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Middle school environment simulation microsofts
Global and Local Convection PowerPoint! ClimateRegions/Winds/Currents/Land&Sea
This PowerPoint explains how convection affects weather patterns and climate.Students must know that because warm air near Earth’s surface rises and then cools as it goes up, a convection current is set up in the atmosphere. There are three atmospheric convection areas in the northern hemisphere and three in the southern hemisphere: arctic region, temperate region and tropical region. Students will learn the wind belts located in that region: polar winds, trade winds and westerlies. Colorful gr
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
Model My Watershed - Runoff Simulation
Students explore the Model My Watershed Simulation (https://runoff.modelmywatershed.org/) and learn more about the surface of the Earth impacts on runoff, infiltration, and evapotranspiration. Students will see how much of 5cm of precipitation is transported once it reaches the surface of developed areas, forests, crop land, etc. Students should be able to better understand the following termsEvapotranspiration Infiltration Impervious Pervious PrecipitationRunoff Answer key included!
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Grades:
6th - 12th
NGSS:
HS-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS2-4
, HS-ESS3-6
, MS-ESS3-3
, HS-ESS3-4
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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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Grades:
5th - 12th, Adult Education
Evolution Simulation by Minute Labs Worksheet Questions / Virtual Lab
Awesome online simulation and videos for evolution. There didn't seem to be any questions available so I made my own. Hope this helps you and your class. It touches upon some basic evolution vocabulary such as natural selection, artificial selection, traits, heritability, mutations, speciation, etc. Designed for about a 60 minute period. Link to the simulation is here if you'd like to check it out: https://labs.minutelabs.io/evolution-simulator/
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Grades:
6th - 12th
The Water Cycle Powerpoint! Colored & Interactive!
Students will learn the stages of the water cycle through this colorful, kid friendly PowerPoint. The steps included are: Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, Transpiration, Runoff, Groundwater and Surface water flow. Students will fill in the blank using the notes guide posted in the store. Colorful photos and easy to read from student desks. Web animation link is included! Although this animation is not created by myself I use it every year & usually have students write down the defin
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Grades:
4th - 7th
Space Scavenger Hunt Bundle - Digital Science Activities
Space - A Digital, Device-Based Collection. These resources will get your kids out of their seats, engaged, utilizing technology, and collaborating to solve real problems and test their knowledge. This collection includes 6 hunts and are geared towards middle and high school students across curriculums. Buyer Comment: These activities are the coolest thing I've created and your kids are going to love it, mine do. Think of a scavenger hunt, then add devices (Smartphones, Chromebooks, Laptops, or
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7th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Stop Disasters! Game Simulation Worksheet
This worksheet works well with the Stop Disasters! simulation (http://www.stopdisastersgame.org/). This worksheet is currently written to have students prepare communities for tsunamis and earthquakes specifically through the simulation. However the simulation provides opportunities for students to also prepare for floods, wildfires, and hurricanes. This activity is a great way to wrap up a unit on natural disasters and mitigation. It could also be used to build interest when discussing natural
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Grades:
6th - 12th
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-2
, MS-ESS3-3
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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Urbanization Simulation
A simulation game to recreate the growth of a city. The game gives students a one minute timer to add a list of things to a blank map for every 10 year period of growth beginning in 1843 and ending in 2003. The simulation is meant to be frustrating and difficult so that students really get an idea of the many issues that can arise when a city develops quickly. The city used in this powerpoint is Portland, Oregon, but you could easily change the city to be the one in which you live or another cit
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Airmasses & Fronts PowerPoint! Great Animation included!
Students will summarize the relationship of the movement of air masses and frontal boundaries to storms. Students must know that the interactions between air masses and fronts result in various weather conditions. Students will take brief notes about air masses & fronts then complete a handout using this PowerPoint and the website http://www.phschool.com/atschool/phsciexp/active_art/weather_fronts <----- preview this! Its great! You can download the Fronts and Airmasses handout from my s
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Grades:
4th - 8th
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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Grades:
5th - 8th
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Minamata Disease Case Study
A performance task where students are given the role of an ecological researcher tasked with collecting & analyzing evidence from the patients and the environment of Minamata to determine and report on what is causing this disease. Students will analyze different data sets revising their hypothesis each time. Also included is a modified biomagnification simulation adapted from Monterey Bay Aquarium (you can google, it's a free resource...I made cards for this simulation on Canva). Students c
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Grades:
7th - 10th
NGSS:
HS-LS2-7
, HS-LS2-4
, HS-LS2-1
, HS-LS2-6
, HS-LS2-2
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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Grades:
4th - 12th
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Earthquake STEM lab
This lab incorporates all the parts of STEM that lead students to building an 'earthquake proof' structure.
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Grades:
8th - 9th
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Design a Renewable Future: Virtual Lab
Students will use data on different sources of renewable energy to design energy systems for cities across the United States. Students will be able to test their designs utilizing scientific and engineering principals.MS-ESS3-3. Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.
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Grades:
6th - 9th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-3
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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Grades:
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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Grades:
6th - 12th
Types:
NGSS:
HS-ESS3-5
, HS-ESS3-6
Fully Interactive Food Web Game
Teach or review food webs & food chains, with this exciting movement-based activity. Students will assume the roles of up to 10 different organisms in a food web and play the game to determine who eats whom. The file is fully editable so that you can add your own organisms. This food web game has been a hit with students in classrooms and with adults at education conferences.
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Grades:
3rd - 8th
NGSS:
5-PS3-1
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
Deforestation in the Rainforest Solutions Project
This simulation helps students understand the problems and solutions to deforestation in the rainforest. Students will work in groups to read, research, and propose solutions to different groups' negative impact on deforestation. A environmental group will evaluate a rubric to rate the solutions and develop a platform of their organization.
Comes with readings on different groups that are differentiated for differing reading levels
Great web-activity
Works on public speaking, research, synthes
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7th - 12th
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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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Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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NGSS:
HS-ESS2-1
, MS-ESS2-2
, 4-ESS2-2
Exploring the motion and effects of Glaciers
This is an experiment that is to be used alongside a simulator that is accessed on the internet through phet.colorado.edu. The student will be able explore the motion and effects of Glaciers by changing parameters.
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7th - 12th
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NOVA Polar Lab
Students will explore how climate change is affecting the polar regions of planet Earth via an interactive experience at three different research sites.MS-ESS2-2. Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying temporal and spatial scales.MS-ESS3-5. Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century.
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Grades:
6th - 9th
NGSS:
MS-ESS2-2
, MS-ESS3-5
Evolutionary History Virtual Lab
Students will play the Evolution Lab from NOVA to complete a series of missions which challenge them to use inquiry-based thinking as they construct increasingly complex evolutionary trees based on clues about traits.Students use this Google Doc to guide to record their progress and guide their thinking through the virtual lab.
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Grades:
7th - 9th
Types:
NGSS:
MS-LS1-5
, MS-LS4-1
, MS-LS4-2
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