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Marine Debris: Fishing for Microplastics in Your Home

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Marine Debris: Fishing for Microplastics in Your Home

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Students engage with the issue of plastics found in the ocean environment, by exploring products in their homes which contain plastics; they also learn how to calculate the concentration of plastics found in a chosen personal care product.

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Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Biology; Earth and Space Science; Environmental Studies; Life Science; Oceanography
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Teach the Earth
Date Added:: 09/12/2021

Marshmallow Pig: Lesson 3 Digging Deeper, Unit 8 Animal Systems, DIGS AmeriCorps Curriculum CSU

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Marshmallow Pig: Lesson 3 Digging Deeper, Unit 8 Animal Systems, DIGS AmeriCorps Curriculum CSU

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Marshmallow Pig. This is the Lesson 3 Digging Deeper activity, from Unit 8 Animal Systems, from the DIGS (Developing Individuals, Growing Stewards) AmeriCorps Curriculum from CSU. The curriculum focuses on introducing students in grades 3-5 to Colorado agriculture, industry and environmental issues.The curriculum is matched to State Standards 2021. The curriculum upon request. Visit: https://engagement.colostate.edu/programs-old/developing-individuals-growing-stewards/

Subject:: Agriculture; Agriculture and Natural Resources; Agriculture, Natural Resources and Energy; Anatomy/Physiology; Animal Science; Applied Science; Biology; Career and Technical Education; Ecology; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Genetics; Life Science; Mathematics; Measurement and Data; STEAM; Statistics and Probability; Zoology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson; Lesson Plan
Provider:: CSU Extension Office
Provider Set:: AmeriCorps
Date Added:: 02/24/2023

Mass Balance Model

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Mass Balance Model

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In this JAVA-based interactive modeling activity, students are introduced to the concepts of mass balance, flow rates, and equilibrium using a simple water bucket model. Students can vary flow rate into the bucket, initial water level in the bucket, and residence time of water in the bucket. After running the model, the bucket's water level as a function of time is presented graphically and in tabular form.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Date Added:: 03/09/2023

Mechanisms of Evolution

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Mechanisms of Evolution

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This exercise uses simple experiments to examine the process of natural selection, which is driven by variation in genetic traits within a population, the potential for offspring to inherit traits from their parents, and differential reproduction within a population (i.e. "survival of the fittest"). Using this exercise students see how adaptation to the environment increases the potential for survival.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Teach the Earth
Date Added:: 04/12/2023

Meet the Greenhouse Gases

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Meet the Greenhouse Gases

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Interactive cards with gasses portrayed as super heroes are provided for Water Vapor, Carbon Dioxide, Methane, Ozone, Nitrous Oxide, and Chlorofluorocarbons. On one side of the card is an explanation of how the gas is in its natural form and by clicking on the card, it flips to reveal the impact it has on the atmosphere.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Atmospheric Science; Earth and Space Science; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Physical Science
Material Type:: Reading
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: Earth Science Communications Team; NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory; California Institute of Technology
Date Added:: 06/11/2020

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Melting Ice

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This activity uses a mix of multimedia resources and hands-on activities to support a storyline of investigation into melting sea and land ice.

Subject:: Agriculture; Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Atmospheric Science; Biology; Earth and Space Science; Ecology; Economics; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Life Science; Oceanography; Physical Science; Social Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: WGBH Educational Foundation Teachers' Domain
Date Added:: 03/09/2023

Melting Permafrost

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Melting Permafrost

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This video is accompanied by supporting materials including background essay and discussion questions. The focus is on changes happening to permafrost in the Arctic landscape, with Alaska Native peoples and Western scientists discussing both the causes of thawing and its impact on the ecosystem. The video shows the consequences of erosion, including mudslides and inland lakes being drained of water. An Inuit expresses his uncertainty about the ultimate effect this will have on his community and culture.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Ecology; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Life Science; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Date Added:: 03/09/2023

Melting ice cubes

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Explore how melting of ice cubes floating in water is influenced by the salinity of the water. Important oceanographic concepts like density and density driven currents are visualized and can be discussed on the basis of this experiment.

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Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Biology; Earth and Space Science; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Geology; Life Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Teach the Earth
Date Added:: 08/25/2020

Meltwater Pulse 2B

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This video, from Yale Climate Connections, explores the 2014 melting of the West Antarctic ice sheet that captured headlines. Interviews, animations, and news broadcasts explore what the melting meant for both the future of some of the Antarctic glaciers and sea level rise, and informs the viewer how seafloor terrain influences the speed of ice sheet melt.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Earth and Space Science; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Oceanography; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Date Added:: 03/09/2023

Merging Social Justice with Environmentalism

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Merging Social Justice with Environmentalism

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Students will learn about the environmental justice movement from the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries through reading about key movements in time.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: Ithaca College; Project Look Sharp
Date Added:: 07/14/2022

Met 101: Basic Weather Processes

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Met 101: Basic Weather Processes

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This activity is an overview of basic weather processes, starting incoming with solar radiation and how that establishes basic atmospheric processes.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Atmospheric Science; Earth and Space Science; Environmental Studies; Oceanography; Physical Science; Physics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Author:: The COMET Program; University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Date Added:: 08/01/2022

The Methane Circus

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The Methane Circus

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In this activity from NOAA's Okeanos Explorer Education Materials Collection, learners investigate how methane hydrates might have been involved with the Cambrian explosion.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Biology; Ecology; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Life Science; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Date Added:: 03/09/2023

Microgreens make your own mini greenhouse, Americorp STEM in a Bag

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Make a mini greenhouse to grow microgreens. Activity from Weekly STEM in a Bag. Colorado Americorp agents in Araphahoe, Denver, Garfield, Larimer, and Weld Counties. Work supported by the Corporation for National and Community Service under Americorps grant number 18AFHCO0010008. Opinions or points of view expressed in this lesson are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of or a position that is endorsed by the Corporation or the Americorps program. This resource is also available in Spanish in the linked file.

Middle School Ecosystem Dynamics & Interactions Unit - Phenomena Found in Agriculture

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What do Prairie Chickens Need in Order to Survive Today's Prairie?

This middle school unit covering ecosystems, animal behavior and symbiosis was developed through the Storyline approach. Middle school students will be figuring out why prairie chickens have a very unique dance and understand the role cows play to help ensure the dance takes place. Using this approach, students engage in science concepts to help ensure the survival of the prairie chicken.

Subject:: Agriculture; Agriculture and Natural Resources; Applied Science; Biology; Ecology; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Life Science
Material Type:: Lesson Plan; Unit of Study
Date Added:: 04/06/2023

Migration: An Empathy Exercise

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Migration: An Empathy Exercise

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Migration: An Empathy Exercise is a multi-step reflective exercise designed to build empathy and personal insight into processes of loss, change, and reconnection associated with the disruption of personal and cultural connections to landscape.

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Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Biology; Composition and Rhetoric; English Language Arts; Environmental Studies; Life Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Teach the Earth
Date Added:: 09/09/2020

Milankovitch Variations

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This figure shows the various astronomic cycles that influence long-term global climate cycles (Milankovitch cycles), plotted on the same time scale for easy comparison.

Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Environmental Studies; Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Provider Set:: CLEAN: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network
Date Added:: 03/09/2023

Mindfulness, Read & Seed Activity, The Gardens on Spring Creek

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This Read & Seed lesson will focus on practicing mindfulness in a fun and nature centered way. We will read A Quiet Place by Douglas Wood and Dan Andreasen, and create our own mindfulness wands. Participate in a Movement/Music/Finger Play activity by practicing some garden yoga. This lesson is aimed at connecting young learners to their natural world and promote school readiness skills. This Read & Seed activity is presented by The Gardens on Spring Creek by the City of Fort Collins. https://youtu.be/MTczG8WcGXg

Mindfulness, Virtual Read & Seed Video, The Gardens on Spring Creek

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This Read & Seed lesson will focus on practicing mindfulness in a fun and nature centered way. We will read A Quiet Place by Douglas Wood and Dan Andreasen, and create our own mindfulness wands. Participate in a Movement/Music/Finger Play activity by practicing some garden yoga. This lesson is aimed at connecting young learners to their natural world and promote school readiness skills. This Read & Seed activity is presented by The Gardens on Spring Creek by the City of Fort Collins. https://www.fcgov.com/gardens/files/read-seed-website-mindfulness-in-the-gardens.pdf?1589213978

Mineral Commodities

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This exercise introduces mineral commodities (elements). Students consider the elements aluminum, iron, copper, nickel, zinc, uranium, lead, gold, mercury and tin and match them with their definintions in a table. Then they use minable grade (minable weight percent) and normal crustal abundance (crustal weight percent) to calculate the concentration factor for several commodities to determine their economic minability. Students then graph their calculations and explain their trend.

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Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Biology; Earth and Space Science; Environmental Studies; Geology; Life Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Teach the Earth
Date Added:: 08/07/2019

Mining Decisions: Developing New Perspectives on Mineral Extraction

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Mining Decisions: Developing New Perspectives on Mineral Extraction

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Students examine different stakeholder-perspectives with respect to a local mining project. Debate and discussion will highlight environmental, economic, and social justice issues.

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Subject:: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Biology; Environmental Studies; Life Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Teach the Earth
Date Added:: 12/01/2021