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Lab 16: Surface Materials and Temperature Change
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In this lab investigation, students are introduced to the disciplinary core ideas of (a) Earth Materials and Systems and (b) Weather and Climate as they determine the relationship between the materials covering an area…
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Lab 17: Factors That Affect Global Temperature
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In this lab investigation, students are introduced to the disciplinary core idea of Weather and Climate as they determine how the temperature of Earth responds to changes in the amount of cloud cover and the…
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Lab 20: Predicting Hurricane Strength
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In this lab investigation, students are introduced to the disciplinary core idea of Natural Hazards as they develop a conceptual model that can be used to predict changes in wind speed inside a hurricane over time.…
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Lab 21: Forecasting Extreme Weather
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In this lab investigation, students are introduced to the disciplinary core ideas of (a) Weather and Climate and (b) Natural Hazards as they determine when and under what conditions tornadoes tend to form in the…
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Lab 22: Minimizing Carbon Emissions
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In this lab investigation, students are introduced to the disciplinary core ideas of (a) Natural Resources, (b) Human Impacts on Earth Systems, and (c) Global Climate Change as they develop a plan to minimize human…
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Lab 23: Human Use of Natural Resources
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In this lab investigation, students apply the disciplinary core ideas of (a) Natural Resources and (b) Human Impacts on Earth Systems as they develop a plan to ensure that there is enough water available to meet the…
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Car Crashes, Grade 12: STEM Road Map for High School (Book Sample)
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What if you could challenge your 12th graders to understand car crashes in the context of physical forces, manufacturing challenges, government safety standards, and individual rights? With this volume in the STEM Road…
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Instructional Sequence Matters, Grades 6–8: Structuring Lessons With the NGSS in Mind (Book Sample)
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Instructional Sequence Matters shows how to make simple shifts in the way you arrange and combine activities to improve student learning. It also makes it easy for you to put the NGSS into practice. After explaining why…
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Engineering in the Life Sciences, 9–12 (Book Sample)
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When the authors of this book took part in Project INFUSE, the National Science Foundation–funded teacher development program, they noticed something. Life science teachers were highly receptive to engineering ideas…
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Swing Set Makeover, Grade 3: STEM Road Map for Elementary School (Book sample chapter)
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What if you could challenge your third graders to design a swing set that’s safe but still lots of fun? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can! Swing Set Makeover outlines a journey that…
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Patterns and the Plant World, Grade 1: STEM Road Map for Elementary School (Book Sample)
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What if you could challenge your first graders to relate changes in seasonal weather patterns to changes in the plant world using a container garden? With this volume in the STEM Road Map Curriculum Series, you can!…
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In this lesson, children will use observation skills to describe the physical features of roly-polies. They will make comparisons with other animals to identify similarities and differences to infer which animal roly-…
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In this lesson, children will use vocabulary and drawings to represent detailed observations of crickets and use these observations as a basis for making inferences about the function of crickets’ external parts.…
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In this lesson, children will observe and describe characteristics of earthworms and compare them to other animals. Students will investigate how various conditions affect the earthworms. Assessment criteria and…
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In this lesson, children use observation skills to describe the characteristics of snails. Students will infer the role of the mucus or slime in snail movement and compare the amounts produced on different surfaces.…
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