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Weather Patterns

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Weather Patterns

The guiding question of this investigation is, What weather conditions can we expect here during each season? Students can use information about the d...

Climate and Location

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Climate and Location

The guiding question of this investigation is, How does the climate change as one moves from the equator toward the poles? Students can use what they...

What Have You Heard About Climate Change?

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What Have You Heard About Climate Change?

The goal of this session is to set the stage for student investigations into the complex topics of global warming and climate change. Students first p...

Sources of CO2 in the Atmosphere

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Sources of CO2 in the Atmosphere

In this session, students discover some sources of CO2 in the atmosphere and compare their relative concentrations. The primary objective, in addition...

The Greenhouse Effect

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The Greenhouse Effect

The greenhouse effect is critical to understanding the basic mechanism of global warming. This session uses two types of models to help students under...

Fact or Phony? Scientifically Evaluating Data

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Fact or Phony? Scientifically Evaluating Data

This session begins by students looking at a purely fictional web page cleverly disguised as factual. Students are challenged to learn important infor...

Conducting Research on Current Climate Change Topics

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Conducting Research on Current Climate Change Topics

This session leverages the power of student discovery, viewed through the lens of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), to support students’...

Climate Change Conference

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Climate Change Conference

In this session, students engage in a mock scientific conference to demonstrate another aspect of the work of scientists—sharing work with peers and...

Climate Change Challenges

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Climate Change Challenges

This session provides an opportunity for students to integrate the information they have learned from their research. They create charts or mind maps ...

Climate Change Solutions

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Climate Change Solutions

This session is about hope. After students learned a great deal about the serious implications of a warming planet, it is important for them to have r...

Connecting to Your Community

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Connecting to Your Community

This session brings together all that students have learned to provide them with concrete actions they can take to make a difference in their own live...

Science and Engineering Practices: Professional Book Study for Elementary School Teachers

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Science and Engineering Practices: Professional Book Study for Elementary School Teachers

Are you an elementary school teacher working to enhance your knowledge and understanding of the Science and Engineering Practices from A Framework for...

Journal Article

Middle School Girls Gain Confidence, Competence, and Interest Through Summer STEAM Camp

To combat the well-researched and documented drop in interest and confidence in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) that girls tend to...

By Tamar McPherson, Stephanie Reilly, and Colleen Smith

Middle School Informal Education STEM

Journal Article

KEYS High School Student Internship Program

By Marti Lindsey, Heather Ingram, and Bob Mittan

High School Careers STEM

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