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Especially great for VA and CA students: A portion of the WebQuest is about land subsidence in CA and the last stop of the WebQuest is about refilling the Potomac Aquifer in VA. However, this activity is applicable for students across all 50 states. WebQuest consists of three videos and one website. Students answer questions such as:-What does it mean for the ground to be saturated? -Why do humans draw water out of aquifers? -What are five effects of groundwater depletion? -Excessive pumping

This is an in-class lab that requires the use of the following indicators:-pH universal indicator paper -Goldenrod paper -Phenol red -Phenolphthalein -Bromothymol Blue Students will test the pH of bleach, ammonia, vinegar, and lemon juice. Students will determine which substances are acids and bases.Students will determine the behavior of each indicator.Students will perform an experimental neutralization reaction and identify the pH.

I created this tool based off of an article from the NSTA magazine. The checklist acts as a reading guide as they make their way through non-fiction text that may be more difficult to understand. This is excellent for prepping students for a classroom discussion on an article, or for use in a flipped-classroom setting (how I use it). Rather than taking notes on a chapter, I assign this reading guide the night prior to my lesson on the topic. It is then easy to do a pair-share to refresh from the