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Fossilization And Decay At The La Brea Tar Pits

Using the La Brea Tar Pits as inspiration, look at the conditions that affect fossil formation.

Interpret The Impacts Of Rising Ocean Temperatures On Ecosystems

Where do fish go when the water gets warm? It depends on the species.

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Illustrated Graphs: Using Art to Enliven Scientific Data

Create an illustrated graph using real scientific data, and write an artist's statement to explain your thinking. Try it with climate change!

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The Albedo Effect, Urban Heat Islands, and Cooling Down Your Playground

Explore the albedo effect by designing a school playground with lower surface temperature, then learn how soot from wildfires changes the albedo of the Greenland ice sheet.

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Splat! Model Lunar Impacts Using Water Balloons

In this resource from International Observe the Moon Night, students use water balloons to model how the moon’s largest impact basins were created.

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Hydrophobicity: Will the Drop Stop or Roll?

Investigate how different surface textures repel or absorb water.

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Use Flubber to Model Ice Shelf-Glacier Interactions and Sea Level Rise

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Remaster the Golden Record

Nearly 40 years ago, two Voyager spacecraft left our planet carrying gold-plated records of information about Earth’s organisms and cultures. This activity challenges your students to craft a contemporary Golden Record of sounds, images, and information portraying the diversity of life and culture on Earth.