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Science 101: What Does the Sun Send to the Earth?
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This column provides background science information for elementary teachers. This month’s issue discusses electromagnetic waves.
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Teaching Earth Science Using Hot Air Balloons
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Constructing model hot air balloons is an activity that captures the imaginations of students, enabling teachers to present required content to minds that are open to receive it. Additionally, there are few activities…
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Be A Citizen Scientist! Celebrate Earth Science Week 2006
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During Earth Science Week (October 8-14, 2006), millions of citizen scientists world-wide sampled groundwater, monitored weather, toured quarries, explored caves, prepared competition projects, and visited museums and…
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Exploration Science: A case history from Earth orbit
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The intent of this case history is to encourage science fair organizers to permit students to submit observational science projects, not just experimental ones. The author shares a condensed example of his own research…
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Dig Into Mining Reclamation during Earth Science Week
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Mining reclamation is defined as the process of returning mined land to productive and beneficial use. How this is accomplished depends on the type of mine, its location, and the degree to which the land was disrupted…
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Scope on Safety: Hammering home Earth-science safety
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Kids love to cut up, tear apart, and smash things in order to study them. This is one reason they get so excited about the opportunity to study rocks and minerals in the lab or out in the field. Although this can…
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Science Sampler: Making connections in Earth science using local data
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Examining data provides a unique opportunity to have students work actively with various technologies, such as computers or graphing calculators. Students can import data into spreadsheet software, execute mathematical…
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Eliciting Students’ Initial Ideas About the Sun–Earth System
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