ME Lessons and Activities - Mission Earth

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• How to Build a Rain Gauge with pics (1-12 Wiki; word doc)

  A more detailed guide on building a rain gauge.

  • Document Types: Activities

  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary (grades K-2, age 5-8), Middle School (grades 6-8, ages 11-14), Secondary School (grades 9-12, ages 14-18), Upper Primary (grade 3-5, ages 8-11)

  • Content Areas: Atmosphere

  • GME Partners: Boston University

• How to Make a Paper Weather Vane (3-8 GLOBE)

  An activity for constructing a wind vane for measuring wind direction, using basic materials.

  • Document Types: Activities

  • Grade Levels: Middle School (grades 6-8, ages 11-14), Upper Primary (grade 3-5, ages 8-11)

  • Content Areas: Atmosphere

  • GME Partners: Boston University

• How to Make a Tornado (0-8 UCAR)

  An activity on making a tornado and learning about vortices.

  • Document Types: Activities

  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary (grades K-2, age 5-8), Middle School (grades 6-8, ages 11-14), Upper Primary (grade 3-5, ages 8-11)

  • Content Areas: Atmosphere

  • GME Partners: Boston University

• How to Make a Weather Vane (2-8 AIL)

  A basic activity for making a weather vane.

  • Document Types: Activities

  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary (grades K-2, age 5-8), Middle School (grades 6-8, ages 11-14), Upper Primary (grade 3-5, ages 8-11)

  • Content Areas: Atmosphere

  • GME Partners: Boston University

• How to Make a Windsock (0-8 WikiHow)

  A basic activity for making a windsock, using a variety of methods & materials

  • Document Types: Activities

  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary (grades K-2, age 5-8), Middle School (grades 6-8, ages 11-14), Upper Primary (grade 3-5, ages 8-11)

  • Content Areas: Atmosphere

  • GME Partners: Boston University

• How to Measure a Tree - teacher guide

  A comprehensive guide and set of lesson plans for measuring tree height and width. Multiple age levels are targeted.

  • Document Types: Activities, Guides, Lesson Plans

  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary (grades K-2, age 5-8), Middle School (grades 6-8, ages 11-14), Secondary School (grades 9-12, ages 14-18), Upper Primary (grade 3-5, ages 8-11)

  • Content Areas: Biosphere

  • GME Partners: Boston University

• How to press flowers

  A guide for pressing flowers for sample preservation.

  • Document Types: Activities, Guides

  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary (grades K-2, age 5-8), Middle School (grades 6-8, ages 11-14), Secondary School (grades 9-12, ages 14-18), Upper Primary (grade 3-5, ages 8-11)

  • Content Areas: Biosphere

  • GME Partners: Boston University

• Hydrology Activity (BU GME; word doc; hydrology series)

  An activity for measuring water quality in your local watershed. Measurements include water pH, nitrate and nitrite levels, and dissolved oxygen. Details the procedure and includes worksheets. Data sheet is posted separately.

  • Document Types: Activities

  • Grade Levels: Middle School (grades 6-8, ages 11-14), Secondary School (grades 9-12, ages 14-18)

  • Content Areas: Hydrosphere

  • GME Partners: Boston University

• Interactive Weather Adds Up to Climate (poster sized document)

  A poster for tracking class data on weather conditions, for a series of days

  • Document Types: Data Sheets

  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary (grades K-2, age 5-8), Upper Primary (grade 3-5, ages 8-11)

  • Content Areas: Atmosphere

  • GME Partners: Boston University, NASA Langley Research

• Interactive Weather Adds Up to Climate - student worksheet

  A worksheet for tracking climate conditions over a series of days

  • Document Types: Data Sheets

  • Grade Levels: Lower Primary (grades K-2, age 5-8), Upper Primary (grade 3-5, ages 8-11)

  • Content Areas: Atmosphere

  • GME Partners: Boston University, NASA Langley Research