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Link to lessons that are part of the Exploratorium Teachers' Institute teaching boxes.

1. Crayon Rock Cycle - Assessments

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7. Erosion Patterns - Sources and Standards

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5. From Maps to Models - Sources and Standards

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Activity descriptions and ideas

4. San Francisco Bay Watershed - Sources and Standards

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Ideas

4. San Francisco Bay Watershed - Background

 

3. Katrina Case Study - Assessments

Assessment

  1. Have students teach a family member about the connection between levee building, wetlands loss, and Hurricane Katrina. Have the family member write a short paragraph about what they learned from the student.

1. Water Cycle Stories - Sources and Standards

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The mini-investigation was inspired by the Mini Water Cycle lesson in Water Precious Water by the AIMS Education Foundation.

10. Gone Fishin' - Sources and Standards

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The idea for this lesson came from Jen McGonigle, a science teacher from Haddonfield, New Jersey, who shared this activity during the Exploratorium’s Summer Teacher Institute.

Wikipedia has a wonderful summary of the tragedy of the commons. It includes an excellent review of Hardin’s original essay on the topic, historical background about where the concept of the commons originated, and many examples of modern commons problems: littering, air quality, water quality, population growth, logging, etc.

4. Pond Water - Sources and Standards

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This lesson was adapted and inspired by the Pond Water lesson available at Science NetLinks. This site has student worksheets and other excellent resources.

2. Water Analysis - Sources and Standards

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Distributors of water quality test kits: