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Recommended grade level: 5-8.
Earthy Things, written by a middle school teacher, offers 87 ideas for basic activities in 4 areas of earth science: astronomy, geology, meteorology, and oceanography. Examples of the activities include making and using a spectroscope, investigating the Doppler effect using a Nerf football, and producing materials that have the characteristics of noncrystalline igneous rocks. In other activities, students construct and use a homemade thermometer or a nephoscope (for observing the direction and velocity of clouds), investigate what happens when a warm air mass meets a cold air mass, prepare a model of an estuary and its natural resources, and investigate a cross-section of a barrier island.

Earthy Things is presented in 3-ring-binder format. Each activity includes a materials list, teacher's notes with basic background information and instructions, and reproducible student pages and record sheets. Appendixes give tips for working with students on slide and filmstrip presentations and for teaching students how to write a lab report.

Price: $24.95 (ISBN 1-885041-11-X).
Publisher/supplier: Idea Factory.
Materials: Available locally, or from commercial suppliers.

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Clouds,

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Doppler effect,

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Geology,

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Igneous rocks,

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Meteorology,

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Models,

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Natural resources,

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Oceanography,

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Spectroscope,

Earth Sciences: Earth and Beyond,

Multi & Applied Sciences: The Whole Cosmos Catalog of Science Activities.

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