Teacher Resources:
Activities and Lesson Plans

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Lesson Abstracts
Earth Science		Life Science	Technology	Physical Science
The Relationship Between Earthquakes and Plate Boundaries Earthquake Epicenters and Magnitudes Weathering and Erosion: Some Ways the Hydrosphere Affects the Geosphere Electronic Hydrology Lesson Plan- Revised Physical Habitat of a Stream The Effect of Moisture on Soil Temperature Demonstrating Erosion in Action An Investigation into Effects of Rhizobium Soil Bacteria on Nitrogen Availability Discovering Albedo Generate an Accurate Landscape Profile from a Topographic Map	Soil Heat Capacity Predicting Monthly Precipitation Name That Wind! Life in Streams and Ponds The Water Cycle Worms in a Bottle Geologic Time: Relative and Absolute Dating Hurricanes and Tornadoes Analyzing the Relationship between Snowpack and River Flow Measuring Stream Flow Analyzing Weather Maps Earthquake Depth Do Human Practices Affect Water Quality?	An Investigation into Effects of Rhizobium Soil Bacteria on Nitrogen Availability Stream Quality Assessment Comparing Microscopic Organisms in Fresh and Polluted Water: An Invitation to Inquiry Do You See What I See? Growth Rate of Space Wheat vs. Earth Wheat Measuring the pH, Temperature, and Dissolved Oxygen Content in a Stream Should Soil Be Sterile?	Dealing With Missing Data Discovering Differences Between Internet Search Engines Pseudoscience Activity: A Study in the Scientific Method	Indirect Measurement Photography and Composition Exploring With Photograms Through a Pinhole

Where do these lesson plans come from? Some of the teachers taking NTEN courses developed lesson plans for their classrooms and shared them with us. A special panel of secondary and elementary educators then formatted the lessons for Internet audiences.

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