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Investigating Neighborhood Wetlands
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This activity is field investigation where students map a neighborhood wetland and generate various watershed questions. Students identify engineered structures in or around this wetland and consider how flood water can be controlled.

Subject:
Ecology
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Tim Shulstad
Date Added:
02/10/2023
Investigating Oranges - How Many Sections are Inside?
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This is an investigative lab to provide students with an opportunity to practice observation skills and develop cooperative group proceedures.

Subject:
Biology
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
John Mettling
Date Added:
02/10/2023
Investigating Osmosis Using Water and Gummy Bears
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This activity is a classroom lab where the students gather data on the affect water has on gummy bear candies and develops an experiment based on a new question regarding a not plain water solution. Students will perform calculations and graph their results.

Subject:
Biology
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Katie Melgaard
Date Added:
02/10/2023
Investigating Our Surroundings: Observing the Outdoors
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This first grade field and classroom activity leads students to discover their natural world through observation and measurement.

Subject:
Biology
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Date Added:
02/10/2023
Investigating Photosynthesis: Discovering What Plants Need for Photosynthesis
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In this inquiry lab, students design and conduct simple experiments using elodea and Bromothymol blue to determine whether plants consume or release carbon dioxide in the process of photosynthesis. Students will record their data which will be used to conclude whether carbon dioxide was consumed or released by the elodea.

Subject:
Botany
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Cindy Boese
Date Added:
02/10/2023
Investigating Plant Life in Our Nature Center
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This activity is a field investigation where students use a dichotomous key to properly identify trees in our schools nature center.

Subject:
Botany
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Holly Hansen
Date Added:
02/10/2023
Investigating Plant Physiology with Wisconsin Fast Plants
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The activities and backgroundinformation in this booklet are designed to support investigations into three primary areas of plant physiology (how plants function): Nutrition, Tropism, and Hormone Response (using gibberellin).

Subject:
Botany
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Wisconsin Fast Plants Program
Provider Set:
Wisconsin Fast Plants Activity and Resource Library
Author:
Lauffer, Hedi Baxter
The Wisconsin Fast Plants Program
Date Added:
11/07/2017
Investigating Simple Plants
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Students will observe simple plants, develop an investigable question, and form an investigation. They will document their investigation in their science notebooks.

Subject:
Botany
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Claire Torrey
Date Added:
02/10/2023
Investigating Soil Composition - Soil Soaks Up Water
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This activity is a classroom quick lab where students explore sand, soil, and water in relation to absorption and permeability.

Subject:
Earth and Space Science
Ecology
Hydrology
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Carrie Leisch
Date Added:
02/10/2023
Investigating Soil: Which Soil Helps Plants Grow?
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This activity is a guided inquiry investigation where students gather data on which soil is the best for growing plants. Student will interpret their data, and develop a conclusion from the data. The student will determine which type of soil they would like to use in the next activity of making their own terrariums. The data collected could lead to further questions, which can be investigated in some extension activities.

Subject:
Botany
Ecology
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
kyle johnson
Date Added:
02/10/2023
Investigating Soils
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This guided inquiry is a laboratory investigation on soil textures where students gather and analyze data, compare findings and develop new experimental questions.

Subject:
Biology
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Wayne Buckley
Date Added:
02/10/2023
Investigating Starch in Foods
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This activity is a classroom experiment where students gather data on which foods contain starch. They use observation and develop their own hypothesis to create a question they would like to discover about starches.

Subject:
Career and Technical Education
Health Science
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Darlene Schleis
Date Added:
02/10/2023
Investigating Tree Leaves
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During the leaf activities the students will compare, contrast, classify, categorize, identify attributes, learn art techniques and learn about the importance of trees.

Subject:
Botany
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Date Added:
02/10/2023
Investigating Trees
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This activity is a field investigation where students gather information on a tree. Based on the information gathered and student interest, students will develop and carry out an investigation.

Subject:
Botany
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Date Added:
02/10/2023
Investigating Trees: Using a dichotomous key to identify local tree types
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This activity is a field investigation where students explore different types of trees and identify them using leaves and classification tools.

Subject:
Botany
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Suzanne Bot
Date Added:
02/10/2023
Investigating Water Quality Through Quantative and Qualitative Analysis of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Sampling
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In activity is a Biology field lab where students will investigate the relative health of an aquatic system based on bioindicators. Students will then summarize and reflect upon their findings.

Subject:
Biology
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Matthew Duffee
Date Added:
02/10/2023
Investigating What Living Things Need: Space
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In this biology investigation, students will make observations of the growth of bean seeds to determine what plants need to live and grow in a healthy way.

Subject:
Biology
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Anne Flynn
Date Added:
02/10/2023
Investigating Wolf Behavior
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This activity is a classroom investigation of wolf behavior where students use observational evidence to identify and describe wolf pack structure.

Subject:
Life Science
Zoology
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Emily Wolf
Date Added:
02/10/2023
Investigating the Ecology of Goldenrod Galls through Biological Sampling
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This activity is a field investigation where students conduct biological sampling on goldenrod galls and form conclusions.

Subject:
Biology
Ecology
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Assessment
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Date Added:
02/10/2023
Investigating the Long Meadow Lake Unit of the MN Valley National Wildlife Refuge to Determine if the Bass Ponds Trailhead Wetlands is a Stable Ecosystem
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In this investigation, students gather biotic and abiotic data and samples in the field, develop an experiment to test another abiotic factor in the lab, synthesize group data, interpret their findings and make a claim on the health of the wetland ecosystem.

Subject:
Ecology
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Stephanie Jones
Date Added:
02/10/2023