Water Cycle
The purpose of this FACTivity is to demonstrate how house plants use water and compare this process with an outdoor…
Alternate FACTivity – Under Where?
The purpose of this FACTivity is to demonstrate how house plants use water and compare this process with an outdoor plant’s use of soil water. Materials: Potted house plant with...
In this FACTivity, you will use the knowledge you have gained from the reading “Under Where?” and other articles in…
FACTivity – Under Where?
In this FACTivity, you will use the knowledge you have gained from the reading “Under Where?” and other articles in this journal, as well as other sources of information about...
This is the 3rd edition of the World’s Forest Natural Inquirer based on the 2015 Global Forest Resources Assessment. This…
World’s Forests 3 edition
This is the 3rd edition of the World’s Forest Natural Inquirer based on the 2015 Global Forest Resources Assessment. This edition was completed in partnership with the USDA Forest Service,…
In this FACTivity you will answer the question: How much water is transpired by a tree during daylight hours? Transpiration…
FACTivity – Trees & the Water Cycle
In this FACTivity you will answer the question: How much water is transpired by a tree during daylight hours? Transpiration happens when the water that entered a tree’s roots travels...
Learn about the many benefits that different types of forests provide.
Inquiry 2: What Benefits Do the World’s Forests Provide?
Learn about the many benefits that different types of forests provide.
After reading the Freshwater edition of Natural Inquirer, test your knowledge of the issue with this eyeChallenge. Explain what each…
eyeChallenge – Freshwater
After reading the Freshwater edition of Natural Inquirer, test your knowledge of the issue with this eyeChallenge. Explain what each of the images from the journal represents. Students may write...
When snow melts or rain falls, some of the water runs off into streams or rivers. Most of the water,…
Under Where? Underground Water and Its Contribution to Streams
When snow melts or rain falls, some of the water runs off into streams or rivers. Most of the water, however, goes down into the soil. The water that stays...
In the Natural Inquirer Freshwater edition, you will learn many new things about Earth’s freshwater. As you read each article,…
Freshwater – Vol. 18 No. 1
In the Natural Inquirer Freshwater edition, you will learn many new things about Earth’s freshwater. As you read each article, think about your daily water use. You use clean freshwater…
Learn about soils and the amount of salmon-derived nutrients (SDN) in Southeast Alaska! Salmon-derived nutrients are nutrients in the soils…
Food for the Soil – Vol. 1 No. 6
Learn about soils and the amount of salmon-derived nutrients (SDN) in Southeast Alaska! Salmon-derived nutrients are nutrients in the soils that are from decomposing salmon. The scientists looked at how…
Natural Inquirer Readers for students in grades K-2 focus on a scientist and their research. In this Reader, students meet…
Meet Ms. Laseter!
Natural Inquirer Readers for students in grades K-2 focus on a scientist and their research. In this Reader, students meet Stephanie Laseter who studies how rainfall affects streams and rivers...
