Crosscutting 2

Cause and effect: Mechanism and explanation

Next Generation Science Standards

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Measuring Tides

Measuring Tides

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Slide presentation on the difference between high tide and low tide

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6, 7, 8, 9+

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Earth Science

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Earth's Systems

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Question, Evidence, Claim, Reasoning

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Describing variability

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Practice describing variability with earthquake data

Practice describing variability with hurricane duration data

Practice describing variability with hurricane wind speeds data

Practice describing variability with tide height data

Mercury availability+advisories question set

Mercury availability+advisories question set

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Background questions to understand mercury.

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Human Impacts

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reading for content, thinking about patterns

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Why do we Care about Mercury?

Toxicology and Living Systems

The Road to Toxicity

Concentration as a unit of measurement

Mercury in our study site, and how does it move?

Mercury background question set

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Background understanding worksheet on mercury contamination; concentrations; and scale.

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Chemical Reactions, Human Impacts, Earth's Surface Systems, Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems, Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems, Structures and Properties of Matter, Weather and Climate

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thinking about patterns

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Why do we Care about Mercury?

Mercury background: prevailing winds graphic

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A graphic for students to use to understand where mercury comes from (use in conjunction with TRI releases handout).

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Weather and Climate, Earth's Surface Systems, Human Impacts

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map reading, information gathering and interpreting

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Mapping U.S. Mercury Emissions

Mercury background: TRI releases handout

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Worksheet to understand where mercury comes from; with Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) mercury data from 2007.

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Weather and Climate, Earth's Surface Systems, Human Impacts

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thinking about patterns, information gathering and interpreting

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Mapping U.S. Mercury Emissions

Mini Lesson 2 (PRAC) Tide Heights

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Mini Lesson 2 (PRAC) Tide Heights

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Data Practice

Grades:

6, 7, 8

Subjects:

Earth Science

Topics:

Earth's Surface Systems

Statistical Concepts:

Variability

Skills:

Describing variability

Graph Types:

Dot plot

Data Activity File for:

Practice describing variability with tide height data

Mini Lesson 3 (PRAC) High Tides

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Use this mini lesson with your students to practice interpreting and describing box plots.

Types of Instruction:

Data Practice

Grades:

6, 7, 8

Subjects:

Life Science, Physical Science

Topics:

Earth's Surface Systems, Energy and Matter in Systems, Waves

Statistical Concepts:

Group comparison, Variability

Skills:

Comparing groups

Graph Types:

Box plot

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Practice comparing groups with high tide data

Road to Toxicity game board (2 8.5x11 pages)

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Game board for game about the mercury cycle; including methylation.

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Chemical Reactions, Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems, Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems, Earth's Surface Systems, Weather and Climate

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thinking about patterns

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The Road to Toxicity

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