Slowing Evaporation Students design an experiment to test how to slow the evaporation of water in an open swimming...		Science and Social Studies: Glaciers - Good and Bad Effects Distribute a reading selection and critical thinking questions about the effects of glaciers on...
Demonstrating That Air Has Mass Students design an experiment to demonstrate that air has mass. Assesses their understanding of...		Technology and Weather: Family Activity Suggest a family activity to parents that focuses on phenomena that affect weather patterns,...
Balloon Graph Students create a graph of volume versus temperature for a gas. Assesses their understanding of...		Earth Processes: Family Activity Suggest a family activity to parents that focuses on Earth processes such as earthquakes,...
Newton's Banana Students determine the mass of a banana using only a string and a spring scale. Assesses their...		Math in Science: Percent Students explain what "percent" means, and how it expresses a concept of probability.
Air in Motion Students hypothesize what will happen when objects come into contact with a column of air...		Science and Language Arts: Technology and Weather Students define weather terminology and also a list of weather prediction tools. They must...
Modeling Climates Students create a model for a climate that is influenced by ocean currents, prevailing winds,...		Science and Language Arts: Earth Processes Students draw from a list of words, including such words as lithosphere and plate tectonics, to...
Water Sample Evaluation Introduce your students to a lab that evaluates a students ability to check and measure the...		Science and Social Studies: Acid Rain and the Mayan Ruins Discuss how acid rain is destroying Mayan ruins, and ask students to offer solutions to this...
Mineral Properties Introduce your students to a lab that evaluates students' understanding of mineral properties,...		Science, Technology, and Society: Aerosondes Discuss new innovations in weather forecasting technology, including a plane called an...
Soil Samples In this lab, students evaluate a soil sample in order to determine its suitability for...		Earth Processes: Vocabulary Use this vocabulary worksheet when studying about earth processes.
Weather Measurement Introduce your students to a lab that evaluates students' ability to get information from...		Technology and Weather: Vocabulary Distribute a printable set of vocabulary words related to weather.