Grade Level: 6-8
Test your knowledge of soil moisture and its effect on global populations. Soil moisture is the amount of water contained
Test your knowledge of soil moisture and its effect on global populations. Soil moisture is the amount of water contained
Students model Earth's tectonic plate movement and explore the relationship between these movements and different types of volcanoes.
In this experiment, students make a claim about the cause of ocean currents and then develop a model to explain the role of salinity and density in deep ocean currents. This lesson is modified from "Visit to an Ocean Planet" Caltech and NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Hands-on demonstration of the El Niño Effect, trade winds, and upwelling provided by NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab.