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In this lesson, students will explore long-term trends in land use using data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Disciplinary core ideas ...
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In this lesson, students will determine whether there is a correlation between drought and wildfires using data from two states. Disciplinary core ide...
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In this lesson, students will explore the relationship between earthquake depth and tectonic plate boundaries. Disciplinary core ideas covered are Ear...
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In this lesson, students will learn about the radiation levels in their state and county and compare them to levels in two other states. Teaching abou...
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In this lesson, students will develop a model that illustrates that the tectonic plates are moving in different directions on Earth’s surface. Disci...
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In this lesson, students will explore volcanoes in the United States and relate them to tectonic plates in Earth’s crust. Disciplinary core ideas co...
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In this lesson, students will use buoy data to determine the relationship between wind speed and wave height. Disciplinary core ideas covered are Eart...
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Dissolved Oxygen and Water Quality
In this lesson, students will explore the relationship between water temperature and dissolved oxygen. Disciplinary core ideas covered are natural res...
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In this lesson, students will explore how oceans mitigate climate at midlatitudes. Disciplinary core ideas covered are the roles of water in Earth’s...
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In this lesson, students will explore the relationship between the ocean tides and the cycles of the Moon. Disciplinary core ideas covered are the rol...
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In this lesson, students will see how photoperiods change during a year, at locations at different latitudes. Disciplinary core ideas covered are Eart...
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In this lesson, students will illustrate and compare the patterns of day and night across the globe during different seasons. Disciplinary core ideas ...
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In this lesson, students will discover what planets they can locate in the evening sky and where to find them. Disciplinary core ideas covered are Ear...
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In this lesson, students will examine the biotic and abiotic features necessary for survival of an organism by developing a plan to go into hiding for...
Journal Article
Skynet Junior Scholars (SJS) is an online astronomy program that allows youth to conduct inquiry-based investigations. This article describes the SJ...
By Kathryn Williamson, Sue Ann Heatherly, Vivian Hoette, Eva Erdosne Toth, and David Beer