Mission Earth Lessons & Activities

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  • Create a Cloudscape (K-4 Elementary GLOBE)

    An Elementary GLOBE activity to help students identify cloud characteristics

    • Document Types: Activities

    • 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

  • Crumple a Watershed (Expedition Northwest)

    A lesson plan and teacher guide for investigating and modeling a watershed.

    • Document Types: Activities, Lesson Plans

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

    • Content Areas: Hydrosphere

    • GME Partners: Boston University

  • Crumpled Foil Watershed Activity (BU GME; word doc; watershed series)

    A classroom activity that uses basic materials for creating a watershed model and investigating how watersheds function during rainstorms.

    • Document Types: Activities, Data Sheets, Guides

    • Grade Levels: 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: Hydrosphere

    • GME Partners: Boston University

  • Crumpled Watershed Model (Univ of Nebraska)

    An alternate activity for investigating a watershed, using classroom materials.

    • Document Types: Activities

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

    • Content Areas: Hydrosphere

    • GME Partners: Boston University

  • Density, Gravity and Weather Data Sheets (Weather Explorations Series - 1 of 6 documents; word doc)

    One of several documents relating to a density, gravity, and weather exploration activity. A data sheet to accompany the "Making Layers of Water" activity.

    • Document Types: Data Sheets

    • Grade Levels: Upper Primary (grade 3-5, ages 8-11)

    • Content Areas: Atmosphere

    • GME Partners: Boston University

  • Detailed Bottle Biology Using Bottles Set Up Guide (gr 2-12; BU GME; lesson plan; 1 of a series about Bottle Biology)

    A lesson plan for fast-growing plants using bottles in the classroom.

    • Document Types: Activities, Data Sheets, 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

  • Diagrams of a peanut (K-5; BU GME; English and Spanish)

    Annotated photos of the parts of a peanut.

    • Document Types: Guides

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

    • Content Areas: Biosphere

    • GME Partners: Boston University

  • Diagrams of flower parts

    Annotated color diagrams of flower parts and their relationship to pollination.

    • Document Types: 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

  • Discover Schoolyard Birds (gr 3-5 Cornell Lab)

    A lesson plan for learning about the local bird population from Cornell's eBird Explorers: Discover Schoolyard Birds curriculum.

    • Document Types: Activities, Lesson Plans

    • Grade Levels: Upper Primary (grade 3-5, ages 8-11)

    • Content Areas: Biosphere

    • GME Partners: Boston University

  • Eat Like a Bird activity (K-8 Cornell Lab)

    An activity for learning what birds eat.

    • 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: Biosphere

    • GME Partners: Boston University