1 Classroom Period
In this FACTivity, you will conduct your own evaluation of an educational resource – a Natural Inquirer (or Investi-gator) article!…
In this FACTivity, you will conduct your own evaluation of an educational resource – a Natural Inquirer (or Investi-gator) article! You will tabulate the results of your survey and create...
In this FACTivity, you will compare two different kinds of soil. Materials: Two shallow cardboard boxes (about 16″ long) Two…
In this FACTivity, you will compare two different kinds of soil. Materials: Two shallow cardboard boxes (about 16″ long) Two different soil samples that fit inside the cardboard boxes, one...
Until the early 1950s, people mined copper, gold, and silver in the Beartooth Mountains in Montana. During mining operations, the…
Until the early 1950s, people mined copper, gold, and silver in the Beartooth Mountains in Montana. During mining operations, the soil near the surface was removed before the minerals were...
In this FACTivity, you will compare two different kinds of soil. Materials: Two shallow cardboard boxes (about 16″ long) Two…
In this FACTivity, you will compare two different kinds of soil. Materials: Two shallow cardboard boxes (about 16″ long) Two different soil samples that fit inside the cardboard boxes, one...
In this FACtivity, we are going to get to know beetles close up! You will catch and release beetles from…
In this FACtivity, we are going to get to know beetles close up! You will catch and release beetles from your schoolyard, home yard, or elsewhere and make observations about...
Mountain pine beetles are important to the Western United States. They have a very special life cycle that includes staying…
Mountain pine beetles are important to the Western United States. They have a very special life cycle that includes staying “supercool,” or dormant, for most of their lives. The scientists...
Mountain pine beetles are important to the Western United States. They have a very special life cycle that includes staying…
Mountain pine beetles are important to the Western United States. They have a very special life cycle that includes staying “supercool,” or dormant, for most of their lives. The scientists...
In this FACtivity, we are going to get to know beetles close up! You will catch and release beetles from…
In this FACtivity, we are going to get to know beetles close up! You will catch and release beetles from your schoolyard, home yard, or elsewhere and make observations about...
Cutthroat trout are a type of salmon. The scientists in this study wanted to find out if cutthroat trout behave…
Cutthroat trout are a type of salmon. The scientists in this study wanted to find out if cutthroat trout behave like other salmonids. Other salmonids had been found to swim...
Slab avalanches are the most dangerous kind of avalanche. A slab is a layer of new snow sitting on top…
Slab avalanches are the most dangerous kind of avalanche. A slab is a layer of new snow sitting on top of a layer of snow, called a weak layer. Scientists...