Wind at Work Children build wind machines to learn about work, power, and energy.		Thick and Thin Lava Students are asked to model lava with different thicknesses to determine how thickness affects...
Assessing Air Quality Distribute an article that describes the potentially dangerous quality of our air supply.		Modeling the Effects of Fault Movements Students create a model to show the effects of strike-slip, normal, and reverse faults on a...
The Ozone Show This article describes how to use a talk show as an authentic assessment at the end of an ozone...		A Model Landscape Students create a model that shows a variety of landform features created by river erosion and...
Changing Land Examine the effects of wind and water erosion.		Identifying a Mystery Mineral Students are asked to identify a mystery mineral sample. Assesses their knowledge of mineral...
Landslide! Landslides occur in almost every state in the United States and provide an exciting opportunity...		Making Drops of Rain Students create a model for raindrop formation using the materials given. Assesses their...
Mud Microbiology Explore an activity that is an experiential approach through which students examine the...		Making Salinity Currents Students create a model for currents caused by differences in salinity, using the materials...
Reason for the Seasons -- Teacher's Guide In this activity students try to understand why Earth has seasons.		Modeling Plate Movement Students develop a working model of plate divergence at the mid-ocean ridge and plate...
Reason for the Seasons -- Student Guide In this activity students try to understand why Earth has seasons.		Demonstrating That Air Has Mass Students design an experiment to demonstrate that air has mass. Assesses their understanding of...
Atmosphere, Oceans, Cryosphere, and Hydrologic Cycle -- Reading 9 Use this reading reference with the Creature Feature lesson.		Slowing Evaporation Students design an experiment to test how to slow the evaporation of water in an open swimming...
How Many Shrimp? Students estimate the size of a brine shrimp population. Assesses their understanding of the...		Balloon Graph Students create a graph of volume versus temperature for a gas. Assesses their understanding of...