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The Groundwater Porosity Investigation is a hands-on science lab in which students explore how different earth materials affect the movement of water underground. Working in small groups, students pour a measured amount of water through four materials — sand, gravel, and two mystery soil samples — and record how much drains through in exactly one minute. Before experimenting, students make and justify predictions based on particle size and pore space. After collecting data across two trials per

Explore the ocean and its use as a carbon sink in this easy-to-set-up laboratory exercise. Students will be able to see how ocean acidification works when absorbing carbon and make comparisons to adding straight acid (vinegar) into the ocean itself. This lab opens up many questions for students about how plant and animal life survive in the ocean when this happens.

Have you ever really thought about how many different products from the around the world come from trees? Here's a challenge for any student - use hints or no hints - but how many products do come from trees? Here's a brief sampling... Use with conservation and science activities or your own Earth Day themed activities!

We're making this lab a little more accessible and more opportunities for discussion and hands-on. Questions after every station with detail descriptions for what steps students should take. Could be used in a variety of settings with minimal set-up required.

Looking for a ready to go thermocline lab write-up for you to give to your students? Comes with overall objectives, easy to follow instructions, and lab assessment questions at the end. Learn about and explore the ocean's thermocline through this hands-on and interactive lab for many age levels.

This PowerPoint presentation covers the basics of parts of a river. It includes a spreadsheet for the students to fill out about the definitions of the different parts.

A research project for students to explore the United States and the Canadian provinces. Allows for differentiated assessment of students and gives them options to what projects they wish to complete. Includes a rubric based on standardized grading (N,P,M,E) and a blank rubric for choice grading (by points or by A,B,C,D). Classrooms can use the State and Province Fact Sheets to create a classroom State and Province Textbook.