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“I’m Melting, I’m Melting!”
/in EARTH, Education, Products EARTH Lesson Plans, EARTH Lessons in Development, Lessons in Development: 2017, NGSS Crosscutting Concepts: Cause and Effect, NGSS Crosscutting Concepts: Structure and Function, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Earth & Space Science 2.C, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Earth & Space Science 2.E, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Earth & Space Science 3.C, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Life Sciences 2.A, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Life Sciences 2.B, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Physical Sciences 1.A, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Physical Sciences 2.B, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Technology-Engineering-Applications of Science 2.A, NGSS Practices: Analyzing and Interpreting Data, NGSS Practices: Asking Questions, NGSS Practices: Engaging in Argument from Evidence, NGSS Practices: Obtaining-Evaluating-Communicating Information, NGSS Practices: Planning and Carrying Out Investigations, OLS-1.E, OLS-5.B, OLS-5.E, OLS-6.E, OLS-7.B, OLS-7.D /by Jennifer Magnusson (formerly Trask)This 5E lesson on glaciers opens with a clip from Ice Age and a demonstration of glacial melt involving ice cubes on various surfaces. For the Exploration, students execute experiments to model environmental conditions on glacial melt through using flubber, concluding with a webquest to connect these concepts to glaciers and changes in climate overall. Next, students graph […]
32 Shades of Water
/in EARTH, Education, Products EARTH Lesson Plans, EARTH Lessons in Development, Keyword: Color, Keyword: Phytoplankton, Keyword: Water Quality, Lessons in Development: 2017, NGSS Crosscutting Concepts: Cause and Effect, NGSS Crosscutting Concepts: Structure and Function, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Earth & Space Science 2.C, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Earth & Space Science 2.E, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Earth & Space Science 3.C, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Life Sciences 2.A, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Life Sciences 2.B, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Physical Sciences 1.A, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Physical Sciences 2.B, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Technology-Engineering-Applications of Science 2.A, NGSS Practices: Analyzing and Interpreting Data, NGSS Practices: Asking Questions, NGSS Practices: Engaging in Argument from Evidence, NGSS Practices: Obtaining-Evaluating-Communicating Information, NGSS Practices: Planning and Carrying Out Investigations, OLS-1.E, OLS-5.B, OLS-5.E, OLS-6.E, OLS-7.B, OLS-7.D /by Jennifer Magnusson (formerly Trask)What does the color of the water tell you about conditions in marine and freshwater environments? What are the variables that affect that color? In this lesson students will participate in a variety of activities that allows them to brainstorm what impacts the color of our global water. They will perform research, analyze graphs and […]
A Whale of a Roller Coaster
/in EARTH, Education, Products EARTH Lesson Plans, EARTH Lessons in Development, Keyword: Modeling, Keyword: Tags, Keyword: Technology, Keyword: Whales, Lessons in Development: 2017, NGSS Crosscutting Concepts: Cause and Effect, NGSS Crosscutting Concepts: Scale-Proportion-Quantity, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Earth & Space Science 3.D, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Life Sciences 1.A, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Life Sciences 2.D, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Life Sciences 4.C, NGSS Practices: Analyzing and Interpreting Data, NGSS Practices: Asking Questions, NGSS Practices: Developing and Using Models, NGSS Practices: Engaging in Argument from Evidence, NGSS Practices: Obtaining-Evaluating-Communicating Information, OLS-5.A, OLS-5.C, OLS-5.D, OLS-5.E, OLS-7.B, OLS-7.D, OLS-7.E, OLS-7.F /by Jennifer Magnusson (formerly Trask)The use of technology is critical in studying Humpback whales. Students will explore the use of tagging technologies in the research being conducted in the southern ocean around Antarctica. Students will simulate this tagging data in the classroom and will need to analyze, model, and interpret their data.
Have an Eye in the Sky
/in EARTH, Education, Products EARTH Lesson Plans, EARTH Lessons in Development, Keyword: Antarctica, Keyword: Polar Science, Keyword: Satellite Tracking, Keyword: Technology, Lessons in Development: 2017 /by Jennifer Magnusson (formerly Trask)Students use photographs taken with satellites and drones to observe changes on Earth. The students will make inferences based on their observations and calculations to make claims about seasonal ice/snow coverage in the Arctic and whale size and behaviour in the Antarctic.
Polar Play
/in EARTH, Education, Products EARTH Lesson Plans, EARTH Lessons in Development, Lessons in Development: 2017, NGSS Crosscutting Concepts: Cause and Effect, NGSS Crosscutting Concepts: Energy and Matter, NGSS Crosscutting Concepts: Systems and System Models, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Earth & Space Science 2.D, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Earth & Space Science 3.C, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Earth & Space Science 3.D, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Life Sciences 2.A, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Physical Sciences 1.A, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Physical Sciences 3.B, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Technology-Engineering-Applications of Science 1.B, NGSS Practices: Analyzing and Interpreting Data, NGSS Practices: Asking Questions, NGSS Practices: Engaging in Argument from Evidence, OLS-1.A, OLS-1.C, OLS-1.D, OLS-1.E, OLS-3.A, OLS-3.F, OLS-6.B, OLS-6.C, OLS-7.D, OLS-7.F /by Jennifer Magnusson (formerly Trask)The lesson incorporates the Polar Literacy Standards with Polar Ice Data Stories (data from scientists in polar regions) as a game that culminates with student creation of a research project that is voted on for funding by their peers. Students will investigate differences between Arctic and Antarctic regions through game questions and analyze data provided […]
Southern Life Digital Breakout
/in EARTH, Education, Products EARTH Lesson Plans, EARTH Lessons in Development, Keyword: Antarctica, Keyword: Digital Breakout, Keyword: LTER, Keyword: Polar Science, Lessons in Development: 2017, NGSS Crosscutting Concepts: Cause and Effect, NGSS Crosscutting Concepts: Energy and Matter, NGSS Crosscutting Concepts: Stability and Change, NGSS Crosscutting Concepts: Structure and Function, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Earth & Space Science 2.D, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Earth & Space Science 3.D, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Life Sciences 1.C, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Life Sciences 1.D, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Life Sciences 2.A, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Life Sciences 2.B, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Life Sciences 2.C, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Life Sciences 4.C, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Physical Sciences 1.A, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Physical Sciences 2.C, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Physical Sciences 3.B, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Physical Sciences 4.C, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Technology-Engineering-Applications of Science 2.B, NGSS Practices: Analyzing and Interpreting Data, NGSS Practices: Asking Questions, NGSS Practices: Engaging in Argument from Evidence, NGSS Practices: Obtaining-Evaluating-Communicating Information, OLS-3.A, OLS-3.G, OLS-4.A, OLS-5.E, OLS-5.F, OLS-7.A, OLS-7.D /by Jennifer Magnusson (formerly Trask)Students will explore the history, climate, and ecosystem of Antarctica as they access various documents and real scientific data collected by researchers during field experiences along the West Antarctic Peninsula. Significant events in Antarctic Exploration, Research, Technology, and Policy will be discussed and relevant concepts and principles relevant to climate and polar literacy standards will […]
Tackle box of Tools and Technologies
/in EARTH, Education, Products EARTH Lesson Plans, EARTH Lessons in Development, Lessons in Development: 2017, NGSS Crosscutting Concepts: Systems and System Models, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Technology-Engineering-Applications of Science 2.A, NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas: Technology-Engineering-Applications of Science 2.B, NGSS Practices: Analyzing and Interpreting Data, NGSS Practices: Constructing Explanations, NGSS Practices: Obtaining-Evaluating-Communicating Information, NGSS Practices: Planning and Carrying Out Investigations, OLS-1.A, OLS-7.D, OLS-7.F /by Jennifer Magnusson (formerly Trask)This lesson allows students to access personal narratives of marine scientists talking about the equipment that they use to study the ocean and the data that they collected. Students will use a VoiceThread with short scientist videos and pictures of their data to deepen their understanding of the process of science.
The Case of the Penguin’s Missing Lunch
/in EARTH, Education, Products EARTH Lesson Plans, EARTH Lessons in Development, Keyword: Antarctica, Keyword: Penguins, Keyword: Polar Science, Lessons in Development: 2017 /by Jennifer Magnusson (formerly Trask)Help the penguins find their lunch! Students will be solving the Adelie Penguin Mystery of the missing lunch based on the data collected in Antarctica by Dr. Josh Kohut. The clues will help the class unlock the boxes and solve the mystery with the BreakoutEDU game platform. Students will work collaboratively to problem solve and […]
Why are the Humpbacks Hanging Out?
/in EARTH, Education, Products EARTH Lesson Plans, EARTH Lessons in Development, Keyword: Antarctica, Keyword: Polar Science, Keyword: Whales, Lessons in Development: 2017 /by Jennifer Magnusson (formerly Trask)Scientists doing recent cetacean research around the Antarctic Peninsula have noticed that the Humpbacks whales are staying about a month longer along the Western Peninsula. Students will be asked to come up with a hypothesis for why the whales are staying longer. Then, students will look at and analyze the scientists’ whale tagging data. Students […]