertaining to it and also participate in a class activity. 
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How to weigh a tree

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners pick a tree they see everyday. They measure the tree's circumference and estimate its height using similar triangles. Students are introduced to Computational Science. They use computers and calculators to compute values...
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Indoor Air Pollutant Sensing LAB Lead-In: A Canary in a Coal Mine?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the causes of carbon monoxide in mines and other common sources of CO. Pupils read the worksheet "Canary in a Coal Mine" before beginning this investigation. They discuss ethical issues regarding treatment of miners...
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Great Blobs of Jelly!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explain how zoo-plankton have an impact on the global process.  In this ocean zoo-plankton lesson students calculate carbon flux and plankton densities. 
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The Biogeochemical Cycles

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
The majority of this presentation is a collection of diagrams and graphs that back your lecture on biogeochemical cycles. The last few slides define ecosystems and the Gaia hypothesis. You may find these slides valuable, but will...
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Climate Shifts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Eight slides of information related to shifts in the climate make up this presentation. The vocabulary and concepts displayed are geared toward high school meteorology learners. Content is not cohesive from slide to slide, but the...
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Science: What Is the Carbon Cycle?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students examine the carbon cycle while identifying its sources, sinks, and release agents. Using magazines and newspapers, groups of students design collages illustrating the carbon cycle. Finally, they write responses to several...
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Biochemical Cycles: Recycling Carbon and Nitrogen

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students construct flow diagrams of the carbon and nitrogen cycle processes. They identify sequences in each cycle that are affected by human impact and present their research to the class.
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The Chemical Detective

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemical detectives worksheet, learners perform six tests on various unknown solutions, including a test for chloride ions, sulphate ions, carbonate ions, iron (III) ions, iron (II) ions, and copper (II) ions. Students record...
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Breathing Cells

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Pairs work together to determine whether unknown solutions are either acids or bases by using a red cabbage indicator solution. After determining the general pH of the unknown solution, classmates blow into the same indicator after...
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Smog Be Gone

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners begin the instructional activity by identifying greenhouse gases. In groups, they observe and record the effect of the gases on the atmosphere and the temperature of the Earth. They participate in activities that describe the...
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Respiratory Attack Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils play tag using science terms.
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Wise Use of Paper

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars explore the paper recycling process. They experiment with ways to conserve and recycle paper products.
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Factors Affecting the Rate of Photosynthesis

For Students 9th - 12th
In this photosynthesis worksheet, students explore the 3 major factors that affect the rate of photosynthesis. This worksheet has 6 short answer questions.
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PLANTS LOVE AIR

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify that plants cannot develop adequately without air and predict what happens to the leaf of a geranium brought to class. They draw a picture of what they think the leaf will look like after a week of being covered....
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Bouncing Popcorn

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders meet a teacher challenge to work like chemists. They investigate with baking soda, water, salt, sugar, vinegar, and sprite to move a popcorn kernel from the bottom of a cup to the top. They experiment with different...
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Barriers to Change: The Myths about Vehicle Idling

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners have the opportunity to confront some of the most common misconceptions that surround vehicle idling, and employ the concept of social marketing to initiate change. The goal is to give students an appreciation of the impact of...
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The Breathtaking Nature of the Urban Explosion, Part 4

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the respiratory system. They use a computer to monitor the respiratory rate of an individual. They determine residual oxygen levels in exhaled air. Students evaluate how internal 02 and C02 concentrations influence...
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Key Scientists in Photosynthesis Research

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this photosynthesis worksheet, students use a textbook to research the different scientists involved in the discovery of the process of photosynthesis. This worksheet has 31 fill in the blank questions.
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Climatic Changes

For Students 9th - 12th
In this climate changes worksheet, high schoolers review the different events such as volcanic eruptions and El Nino that change the climate. This worksheet has 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions.
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The Heat is On: Cause and Effect and Climate

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
The higher the number of letters in the final word for the National Spelling Bee, the higher the number of people killed by venomous spiders. Obviously, those two facts correlate, but no causation exists. Scholars view data based on...
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Pollution & Evolution

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Bring together a study of two major scientific topics with a lesson on the relationship between pollution and evolution. With the help of a PowerPoint presentation, hands-on activity. and class demonstration young scientists learn...
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Beyond Benign

Climate Change Chemistry

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Assist your class with learning the importance of caring for our environment as they complete this fun-filled lesson on climate change. Individuals perform simulations related to greenhouse gases, atmospheric gases, and the overall...
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Causes and Effects of Climate Change

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
Wrap-up a unit on global climate change with a instructional activity that examines the causes and effects of climate change. Learners fill out a chart that represents what they think causes climate change—natural and human-based—and...

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