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Skill 3: Use Tools and Techniques to Gather Data

Activity Name
Topics
Skill 3.
Use tools and techniques
Activity ID
Coal:  More than meets the Eye Rocks 3.1, 3.6
A01
Fossil Footprints Rocks 3.7
A02
Let’s Bet on Sediments Rocks 3.3, 3.7
A03
Igneous Rocks Rocks 3.6, 3.7
A04
Making Sedimentary Rocks Rocks 3.4
A05
Mineral Identification Lab Minerals 3.3, 3.4, 3.7
A07
Soil Characteristics Soil 3.5, 3.7
A08
Discovering How Reflection of Sun's Rays Effects Soil Temperature Soil 3.1, 3.2, 3.5, 3.7, 3.8
A09
Topographic Maps Topographic Maps 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6
A10
Older than Dirt Geological Time 3.1
A12
Understanding Earth's Changes Over Time Geological Time 3.2, 3.3, 3.6
A15
Planet Magnet Earth's Magnetic Fields 3.6, 3.7
A17
Virtual Dating - Isochron and Radiocarbon Dating Geological Time 3.1, 3.3, 3.5, 3.7, 3.8
A18
Who's on First? Fossils 3.3, 3.6
A19
Changes in the Mighty Mississippi Weathering 3.1, 3.2, 3.5
B01
Losing it Weathering 3.1, 3.2, 3.5, 3.7
B02
Weathering Experiments Weathering 3.7
B03
Making Waves

Effects of wind, waves, & currents

 3.6, 3.7
B04
Distance between Us and Them Plate tectonics 3.2, 3.6
C01
Moving Plates Plate tectonics 3.8
C03
Heating the Earth's Surface Earth’s layers, & internal heat 3.1, 3.2, 3.5, 3.7
C02
Thermal Convection

Earth’s layers, & internal heat

 3.1, 3.2, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7
C04
What Volcano? Volcanism 3.3
C05
Earthquake - Travel Time, Epicenter, and Magnitude Earthquakes 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8
C07
Global Warming Global warming
3.1, 3.2, 3.5, 3.7, 3.8
D01
Make Your Own El Nino El Niño/La Niña
3.7
D03
Comparing Temperature and Solar Radiation for Common Latitudes Weather 3.1, 3.3, 3.6, 3.8
D05
Analysis of Atmospheric Conditions for a High Mountain Retreat Weather 3.1, 3.8
D06
Investigating Factors that Influence Climate Climate 3.1, 3.7, 3.8
D07
Earth on Fire Global warming 3.1, 3.8
D08
Identifying Ozone Variations Over Different Locations Global warming 3.1, 3.6
D09
Comparing the Effects of El Nino and La Nina El Niño/La Niña 3.1, 3.3, 3.6, 3.8
D10
Creating Climographs Climate 3.1, 3.6, 3.8
D11
Climate and Weather Climate 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.7, 3.8
D12
Hurricanes as Heat Engines Storms & weather forecasts
3.1, 3.7, 3.8
D13
Differences Between Ground and Air Temperatures Climate
3.1, 3.4, 3.5, 3.8
D14
An Ocean of Weather Oceans (zones, chemistry, history)
3.7
E01
Investigating Changes in Density Oceans (zones, chemistry, history) 3.1
E03
It's OK to be a Clod

Surface water
3.1, 3.2, 3.7
E04
The Varying Density of Sea Water Oceans (zones, chemistry, history)
3.1, 3.2, 3.5, 3.7
E07
Water Cycle Game Water Cycle 3.7
E08
Yo-Yos, Tow-Yos, and ph, Oh My! Oceans (zones, chemistry, history) 3.1, 3.3
E09
Earth Science Project: Create an Ocean Weather Forecast Ocean currents 3.1, 3.7, 3.8
E10
Patterns in High Cloud Coverage Water cycle 3.1, 3.7, 3.8
E11
Sea Surface Temperature Trends of the Gulf Stream Ocean currents 3.6, 3.7, 3.8
E12
Virtual River (Part 1) - River Discharge Surface Water
3.1, 3.2, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8
E13
Virtual River (Part 2) - River Flooding Surface Water
3.1, 3.2, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8
E14
Sea Surface Salinity Surface Water
3.2, 3.7
E15
Speeding around the Sun

 Gravity
3.2, 3.6
F08
The Solar System Solar system
3.6, 3.7
F10
Phases of the Moon

Solar system
3.3
F11
Spectroscope H-R diagram of sun/stars
3.2
F07
Planetary Real Estate Solar system
3.1, 3.3, 3.5, 3.6
F13
Exploration: Then and Now Survival! Space exploration
3.1, 3.3, 3.4
F14