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Watching Crystals Grow
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Learners will compare the growth rate and appearance of crystals forming on small rocks to those growing on miscellaneous objects. Learners will also investigate how temperature (warm vs.

Solar Structures
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In this activity, learners explore how the power of the sun can be harnessed to heat and cool a building.

Composting
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In this environmental science activity, learners research what is essential for plant life and the necessary components of soil to support plants.

It's a Gas, Man
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In this activity, learners discover if carbon dioxide has an effect on temperature.

Crunch Time
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In this quick and easy activity and/or demonstration, learners use two empty 2-liter bottles and hot tap water to illustrate the effect of heat on pressure.

Discovering Rainforest Locations
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In this activity, learners will examine various world data maps to combine the information and predict which areas could be tropical rainforests.

My Angle on Cooling: Effects of Distance and Inclination
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In this activity, learners discover that one way to cool an object in the presence of a heat source is to increase the distance from it or change the angle at which it is faced.

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.
Light on Other Planets
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In this math-based activity, learners model the intensity of light at various distances from a light source, and understand how astronomers measure the amount of sunlight that hits our planet and othe

Rooftop Gardens
How does a green roof, or roof covered by plants, affect the temperature of the inside and outside of a building? Learners design and build houses to find out the answer.

Weather and Climate: What's the Difference?
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This lesson plan enables learners to explore the differences between weather and climate.

Weather Stations: Phase Change
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In this activity, learners observe the water cycle in action! Water vapor in a tumbler condenses on chilled aluminum foil — producing the liquid form of water familiar to us as rain and dew.
Effects of Solar Radiation on Land and Sea
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In this activity, learners explore the different heating properties of soil and water.

What does Color have to do with Cooling?
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In this demonstration/experiment, learners discover that different colors and materials (metals, fabrics, paints) radiate different amounts of energy and therefore, cool at different rates.

Wonderful Weather
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In this activity, learners conduct three experiments to examine temperature, the different stages of the water cycle, and how convection creates wind.

Energetic Water
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In this activity, learners explore how hot and cold water move. Learners observe that temperature and density affect how liquids rise and fall.

Jet Propulsion
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In this two-part activity, learners work in pairs to examine the four basic stages of a turbine engine.

Differing Densities: Fresh and Salt Water
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In this activity, learners visualize the differences in water density and relate this to the potential consequences of increased glacial melting.

Colors of Stars
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In this activity, learners observe colors in the flame of a burning candle to explore connections between matter, light, color and temperature -- basic concepts of matter and energy.

How does the Atmosphere keep the Earth Warmer?
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In this activity, learners simulate the energy transfer between the earth and space by using the light from a desk lamp desk lamp with an incandescent bulb and a stack of glass plates.