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From the Internet to Outer Space
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In this activity, learners will use Google Sky to observe features of the night sky and share their observations.
A Funny Taste
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In this activity, learners explore the different salinities of various sources of water by taste-testing.
Glaciers
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In this online activity, learners adjust mountain snowfall and temperature to see how glaciers grow and shrink. They will use scientific tools to measure thickness, velocity and glacial budget.
Sizing Up Hail
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In this activity, learners will estimate the sizes of balls to learn how to estimate the size of hail. Learners will compare their estimates to the estimates of their peers and the real measurements.
Quadraphonic Wind
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In this activity, learners discover how the extent of various wind speeds changes in each of the four quadrants around a hurricane.
Morphing Butterfly
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In this activity, learners explore how nanosized structures can create brilliant color.
Seed Orbs
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In this activity, learners will make seed orbs to grow new trees and plants. Learners will explore ecology and life cycles as well as stewardship through this activity.
Measuring Wind Speed
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In this indoor and/or outdoor activity, learners make an anemometer (an instrument to measure wind speed) out of a protractor, a ping pong ball and a length of thread or fishing line.
Earth's Water: A Drop in Your Cup
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This creative lesson plan provides a visual way for learners to gain knowledge about the finite amount of fresh water on Earth and encourages the discussion of the various ways to conserve this resour
Weather Stations: Temperature and Pressure
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In this activity, learners discover the relationship between temperature and pressure in the lower atmospheres of Jupiter and Earth.
The Shadow Knows II
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In this activity, learners will measure the length of a shadow and use the distance from the equator to calculate the circumference of the earth.
Weather Stations: Storms
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In this activity, learners test how cornstarch and glitter in water move when disturbed. Learners compare their observations with videos of Jupiter's and Earth's storm movements.
Bark Beetle Infestation Investigation: Estimation and Pheromones
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This activity investigates how bark beetles can threaten forests by having learners estimate the number of infected trees from a photo.
Prehistoric Climate Change
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In this online interactive, learners use fossils to infer temperatures 55 million years ago, at the sites where the fossils were found.
What Causes Wind?
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In this sunny day experiment, learners measure and compare how quickly light and dark colored materials absorb heat.
Inverted Foucault Pendulum
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In this demonstration, learners explore a variation of a Foucault pendulum, but upside down.
What's the Difference between Weather and Climate?
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In this interactive and informative group activity, learners use packages of M&M's to illustrate the difference between weather and climate.
Pollinator Play
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In this activity, learners will build a bee hotel for pollinators. Learners will explore building and ecology through this activity.
Moving Model Glacier
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In this goopy activity (page 2 of PDF under GPS: Glaciers Activity), learners will model glacial movement with “gak,” a white glue and liquid starch mixture.
Traveling Seeds
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In this activity, learners make three different "seed" types and determine which design flies the farthest.