The activities are as follows: Weeds in agricultural fields cost farmers $28 billion per year in just the United States alone. When fields are full of weeds the crops do not grow as well. Sometimes weeds even grow better than the crops in the same field. This may make you wonder, how do weeds grow so
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Can biochar improve crop yields?
The activities are as follows: Teacher Guide Student activity, Graph Type A, Level 3 Student activity, Graph Type B, Level 3 Student activity, Graph Type C, Level 3 PowerPoint of images Grading Rubric If you walk through the lush Amazon rainforest, the huge trees may be the first thing you see. But, did you know there
Tree-killing beetles
The activities are as follows: Teacher Guide Student activity, Graph Type A, Level 2 Student activity, Graph Type B, Level 2 Student activity, Graph Type C, Level 2 Grading Rubric A beetle the size of a grain of rice seems insignificant compared to a vast forest. However, during outbreaks the number of mountain pine beetles can
Are forests helping in the fight against climate change?
The activities are as follows: Teacher Guide Student activity, Graph Type A, Level 3 Student activity, Graph Type B, Level 3 Student activity, Graph Type C, Level 3 PowerPoint of images and diagrams Grading Rubric Digital Data Nugget on DataClassroom As humans drive cars and use electricity, we release carbon in the form of carbon dioxide
The case of the collapsing soil
The activities are as follows: Teacher Guide Student activity, Graph Type A, Level 4 Student activity, Graph Type B, Level 4 Student activity, Graph Type C, Level 4 PowerPoint of images Grading Rubric Digital Data Nugget on DataClassroom As winds blow through the large expanses of grass in the Florida Everglades, it looks like flowing water. This
Marsh makeover
The activities are as follows: Teacher Guide Student activity, Graph Type A, Level 3 Student activity, Graph Type B, Level 3 Student activity, Graph Type C, Level 3 Alternative Graphs Grading Rubric Salt marshes are diverse and productive ecosystems, and are found where the land meets the sea. They contain very unique plant species that are
Winter is coming! Can you handle the freeze?
The activities are as follows: Teacher Guide Student activity, Graph Type A, Level 4 Student activity, Graph Type B, Level 4 Student activity, Graph Type C, Level 4 Grading Rubric Doug is a biologist who studies plants from around the world. He often jokes that he chose to work with plants because he likes to take it
Keeping up with the sea level
The activities are as follows: Teacher Guide Student activity, Graph Type A, Level 3 Student activity, Graph Type B, Level 3 Student activity, Graph Type C, Level 3 Grading Rubric Salt marshes are ecosystems that occur along much of the coast of New England in the United States. Salt marshes are very important – they serve
What do trees know about rain?
The activities are as follows: Teacher Guide Student activity, Level 3 Grading Rubric An adapted version of the original scientific paper Excel spreadsheet of the full dataset for computer graphing exercises Did you know that Australia is the driest inhabited continent in the world? Because it is so dry, we need to be able to predict how
Is your salt marsh in the zone?
The activities are as follows: Teacher Guide Student activity, Graph Type A, Level 3 Student activity, Graph Type B, Level 3 Student activity, Graph Type C, Level 3 Grading Rubric Tides are the rise and fall of ocean water levels, and happen every day like clockwork. Gravity from the moon and sun drive the tides. There