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This
activity
has
students
compare
maps
of
plate
tectonics
with
population
density
maps
and
to
analyze
what
these
maps
imply
about
the
relationship
between
population
and
seismic
hazards.
Students
will
read
about
and
discuss
the
theory
of
plate
tectonics,
map
the
regions
of
the
United
States
that
are
most
susceptible
to
earthquakes
and
those
that
have
volcanoes,
and
list
the
states
that
lie
on
plate
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Sci4Kids
is
a
series
of
stories
about
what
scientists
do
at
the
U.S.
Department
of
Agriculture
(USDA)
Agricultural
Research
Service
(ARS).
The
stories
in
Sci4Kids
are
based
on
some
of
the
articles
in
the
ARS
monthly
Agricultural
Research
magazine
and
other
news
reports.
Sci4Kids
stories
illustrate
how
science
is
not
something
far
away
in
a
laboratory,
but
is
wired
right
into
daily
life.
Ideas
and
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In
this
activity,
students
will
learn
what
causes
the
various
types
of
erosion
that
have
formed
our
Earth
as
it
is
today
and
how
different
surfaces
erode
differently.
The
students
will:
predict
the
outcomes
of
erosion
on
different
materials;
describe
ways
of
preventing
erosion;
and
recognize
erosion
and
predict
what
type
of
erosion
caused
it.
The
elaboration
section
of
the
activity
explores
erosion
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This
interactive
activity
has
elementary
and
younger
middle
school
students
investigate
the
causes
and
effects
of
periodic
climate
change.
A
fun
crash
course
in
El
Nino
is
followed
by
a
game
in
which
students
practice
climate
predictions.
Kids
who
love
the
weather
will
be
intrigued
by
this
website,
which
investigates
El
Nino
and
the
tools
scientists
use
to
monitor
and
predict
the
conditions
that
create
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Students
will
learn
that
Mars,
and
each
planet
in
the
solar
system,
is
unique
due
to
the
materials
from
which
it
is
made
and
the
processes
that
shaped
it.
Images
and
information
from
Mars
exploration
voyages,
including
the
Viking
Mission
in
1975,
the
Pathfinder
Landing
in
1997,
the
Mars
Global
Surveyor
project,
the
Mars
Odyssey
and
Mars
Express
spacecrafts,
the
Mars
Exploration
Rovers,
and
the
Reconnaissance
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This
lesson
introduces
students
to
the
nature
of
earthquakes
and
volcanoes.
They
will
discover
how
earthquake
intensity
is
measured,
where
earthquakes
occur
(by
studying
real-time
data),
and
what
global
patterns
exist.
During
the
course
of
this
activity,
students
will
conduct
Web
research
and
collect
online
data
to
aid
in
understanding
the
experience
of
a
real
earthquake
through
reports
of
eyewitnesses
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This
lesson
will
allow
students
to
conduct
Internet
research
about
earthquakes
and
buildings
that
have
successfully
withstood
them,
design
and
build
models
of
an
earthquake-proof
building,
and
evaluate
the
best
earthquake-proof
model
using
an
earthquake
simulator
that
they
construct.
This
site
has
an
overview
of
the
lesson,
a
list
of
materials,
detailed
procedures
for
the
teacher
including
a
list
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In
this
project,
students
pretend
they
have
been
hired
as
an
environmental
consulting
firm
to
present
the
case
for
or
against
the
closing
of
(fictitious)
downtown
Ramford
to
vehicular
traffic
in
an
upcoming
debate.
Student
arguments
will
focus
on:
the
extent
of
the
potential
ozone/
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In
this
activity,
students
play
the
roles
of
environmental
consultants
hired
to
present
the
case
for
or
against
targeted
dredging
of
polychlorinated
biphenyl(PCB)-contaminated
sediments
in
the
fictitious
Ramford
River.
Student
teams
will
be
assigned
to
field,
laboratory,
community/
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In
this
module,
students
pretend
to
be
an
environmental
consulting
firm
that
has
been
hired
by
the
County
to
investigate
two
cases
involving
radon
exposure.
They
will
prepare
a
report
addressing:
the
probable
causes
of
the
elevated
radon
values;
the
extent
of
the
potential
problem;
the
possible
routes
and
effects
of
human
exposure
to
radon,
and
ways
to
educate
the
public;
and
strategies
for
clean
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