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In
this
module,
students
carry
out
a
number
of
activities
that
demonstrate
the
concepts
of
evaporation,
condensation,
precipitation,
and
soil
moisture
and
runoff.
The
students
then
construct
a
terrarium
as
a
way
to
observe
the
water
cycle
as
a
whole.
Immediately
following
this,
students
use
the
Internet
to
acquire
Real
Time
Data
from
the
Olympic
Peninsula
in
Washington
which
they
can
then
use
to
describe
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This
lesson
plan
is
part
of
the
Center
for
Educational
Resources
(CERES),
a
series
of
web-based
astronomy
lessons
created
by
a
team
of
master
teachers,
university
faculty,
and
NASA
researchers.
Students
download
NASA
Hubble
Space
Telescope
(HST)
images
of
the
Martian
polar
ice
caps
from
different
times
to
measure
and
compare
the
changing
Martian
and
Earth
poles.
This
lesson
contains
expected
outcomes
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Researchers
have
identified
approximately
140
individual
impact
craters
on
Earth.
These
craters
probably
represent
only
about
25
percent
of
those
to
be
found.
Assuming
an
equal
rate
of
impact
around
the
globe,
many
more
craters
remain
to
be
discovered,
particularly
in
remote
land
regions
of
our
planet
and
in
the
oceans.
This
activity
uses
satellite
images
of
several
craters
on
the
earth
to
study
impact
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In this lesson, students learn about meteors, meteorites, and comets by reading and discussing a related New York Times article about the Leonid meteor showers and the methods that scientists are using to learn from these meteors. Students then create and observe a comet in their classroom.
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This
site
is
designed
to
engage
students
in
grades
7-12
in
activities
that
focus
on
collaboration
and
communication
strategies.
These
activities
will
strengthen
student
understanding
of
and
ability
to
use
collaborative
processes
and
communication
practices
to
clarify,
conceptualize,
and
make
decisions.
Students
will
compare
the
risks
of
varying
courses
of
action
that
confront
scientists
and
engineers.
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Solar
energy
is
radiant
energy
that
is
produced
by
the
Sun.
Every
day
the
Sun
radiates
an
enormous
amount
of
energy.
How
much
solar
energy
a
place
on
Earth
receives
depends
on
several
conditions.
In
this
lesson,
students
will
explore
real
NASA
satellite
data
for
energy
from
the
Sun
and
cloud
cover
for
their
area
to
determine
if
they
can
harness
this
solar
energy,
a
renewable
energy
source,
by
using
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In
this
activity
students
construct
a
sundial
and
use
it
to
observe
the
movement
of
the
sun
through
the
sky
over
the
course
of
a
day
by
marking
changes
in
the
position
of
a
shadow
once
each
hour.
Students
determine
the
approximate
time
of
solar
noon
at
their
school
as
indicated
by
the
time
of
the
shortest
shadow.
They
revisit
the
site
on
a
subsequent
day
to
estimate
the
time
of
day
using
their
sundial.
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The
purpose
of
this
resource
is
to
understand
what
causes
the
Earth's
seasons
with
a
focus
on
the
Earth's
tilt
and
spherical
shape.
Students
learn
how
sunlight
spreads
over
the
Earth
at
different
times
of
the
year,
emphasizing
the
solstices
and
the
equinoxes.
Students
investigate
the
effect
of
the
Earth.s
tilt
on
the
spread
of
sunlight
by
modeling
different
tilts
using
a
three-dimensional
polyhedron
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The
purpose
of
this
resource
is
to
have
students
use
GLOBE
visualizations
to
display
student
data
on
maps
and
to
learn
about
seasonal
changes
in
regional
and
global
temperature
patterns.
Students
learn
how
sunlight
spreads
over
the
Earth
at
different
times
of
the
year,
emphasizing
the
solstices
and
the
equinoxes.
Students
investigate
the
effect
of
the
Earth.s
tilt
on
the
spread
of
sunlight
by
modeling
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The
purpose
of
this
resource
is
to
have
students
develop
a
qualitative
understanding
of
the
characteristics
and
patterns
of
seasons
and
highlight
the
relationship
of
seasons
to
physical,
biological
and
cultural
markers.
Students
observe
and
record
seasonal
changes
in
their
local
study
site.
They
establish
that
these
phenomena
follow
annual
cycles
and
conclude
the
activity
by
creating
displays
that
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