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Includes twenty-four activities that integrate Earth science with other sciences and answers to questions. ... Read more

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Many earth science courses include an introduction
to the solar system. The challenge
of earth science is to understand the natural
processes that shape not only our planet, Earth,
but all objects in the solar system. But there are
more compelling arguments for including planetary
science in the classroom. Those arguments, some of
which are outlined below, inspired NASA to conduct
short courses in planetology for earth science
teachers at the secondary and college levels. This
book is an outgrowth of these short courses. ... Read more

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s there liquid water on Mars? By experimenting with water as it changes state and investigating some effects of air pressure, students not only learn core ideas in physical science but can deduce the water situation on Mars by applying those concepts.


Water Activities 1 & 2: How Hot Can You Make Water? and How Fast Does Water Warm as Ice Melts?

Purpose: To discover the existence of two temperature plateaus while water changes state and come to grips with what changes of state mean at the molecular level.

To have students graph the temperature of an ice-water slurry as it is heated and discover the existence of another transition plateau.

Key Concepts

Water can only be heated to its boiling temperature.
The slope of a graph line in this activity shows the rate of temperature change.
The temperature of ice water can rise only after all the ice has melted.

Temperature measures the average vibrational energy of a particle or group of particles.
As the water in Activity 1 boiled and the ice in Activity 2 melted, the particles used the energy from the heat source to gain the extra kinetic energy required to change state. As a result, the temperature during these transitions never changed.

Water Activity 3: How Can We Increase The Height of The Plateau?
Purpose: To have students increase the boiling temperature of water by increasing the pressure in the container.

Key Concepts

Water boils when its vapor pressure equals atmospheric pressure. As a result, water's boiling temperature is pressure, rather than temperature, dependent.

Water Activity 4: Do Fish Believe in Water? Do Students Believe in Air?
Purpose: To have students perform several activities showing that Earth's atmosphere exerts considerable force at the surface

Key Concepts

Air has mass and volume.
Air pressure is a function of the mass and temperature of the atmosphere in conjunction with Earth's gravitational pull.

The particles in high-pressure air are packed more densely than those in low-pressure air.
Air flows from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure to equalize the pressures.
When the volume of a given mass of gas increases, its pressure decreases, provided that the temperature remains constant (Boyle's Law).

Water Activity 5: Testing Your Hypothesis by Boiling Water Below Its Boiling Point
Purpose: To have students boil water below its typical boiling temperature by reducing the pressure above the surface of the liquid

Key Concepts

Water boils when its vapor pressure equals atmospheric pressure. As a result, water's boiling temperature is pressure, rather than temperature, dependent.
Water Activity 6: Is There Liquid Water On Mars?
Purpose: To have students analyze actual data and images to assess whether there is liquid water on Mars

Key Concepts
Current climatic conditions make the existence of liquid water on Mars virtually impossible.
Features on the Martian surface provide strong evidence for past flows of large amounts of water.

Water Activity 7: Where Would You Search for Water on Mars?
Purpose: To help students develop an ongoing connection to the Mars missions.

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Each Mars mission has specific objectives and the instruments it needs to achieve them.
Space missions arise out of questions people have about Mars, and students can generate questions worthy of future study.

Every mission has a specific timetable, and students can follow the progress of each mission in a number of ways. ... Read more

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Ready-to-use lessons and ideas for your science classroom!Based on Google Earth and Geocaching (the exciting GPS adventure where players find real-life, hiddentreasures ), the innovative activities in this book will introduce, reinforce, and enrich concepts taught in life, earth, and physical sciences. Lessons include teaching procedures, standards alignments, student activity sheets, product samples, answer keys, and lesson extensions. Each lesson is customizable by modifying the files on the included CD-ROM.Features:* Aligned to ISTE and NSES standards* Multimedia resources* Interactive Geocaching activities* Customized Google Earth files* Comprehensive teacher instructions* Lesson plan extensions* Answer keys and sample student projectsBenefits:* Real-world problem solving* Motivate your students with real-life, problem solving scenarios* Bring the sights, sounds, and information of the world to your students* Students travel the world, collecting and analyzing information to solve real-world problems* Engage students in highly motivatingtreasurehunts to acquire science skills and knowledge* Invigorate your lessons with trips around the world* Tap into billion dollar military satellite technology to teach your students science conceptsTopics:* Scientific tools, methods, and safety* Skeletal and digestive systems* Biomes, population density, and food webs* Rocks and minerals, earthquakes, landforms, continental divide, watersheds, and volcanoes* Cellular organelles and DNA structure* Energy sources* Heart rate investigation* Velocity and speed* Many others in all branches of scienceIncludes CD with customizable templates and completed activities. ... Read more

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Topics covered include: The Earth's Crust Seasons Rocks & Fossils Soil Disaster Preparedness Volcanoes Earthquakes The Water Cycle Weather & Storms Rivers & Caves Seas & Oceans Rockets and Spaceflight Stars Galaxies & Constellations >/li> Space Shuttles Astronauts Telescopes Each unit in the Teacher's Manual contains all of the following:- Easy Planning Checklists - Lesson Plans- Annotated Library Lists- Kid Friendly Internet Links- Fun Project IdeasThis is a great program for early elementary students as a first introducton to science, or as a follow up to Level 1 - Life Science. ... Read more

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Teacher resource/blackline supplement for teaching primary grade students about our planet. Book contains 3 pages of background information and suggestions for the teacher and 20 reproducible pages of activities, experiments, and demonstrations for the students. ... Read more

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Includes: Copymaster Versions of all Section Focus Transparencies; An Activity Worksheet for Each Section Focus Transparency; Instructional Strategies. ... Read more

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Includes 20 Worksheets.Applies Critical Thinking to Earth Science Concepts.Utilizes higher-order thinking Skills.Correlated to California State Standards.25 pages. ... Read more

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ACTIVITIES INTEGRATING THE LIFE, EARTH, AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES. ... Read more

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Package (in clear plastic stretch wrap) of four ACTIVITIES AND INVESTIGATIONS paperback books. These books are from the 1983 (additional copyright dates listed are 1979, 1973, 1969, 1965) HOLT RINEHART WINSTON Modern Earth Science program. Each book has the ISBN 0-03-059987-3. These books each have 264 pages (consisting of student activity pages, labs, etc). ... Read more