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Next Generation Science Standards

Discipline: Earth and Space Sciences
Core Idea: ESS2.A: Earth materials and systems
PreK-2
3-5
6-8
9-12
Activity
Interactive Website
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Next Generation Science Standards

Discipline: Earth and Space Sciences
Core Idea: ESS1.A: The Universe and its Stars
6-8
Lab Experiment
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Next Generation Science Standards

Discipline: Earth and Space Sciences
Core Idea: ESS1.A: The Universe and its Stars
PreK-2
Activity
Agriculture with a Technology Twist

A variety of activities for multiple grades with hints on how to tie technology into the lessons.



Next Generation Science Standards

Discipline: Earth and Space Sciences
Core Idea: ESS2.A: Earth materials and systems
PreK-2
3-5
6-8
9-12
Activity
Looking for Life

Exercise to examine the smaller life forms that can be found in the topsoil.



Next Generation Science Standards

Discipline: Earth and Space Sciences
Core Idea: ESS2.E: Biogeology
PreK-2
3-5
6-8
9-12
Activity
Rock Flip

Exercise to look at and catalogue the diversity of soil organisms that can be found under rocks.



Next Generation Science Standards

Discipline: Life Sciences
Core Idea: LS2.A: Interdependent relationships in ecosystems
PreK-2
3-5
6-8
9-12
Activity
ESRI GeoInquiries Tropical Deforestation

GIS activity exploring the deforestation in the Amazon



Next Generation Science Standards

Discipline: Earth and Space Sciences
Core Idea: ESS3.C: Human impacts on Earth systems
6-8
9-12
Activity
GIS Activity Down to the Last Drop

Explore the impact of human activities on water resources



Next Generation Science Standards

Discipline: Earth and Space Sciences
Core Idea: ESS3.A: Natural resources
6-8
9-12
Activity
GIS Activity Agricultural Patterns

GIS activity relating Soils to Agricultural Patterns



Next Generation Science Standards

Discipline: Earth and Space Sciences
Core Idea: ESS3.A: Natural resources
9-12
Activity
The Dust Bowl - Esri Geoinquiries

Students analyze the change in California’s population relative to the change in the Dust Bowl states’ population during the 1920s and 1930s.



Next Generation Science Standards

Discipline: Earth and Space Sciences
Core Idea: ESS3.A: Natural resources
6-8
9-12
Activity
A Medieval Soil Mystery

Students travel back in time to the year 1100 AD as serfs, and carry out soil investigations to propose solutions for the problem of poor wheat production on a feudal manor.



Next Generation Science Standards

Discipline: Earth and Space Sciences
Core Idea: ESS3.A: Natural resources
6-8
Activity
Soil as Food, and a Cake

Guide for baking a cake that resembles soil horizons



Next Generation Science Standards

Discipline: Earth and Space Sciences
Core Idea: ESS2.A: Earth materials and systems
PreK-2
3-5
6-8
9-12
Activity
The Deforestation of the Amazon: A Case Study in Understanding Ecosystems and Their Value

Students examine tropical deforestation in the Amazon from the perspective of three dominant stakeholders in the region. Subscription needed for answer key



Next Generation Science Standards

Discipline: Earth and Space Sciences
Core Idea: ESS3.C: Human impacts on Earth systems
9-12
Activity
Revolt of the Fungus People: Mycorrhizae in the Ecosystem

This interrupted case study for the flipped classroom examines the interaction of plants and their mycorrhizal partners. Subscription needed for answer key



Next Generation Science Standards

Discipline: Life Sciences
Core Idea: LS2.C: Ecosystem dynamics, functioning, and resilience
9-12
Activity
Exploring Seeds

A collection of lessons about seeds and plant growth for use with elementary students



Next Generation Science Standards

Discipline: Life Sciences
Core Idea: LS1.C: Organization for matter and energy flow in organisms
PreK-2
3-5
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