Earth Science

Water Cycle, Rock Cycle and Weather

Grades K-2 Important Concepts

• Sorting Rocks (modified for ADEED)
• Water Goes Some Place Else (modified for YFSD)
• Rain, Rain, Go Away! (MODIFIED FOR ADEED)
• Dan the Drip (modified for YFSD)
• Mini Water Cycle (modified for YFSD)
• Clouds (modified for YFSD)
• Cloud Forecast (modified for YFSD)
• Make a Snowflake (modified for YFSD)
• Elders Predict Snow (modified for YFSD)
• Seasons
• Oral History
• Sink, Tilt Or Stand? (modified for YFSD)
• Fancy Rocks
• Rock Cookie (MODIFIED FOR ADEED)
• Conglomerates: More Than Just A Pretty Rock

Grades 3-5 Important Concepts

• Weather Observation Journal
• Weather Proverbs
• Build a Thermometer
• Measuring Temperature
• Build an Anemometer (modified for YFSD)
• Measuring Wind Speed
• Snowfall
• Clouds as Art: Torn Paper Landscape
• Where Does My Water Come From? (modified for ADEED)
• Where Does Our Water Go?
• Rocking On The River (modified for YFSD)
• My Rocks Rock! (MODIFIED FOR ADEED)
• Waving Goodbye to Rocks (MODIFIED FOR ADEED)
• Soil Shake-Up (MODIFIED FOR ADEED)

Grades 6-8 Important Concepts

• Understanding Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary Rocks
• Rocks and the Rock Cycle Pocket Guide
  (modified for ADEED)
• Erosion, Transport, and Deposition of Different Sediments Changing Earth's Surface (MODIFIED FOR ADEED)
• Polygons, Pingos and Thermokarst! Oh My!
  (modified for YFSD)
• Keep It Active
• Soil Permeability (modified for YFSD)
• Native Language Ties (modified for YFSD)
• The Beaufort Scale: A Local Model
• How Fast is the Wind? (modified for ADEED)
• Hydrologic Scavenger Hunt (modified for ADEED)
• Cloud Types (modified for ADEED)
• Convection Connection (modified for ADEED)
• Local Hydrologic Cycle (modified for ADEED)

Grades 9-12 Important Concepts

• Rocks Rock! (modified for ADEED)
• Create a Rock Cycle
• Every Rock Has a Story (modified for ADEED)
• Visualizing Plate Movement (modified for ADEED)
• Interpreting Rock Layers (modified for ADEED)
• The Shaping of the Arctic (modified for ADEED)
• Acid Rain (modified for ADEED)
• Swept Away: My Gain, Your Loss (modified for ADEED)
• Traveling Carbon Cycle (modified for ADEED)
• Elder Insights: Connecting the Dots (modified for ADEED)
• Older than Blue Babe (modified for ADEED)
• Global Climate Change (modified for ADEED)
• Graphing Climate Change (modified for ADEED)
• Who Left Carbon Footprints in My Greenhouse?
  (modified for ADEED)

Also see Place-based Project Ideas.