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  • Fossils

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    The guiding question of this investigation is, What was the ecosystem at Darmstadt like 49 million years ago? Students will use what they know about plants, animals, and the relationship between structure and function…

  • Differences in Traits

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    The guiding question of this investigation is, How does fur color affect the likelihood that a rabbit will survive? Students will use what they know about traits, ecosystems, and cause-and-effect relationships to…

  • Adaptations

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    The purpose of this investigation is to give students an opportunity to use the disciplinary core idea adaptation and the crosscutting concept of cause and effect to figure out, Why do mammals that live in the Arctic…

  • Weather Patterns

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    The guiding question of this investigation is, What weather conditions can we expect here during each season? Students can use information about the daily weather conditions over the last year and what they know about…

  • Climate and Location

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    The guiding question of this investigation is, How does the climate change as one moves from the equator toward the poles? Students can use what they know about weather, climate, and patterns to determine the climate…

  • Energy of Motion

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    The guiding question of this investigation is, How does changing the speed of a marble affect the energy of that marble? In this lesson, students will need to figure out how changing the speed of a moving marble (a…

  • Energy Transfer Through Collisions

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    The guiding question of this investigation is, How does the energy of a moving ball change after it collides with objects that have different masses? In this lesson, the goal is to figure out how the energy of a…

  • Energy Transfer Between Liquids

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    The guiding question of this investigation is, How can we predict how much the temperature of 100 ml of water will change when we add different amounts of hot water to it? In this lesson, the goal is to figure out a…

  • Energy Transfer by Light

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    The guiding question of this investigation is, How does the distance between a light source and an object affect the amount of energy an object receives from the light source? In this lesson, the goal is to figure out…

  • Electric Currents

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    The guiding question of this investigation is, How does adding more batteries or bulbs to a closed circuit affect the brightness of a single bulb within that circuit? In this lesson, the goal is to figure out how the…

  • Energy Transfer by Electric Currents

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    The guiding question of this investigation is, How can we make an electric car move faster? In this lesson, students will apply what they know about electric currents, closed circuits, and the transfer of energy to…

  • Production of Waves

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    The guiding question of this investigation is, How does changing the mass of an object that is dropped into water affect the height of the resulting wave and the position of a floating toy boat? In this lesson, the…

  • Characteristics of Sound Waves

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    The guiding question of this investigation is, How can we use the properties of waves to explain different sounds? Sound waves are created when a disturbance travels through a substance or material from one place to…

  • Light and Reflection

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    The guiding question of this investigation is, What is the relationship between the location of an object and the location of its image in a mirror? In this lesson, the goal is to figure out how to predict where an…

  • Patterns and the Transfer of Information

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    The guiding question of this investigation is, How can we use an electric circuit to accurately transfer information about the content of a picture? To accomplish the goal In this lesson, students will use what they…

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