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Investigating the Difference in Geology Between Crookston High Campus and the Fertile Sand Dunes

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Investigating the Difference in Geology Between Crookston High Campus and the Fertile Sand Dunes

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Students will make observations at two different locations and will infer the geological events that happened at each location to explain what they see and create questions for further study.

Subject:: Earth and Space Science; Geology
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

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Investigating the Ecology of Goldenrod Galls through Biological Sampling

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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

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Investigating the Effects of Density and Volume of a Cartesian Diver

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Investigating the Effects of Density and Volume of a Cartesian Diver

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This activity is an inquiry investigation where students gather data on why the Cartesian diver sinks or floats. They then develop a new question and then conduct a new investigation by changing one variable and repeat the altered experiment and record their conclusions.

Subject:: Physical Science; Physics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Pedagogy in Action
Author:: Lee Anne Garhofer
Date Added:: 02/10/2023

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Investigating the Geologic History of Southeast Minnesota by Constructing a Geologic Column

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Investigating the Geologic History of Southeast Minnesota by Constructing a Geologic Column

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This activity is a field investigation where students gather data on rock types and geologic formations to construct a geologic column that will help them to interpret the geologic history of the Cannon Falls area.

Subject:: Earth and Space Science; Geology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Assessment; Lesson Plan
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Pedagogy in Action
Author:: Amanda Ludeman
Date Added:: 02/10/2023

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Investigating the Geologic Time Scale: Creating Posters to Display Trends in Geologic Time

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Investigating the Geologic Time Scale: Creating Posters to Display Trends in Geologic Time

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This observational inquiry activity involving careful descriptions of rocks and fossil including age will be used to create a scalar accurate geologic time scale. Students will observe and learn that the geologic time scale was created based on changes in fossil, rock, and atmospheric changes.

Subject:: Earth and Space Science; Geology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Pedagogy in Action
Author:: Kim Atkins
Date Added:: 02/10/2023

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Investigating the Inclined Plane through Inquiry

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Investigating the Inclined Plane through Inquiry

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This guided inquiry activity is designed to help students understand the effectiveness of inclined planes to reduce the amount of force needed to move an object.

Subject:: Physical Science; Physics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Pedagogy in Action
Author:: Amy Revering
Date Added:: 02/10/2023

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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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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

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Investigating the Minnesota River's Glacial History Near Henderson, MN

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Investigating the Minnesota River's Glacial History Near Henderson, MN

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This activity is a field investigation where students make observations in the Minnesota River valley, discuss their findings amongst other student groups, and describe how those observations fit with the general geology of Minnesota.

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

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Investigating the Rate of Weathering on Various Rock Types

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Investigating the Rate of Weathering on Various Rock Types

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Students will make observations of weathering on different rock types in a cemetery. Students will also make observations of rock types of the Minneopa Falls.

Subject:: Earth and Space Science; Geology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Pedagogy in Action
Author:: Sherry Miller
Date Added:: 02/10/2023

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Investigating the Rock Cycle: Looking at Similarities and Differences in Rocks in the Rock Cycle

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Investigating the Rock Cycle: Looking at Similarities and Differences in Rocks in the Rock Cycle

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This activity is a lab inquiry-base lesson on the rock cycle. Students will look at the parts of the rock cycle by examining three rocks. Based on their observations and data they collect they should be able to develop a hypothesis and an experiment to test this hypothesis.

Subject:: Earth and Space Science; Geology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Pedagogy in Action
Author:: Jeff Ballman
Date Added:: 02/10/2023

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Investigating the Rock Cycle Through Writing and Illustrating

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Investigating the Rock Cycle Through Writing and Illustrating

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This activity is a quantative writing activity where students will use writing and illustrations to show their knowledge of the basic rock cycle.

Subject:: Earth and Space Science; Geology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Pedagogy in Action
Author:: Alissa Naymark
Date Added:: 02/10/2023

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Investigating the Stories of the Land

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Students use an inquiry approach to describe the major biomes of Minnesota before taking a look at adaptations that make organisms successful in their environments.

Subject:: Physical Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Assessment; Lesson Plan
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Pedagogy in Action
Author:: Kim Swanson
Date Added:: 02/10/2023

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Investigating the Water Cycle: Evaporation

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Investigating the Water Cycle: Evaporation

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This activity is an outdoor lab in which students investigate the process of evaporation, record their findings, and use the data to make connections to the environment around them.

Subject:: Earth and Space Science; Hydrology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Pedagogy in Action
Author:: Sondra Tokarczyk
Date Added:: 02/10/2023

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Investigating the Water Cycle: Using Plants to Study Evaporation

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Investigating the Water Cycle: Using Plants to Study Evaporation

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In this science activity, students investigate the water cycle by testing the water evaporated from leaves (transpiration) in a field experience. Students use elements of this information to track the water cycle through it's various stages.

Subject:: Earth and Space Science; Hydrology
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

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Investigating the Water Quality of the Root River in Lanesboro, MN

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Investigating the Water Quality of the Root River in Lanesboro, MN

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This activity is a field investigation where students collect and design an experiment to identify the water quality of a section of the North Branch of the Root River in Lanesboro, MN. The investigation is done in collaboration with Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center.

Subject:: Ecology; Life Science
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Assessment; Lesson Plan
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Pedagogy in Action
Author:: Rochelle Gathje
Date Added:: 02/10/2023

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Investigating the water cycle "snow fun"

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Investigating the water cycle "snow fun"

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In this activity students collect snow in a cup, predict how much water will be in the cup when the snow melts. Students are exposed to evaporation as the water "disappears" over time and try to stop this from happening.

Subject:: Earth and Space Science; Hydrology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Pedagogy in Action
Date Added:: 02/10/2023

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Investigating with magnets: attraction and repelling

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Investigating with magnets: attraction and repelling

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This is a classroom activity where students create magnetic cats and see what occurs when the cats are placed next to each other. Students will be informally investigating magnetic attraction and repelling.

Subject:: Physical Science; Physics
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Pedagogy in Action
Date Added:: 02/10/2023

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Investigation: Erosion in our World

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This activity is a field investigation where students go out to a water source and observe erosion that has taken place.

Subject:: Earth and Space Science; Geology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:: Pedagogy in Action
Author:: Amy Anderson
Date Added:: 02/10/2023

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Investigation MN Geology: Identifying Evidence for Volcanism in Waite Park Quarries

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Investigation MN Geology: Identifying Evidence for Volcanism in Waite Park Quarries

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This field investigation of bedrock geology allows students to make observations, form questions, and conduct research to identify the evidence for volcanism in Minnesota.