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6th grade environment simulations for Microsoft Word
Populations Lab: Design a Study to Estimate the Size of a Population - NGSS
This activity proceeds as follows:1. Students brainstorm about why it is important to estimate the population of organisms2. Students learn how to estimate population using the “sampling” technique3. Students learn how to estimate population using the “mark and recapture” technique4. Students design a study to estimate a real population, and carry out their study.5. Extension Activity: Students read an article about the overfishing of Bluefin tuna, which is down to 4% of the population that it w
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
Energy Resources Debate for Science or Environment Classes
This document (created by Lindsey DeLuca) includes handout information for students regarding a debate project on energy resources. Students create written information, as well as participate in a debate about energy resources. This project can be modified to fit into a variety of different classroom situations and classes: biology, general science, earth science, geology, environmental science, STEM, debate, physical science, etc.
Energy sources included include: tidal, wind, solar, coal,
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Ecosystem carrying capacity Deer Vs Coyote simulation (2 days)
The basis for this game is the O-Deer concept, however it is modified and simplified for my 6th grade science classes, and worked good in my 8th grade class as well.
This is a 2 day activity and lab
Day 1
Teacher reviews what is needed in an ecosystem and the rules of the game.
Students do the activity, in 3 groups staged in 3 lines.
They do this in a form of tag.
Teacher records the population changes of the deer and coyotes over time.
Data is recorded for 20 rounds but you can do more.
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5th - 8th
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Frogs in a Pond Ecosystem Simulation
Students are assigned a starting population of frogs from one of 11 different ponds in the Central Florida area. They track the health of their population over a 10-year simulated timespan (10 rolls of the dice). Each time they roll, something happens to their frogs that year that impacts the population. Sometimes an alligator moves into their pond and starts eating frogs. Sometimes a hurricane hits increasing the size of their pond and the number of insects their frogs eat (resulting in a p
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4th - 12th
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Food Web Game
Looking for an effective method to teach students how to understand food webs as part of an ecosystem unit? It is definitely a challenging topic and I struggled to create motivating ideas for my students. As a special education teacher, I need to address all learning styles in my classroom. For my students, this kinesthetic approach really proved effective. What I have provided is a game that incorporates the scientific method. It can be adapted to any grade level, with any population. This
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2nd - 12th
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Ocean Acidification Online Tutorial NOAA webquest
Great online activity using the NOAA interactive animation (be sure you and your students can access!). There is an interactive click and learn, students interact with the NOAA site to select sources of nutrient pollution after learning the basics of the ocean acidification process. They can then play a game at the end to earn a certificate. My students loved this! Excellent way for students to use a computational model and simulation to observe the process of acidification and the effects o
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6th - 12th
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NGSS:
HS-ESS3-5
, HS-ESS3-6
Ocean acidification lab
Students are able to observe one of the effects of climate change by simulating the consequences of acidity on seashells.
Necessary materials:
BTB solution
seashells
vinegar
saltwater
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Grades:
6th - 11th
Online Activity & Worksheet-Plates On The Move Game
Using the "Plates On The Move Game" online from the American Museum of Natural History, students will learn about how tectonic plates affect our planet. They click on an orange marker to explore a place on the map. Students then examine how tectonic plates are moving there. Finally, they will answer a question and read more about the results from tectonic plate interactions."Plates On The Move Game" Link: https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/earth/plates-on-the-move2/gameThis is a great online
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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NGSS:
HS-ESS2-1
, MS-ESS2-2
, 4-ESS2-2
Competition Energy Module
Standards:M-LS2-1: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem. MS-LS2-2: Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.This activity focuses on students understanding the relationships between organisms in an ecosystem by allowing them to interact various species and simulate population numbers over a period of time. The activity tak
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6th - 8th
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Natural Selection Bunny Simulation
Natural Selection is a fascinating topic in Science! It can also be hard for students to understand. This Activity will give students the ability to model natural selection in Real-Time!Students will use a simulation developed by PHET to watch Bunnies respond to different environmental stimuli!(Just don't let your bunnies take over the world!)
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Grades:
6th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-LS4-6
Porosity and Permeability Lab/Demo
This quick, simple, and very visual demonstration (or lab!) has students compare the porosity and permeability of gravel, sand, and clay before even learning the terms, making this a very inquiry-based activity!
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6th - 12th
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Place Value and the Salmon Run
This game is designed to help students practice their ability to add decimals with differing place values all while deepening their science and history knowledge of the salmon migration and its importance to the Indians of the Northwest Coast. This interactive game will have students acting as salmon to begin their migration from the ocean to laying their eggs in fresh water, then doing math problems to solve a puzzle to see what animal may have eaten them during their journey.
Includes...
tabl
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4th - 6th
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Cookie diamond mining activity simulation. Conservation and restoration.
This activity uses chocolate chip cookies to simulate mining for diamonds and worked really well as a review for my students of the earth layers and rock types. Also as a reinforcement lesson on environmental remediation and conservation.
Supplies are simple (per student)
1 cookie
2 toothpicks or paperclips
1 paper plate
Students have 2 rounds to mine
1st round they must use the tools provided
2nd round they must use the already mined cookie but can use tools and or their hands to mine.
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5th - 9th
Biomagnification Simulation
Biomagnification Activity: Using Play-Doh or clay, students create a food chain of fish, with small fish containing BBs or unpopped popcorn (representing toxins) that are passed up the chain. This hands-on simulation demonstrates the concept of biomagnification, showing how environmental toxins accumulate and intensify as they move through the food chain, culminating in the large fish.
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6th - 10th
Airmasses & Fronts Notes Guide // Animation!
**Actual document is not formatted like preview picture, all four fronts included with a picture** Use this handout as scaffold/guided notes along with Airmasses and fronts PowerPoint. It is to be used with the animations found at http://www.phschool.com/atschool/phsciexp/active_art/weather_fronts also! Students fill in the blank with one of two options based on the front featured.
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Biomes Exploration WebQuest
This is a web-based assignment that allows students to navigate an interactive simulation. File is editable.
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6th - 12th
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Writing in Earth Science - Watersheds
This Earth Science writing assignment uses the Gathering, Reasoning, Communicating framework and is directly tied to NGSS expectations (MS-ESS2-4). The prompt may be used in regular instruction or as a form of assessment.
INCLUDES:
• A two-page teacher guide with NGSS connections (also ELA and Math as appropriate).
• Lab outline and blank student-page with the Situation and Task for the writing assignment.
• A scoring rubric developed from ELA Common Core standards.
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6th - 8th
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Ecosystem (12 Lessons) Unit
This is a 12-lesson ecosystem unit. Some lessons may take multiple days to complete, stretching it out even more.
This is a simple, easy to follow lesson unit with no frills. Each lesson is written in the order it should be presented for that class time. The unit includes lessons on different types of ecosystems, primary and secondary succession, endangered animals, extinction, water cycle, biomes and much more. It, also, includes a pop quiz, a shoebox biome project outline and instructions, an
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3rd - 8th
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Ecological Competition Online Interactive Worksheet- Barnacles
This student worksheet is to be used while students are working through the publicly available online interactive found on the following website: http://virtualbiologylab.org/ModelsHTML5/BarnacleCompetition/BarnacleCompetitionModel.html
The worksheet includes instructions for students to navigate through the website and answer questions as they run the simulations.
The simulation has students complete a background reading about realized vs. fundamental ecological niches, inter-tidal zones and
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6th - 10th
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Oil Spill Simulation Lab (Shortened Version)
Here is the lab and day-by-day lab that I have for my Oil Spill Lab. This tells you what I did each day, materials you need, what books we used, and the worksheet that the students used during and after the lab.
**Note: The PowerPoint that I used is also in my store for FREE!
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4th - 7th
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SIMULATION - Scarcity Lesson & Deserted Island
Students learn about scarcity and participate in a simulation in which they must use limited resources.
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4th - 7th
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Carbon Cycle Interactive Investigation
NGSS aligned independent student investigation of the Carbon Cycle. To be used with the PBS Carbon Cycle Interactive.
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6th - 12th
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Food Chain Game!
Students love learning about balanced food chains through playing this game. I play it every year with my 6th grade students. You act out three different food chain scenarios and it perfectly illustrates the energy pyramid and the important of having a large number of lower level producers/consumers and a small number of upper level consumers!
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4th - 10th
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Camouflage Game (protective coloration)
To understand the concept of protective coloration (camouflage), and adaptations, students color and hide butterflies in the classroom then "Predators" try to find and eat them!
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3rd - 6th
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