Lesson Plan
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Land and People: Finding a Balance

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Student groups will be asked to present and justify a solution to a real environmental dilemma concerning water usage.
Activity
National Geographic

National Geographic: Energy Solutions: Tapping Into Topography of Lake Turkana

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson, students read and analyze articles about the alkaline water in Lake Turkana in Kenya, and about a wind energy project near Lake Turkana. They then examine the many factors that must be considered when undertaking this...
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Other

Science Alive: Chemical Reactions and How You Know When You've Made Something

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, learners carry out a chemical reaction in which two reactants (baking soda and hydrochloric acid) produce three products (sodium chloride, carbon dioxide gas, and water) and determine that the solid product (sodium...