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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Mineral Identification
At this site you can identify minerals by observing and testing the physical properties of each mineral. A mineral worksheet and mineral background sheet are included in this site.
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American Geosciences Institute: Careers in the Geosciences
This resource provides information about Geoscience careers.
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Making Your Own National Park Geologic Tour
In this investigation, students will have the opportunity to learn about the many geological features in our country's national parks.
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Mapping the Atmosphere
Students explore weather maps to study the atmosphere.
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Be a Paleontologist!
Ask students to think like private investigators working on a case where they answer this question: Where is paleontological evidence of past life likely to be discovered?
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Find Your Bearing: Mapping
In this exercise, students use compasses to make a map of the school's campus.
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Building Geology: Rock and Mineral Hunt
Learners will use their observational skills to examine rocks they find on the exterior of the school building and on the ground on the campus.
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: The Human Rock Cycle
Pupils act out a type of rock, igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic, for others to guess.
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Writing Earth Science
An exercise for students to explore nature and write about it.
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Earth Science Art
Students are invited to integrate scientific understanding with artistic expression.
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Oil Trap Model
Students make and study a 3-D model of a cross section of the earth where oil has formed.
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Places on the Planet: Latitude and Longitude
Students learn how citizen scientists involved in the Geological Society of America's EarthCaching project use GPS technology and latitude and longitude coordinates to find special places on the Earth.
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Step by Step Weather Observations
Students act as citizen scientists and take and record the local temperature, and compare it with national readings.
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American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Water Filtration
Student groups design a water filtration system and present to the class why they picked their design.
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American Geosciences Institute: The Difference Between Weather and Climate
Learn the scientific differences between weather and climate.
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American Geosciences Institute: What Factors Determine the Climate?
An introduction to climate and the factors that affect it.
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American Geosciences Institute: How Does Climate Affect Vegetation?
Find out how climate affects vegetation and other flora in an ecosystem.
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American Geosciences Institute: Local Climates Vary Over Very Short Distances
Understand how climate conditions can vary over short distances.
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American Geosciences Institute: What Is a Climate Proxy?
Understand the term, climate proxy as it relates to the environment.
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American Geosciences Institute: How Ice Cores Are Used to Determine Past Climate
Find out how climate scientists use data from ice cores to determine past climate conditions.
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American Geosciences Institute: What Are the Causes of Climate Change?
Find out about the two important factors that influence climate, and why the climate is changing.
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American Geosciences Institute: What Is a Fossil?
A brief summary and definition of what fossils are.
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American Geosciences Institute: How Do Fossils Form?
An overview of the process of fossil formation over time.
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American Geosciences Institute: What Effect Does Sediment Size Have on Fossils?
Consider the different sizes of sediment when studying fossils.