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  • PDF Preview of FACTivity for Snowed In
    In this FACTivity, students will investigate the soil in their school yard and some soil from home. Materials: At least…
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    FACTivity – Snowed In?

  • PDF Preview of FACTivity for "The Emerald Ash Borer: An Ash Tree's Worst Enemy!"
    In this FACTivity, you will explore soil just like the student scientists. The question you will answer is what is…
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    FACTivity – The Emerald Ash Borer

  • PDF preview of the FACTivity for "There Goes the Neighborhood"
    In this FACTivity, you will collect five soil samples, each from a different area, and compare them. Materials: Five shoeboxes…
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    FACTivity – There Goes the Neighborhood

  • PDF preview of the Spanish version of the FACTivity for "There Goes the Neighborhood"
    In this FACTivity, you will collect five soil samples, each from a different area, and compare them. Materials: Five shoeboxes…
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    FACTivity – There Goes the Neighborhood (Spanish)

  • PDF preview of the alternate FACTivity for Inquiry 2
    In this FACTivity you will answer the question: How much water is transpired by a tree during daylight hours? Transpiration…
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    FACTivity – Trees & the Water Cycle

  • The cover of the article "Food for the Soil" featuring a photo of Dr. David D'Amore standing in a forest.
    In this article, learn about soils and the amount of salmon-derived nutrients (SDN) in Southeast Alaska! Salmon-derived nutrients are nutrients…
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    Food for the Soil: Soil and the Amount of Salmon-Derived Nutrients in Southeast Alaska

  • Screenshot of FreshWaterLIVE: Scientists in Action video.
    Watch a 43-minute video taped live at Grand Lake, Colorado, featuring questions from students and answers by Carl Chambers, a…
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    Fresh Water LIVE from Colorado

  • Screenshot of FreshWater Live.
    Follow water on a journey through a watershed, from forest to faucet, in the Eastern United States. This is a…
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    Fresh Water LIVE from Eastern U.S.

  • PDF preview of World's Forests Edition 3, Inquiry 2 article.
    Learn about the many benefits that different types of forests provide, including protecting biodiversity, improving water and soil quality, preventing…
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    Inquiry 2: What Benefits Do the World’s Forests Provide?

  • PDF Preview of Inquiry 3 from World's Forests 2
    In this Inquiry, scientists were interested in understanding the benefits provided by forests. They focused on products made from or…
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    Inquiry 3: What Do Forests Do for the World’s Environment and Its People?

  • The cover of "It's a Gas: The Exchange of Gases Between the Soil and the Atmosphere" featuring a black and white drawing of a person looking at a cow through a magnifying glass.
    Tropical forests are sometimes cut down so that humans can use the trees for wood and other products. Then, the cleared land is made into…
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    It’s a Gas! The Exchange of Gases Between the Soil and the Atmosphere

  • The cover of "It's a Gas: The Exchange of Gases Between the Soil and the Atmosphere" featuring a black and white drawing of a person looking at a cow through a magnifying glass.
    Tropical forests are sometimes cut down so that humans can use the trees for wood and other products. Then, the cleared land is made into…
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    It’s a Gas! The Exchange of Gases Between the Soil and the Atmosphere (Spanish)