This article discusses the strategy of using discrepant events in elementary science …
This article discusses the strategy of using discrepant events in elementary science instruction. It includes links to four video clips of the sun's path in the Arctic or Antarctica.
In this lesson, students will first discuss where energy comes from, including …
In this lesson, students will first discuss where energy comes from, including sources such as fossil fuels, nuclear, and such renewable technologies as solar. After this initial exploration, students will investigate the three main types of heat transfer: convection, conduction, and radiation. Students will learn how properties describe the ways different materials behave, for instance whether they are insulators or conductors. Students will complete a crossword puzzle to reinforce their vocabulary in this content area. The class will then focus on the acquisition and storage of energy through the design, construction, and testing of a fully functional solar oven.
Learning Assistants are used to facilitate student discussion in peer instruction during …
Learning Assistants are used to facilitate student discussion in peer instruction during clicker questions (i.e., classroom response systems), by asking Socratic questions, emphasizing reasoning, and probing student thinking.
This activity is a field investigation in which students conduct a plant …
This activity is a field investigation in which students conduct a plant survey of two study plots, analyze their findings through graphing and mathematic models, investigate the impact of human activity in the general area (optional) and generate questions for further investigation of the study plots.
This article provides ideas and lessons on how elementary teachers can integrate …
This article provides ideas and lessons on how elementary teachers can integrate webcams from the Arctic and Antarctica into their teaching. Five webcams are highlighted as well as three lessons on writing poetry and observing animal behavior.
In this ZOOM video segment, cast member Francesco follows the paper trail …
In this ZOOM video segment, cast member Francesco follows the paper trail to find out what happens to his recyclables. He visits a material recovery center and learns how paper is recycled and the number of trees that are saved as a result.
In this video segment adapted from the College of Menominee Nation, learn …
In this video segment adapted from the College of Menominee Nation, learn about the emergence of invasive forest species and diseases and their possible impact on the Menominee tribal forest.
People use energy in all aspects of their lives for cooking, lighting …
People use energy in all aspects of their lives for cooking, lighting and entertainment. Much of this energy use takes place in buildings, such as our homes. To save money and reduce the impact on our environment, many people are reducing their energy use. One way is to hire engineers to perform home energy audits to understand the ways we use energy and identify ways we can conserve energy. In this activity, students act as energy conservation engineers and identify the ways energy is conserved or wasted. They also learn many ways to personally conserve energy everyday.
This video segment adapted from Last Oasis explores the use of new …
This video segment adapted from Last Oasis explores the use of new dams as a way to provide or store water. In the 1990s, the city of Denver was looking for a new source of water for its growing population, and its plan to build a new dam suddenly became highly controversial.
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, learn about an experiment investigating …
In this video segment adapted from NOVA, learn about an experiment investigating whether liquid water on Earth could have resulted from a massive planetary impact billions of years ago.
This simulation from the National Center for Atmospheric Research portrays annual patterns …
This simulation from the National Center for Atmospheric Research portrays annual patterns in water vapor and precipitation across the globe, illustrating general circulation patterns as well as seasonal and regional variation.
Students determine their carbon footprints by answering questions about their everyday lifestyle …
Students determine their carbon footprints by answering questions about their everyday lifestyle choices. Then they engineer plans to reduce them. Students learn about their personal impacts on global climate change and how they can help the environment.
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum/Geology of National Parks module. Students estimate the net …
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum/Geology of National Parks module. Students estimate the net volume of pollutants flowing into the Houchin's Narrows entrance of Mammoth Cave using actual air-flow and air-quality data from the park.
What is Decarbonization, principal scientist Sarang Supekar and Argonne Walter Massey Fellow …
What is Decarbonization, principal scientist Sarang Supekar and Argonne Walter Massey Fellow Sixbert Muhoza discuss the importance of reducing carbon emissions and removing them from the atmosphere. This process, decarbonization, is a critical weapon in the fight against climate change.
In this Science 101 video, principal materials scientist Jessica Macholz and postdoctoral …
In this Science 101 video, principal materials scientist Jessica Macholz and postdoctoral scholar Sam Hunt delve into the forefront of scientific innovation aimed at propelling society towards a circular economy, significantly curbing waste and the depletion of natural resources.
Students write letters as part of an environmental action campaign. They become …
Students write letters as part of an environmental action campaign. They become more aware of global environmental problems and play a part in their solution.
Through an adult-led field trip, students organized into investigation teams catalogue the …
Through an adult-led field trip, students organized into investigation teams catalogue the incidence of plastic debris in different environments. They investigate these plastics according to their type, age, location and other characteristics that might indicate what potential they have for becoming part of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). Students collect qualitative and quantitative data that may be used to create a Google Earth layer as part of a separate activity that can be completed at a computer lab at school or as homework. The activity is designed as a step on the way to student's creation of their own GIS Google Earth layer. It is, however, possible for the field trip to be a useful learning experience unto itself that does not require this last GIS step.
In this video segment from Planet H20: Water World, experts and teens …
In this video segment from Planet H20: Water World, experts and teens inside and outside the Great Lakes watershed provide different perspectives on sharing the water from one of the largest bodies of fresh water in the world.
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