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Who Wants To Live Here? Water Sampling At Our Local Pond and Stream
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Science, Professional Development, Earth's Resources, Physics, Earth & Space ScienceThis activity is a field activity where students will perform various water quality tests to determine the types of organisms th...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Water Quality
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Science, Professional Development, Earth's Resources, Physics, Earth & Space ScienceThis is a field investigation in which students test water quality in 2-3 areas using their own testable question.Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Water Bottle Rockets- Understanding Energy
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Physics, Professional DevelopmentThis lab activity is an exploration of Newton's Three Laws, forces and energy. Students will design, build, launch and analyze r...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0The Optimal Bottle Rocket Lauch
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Professional Development, Physics, Force & MotionThis is a computer and outdoor lab based activity in which students design two bottle rockets that are designed to reach maximum...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0The Microenvironment Project: Featuring Phenology
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Agriculture & Natural Resources, Professional Development, Physics, Earth & Space Science and 2 additional..A year long field study of a deciduous tree and its interdependence through phenology.Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Snails: Population Calculation in an Aquatic Environment
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: Professional Development, Earth's Resources, Ecology & Ecosystems, Physics, Earth & Space ScienceIn this field investigation, students will identify and determine the population size of snails in an aquatic environment.Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Scientific Observations: A Schoolyard BioBlitz
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: Professional Development, Physics, Life SciencesThis activity is a classroom and field activity where students learn about and practice scientific observations in the classroom...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Schoolyard BioBlitz: Monthly Observations of Plants, Insects, Weather, the Sun and Moon
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: Agriculture & Natural Resources, Professional Development, Physics, Earth & Space Science and 4 additional..In this field lab students will go outside and observe a particular area of the schoolyard. Students will design investigations ...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Plant Field Study: Adaptations of Plants for Survival in Different Environments
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional Development, Physics, Evolution and AdaptationThis is a field investigation where students observe plants in a school forest setting . Students then compare adaptations of pl...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Our Big Backyard: How does our local ecosystem change during the year?
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Professional Development, Earth's Resources, Ecology & Ecosystems, Physics, Earth & Space ScienceThis activity is a field investigation where students will make observations on a chosen location every two weeks for the period...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Monitoring pollution in a freshwater environment
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Professional Development, Earth's Resources, Physics, Earth & Space ScienceThis inquiry lab is useful for monitoring water pollution in a freshwater system using direct and/or indirect methods.Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Macroinvertebrates and Indicators of Water Quality
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Professional Development, Earth's Resources, Physics, Earth & Space ScienceThis activity is a field investigation where students can go to a body of water and collect the macroinvertebrates there and ide...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Investigating Neighborhood Wetlands
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Agriculture & Natural Resources, Professional Development, Physics, Earth & Space Science and 2 additional..This activity is field investigation where students map a neighborhood wetland and generate various watershed questions. Student...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Investigating Macroinvertebrates: How Clean is Our Lake?
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Science, Professional Development, Earth's Resources, Physics, Earth & Space ScienceThis 3-part lesson begins with a field activity beside a lake or stream where students collect and identify macro invertebrates....Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Identifying the sun as a source of light by observing shadows.
Grades: TK/K to 6Subjects: Professional Development, Earth's Resources, Physics, Earth & Space ScienceThis activity is a kindergarten field and classroom investigation where students make observations, collect data and share concl...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0Collection of Place Introduction to Biology
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Professional Development, Physics, Life SciencesThis field study introduction to biology helps students answer the questions "What is biology" while looking at the biology that...Contributor: Pedagogy in Action (NSDL Collection)Views: 0Favorites: 0