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10.20.15

Invasion meltdown

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 Humans are changing the earth in many ways. First, by burning fossil fuels and adding greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere we are causing climate change, or

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6.29.15

Salmon in hot water

The activities are as follows: Teacher Guide Student activity, Level 4 Grading Rubric Pacific salmon are important members of freshwater and ocean food webs. Salmon transport nutrients from the ocean to freshwater habitats, and traces of these nutrients can be found in everything from trees to bears! Salmon also support sport and commercial fisheries, and are used

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3.20.15

Springing forward

The Reading Level 1 activities are as follows: Teacher Guide, Level 1 Student activity, Graph Type A, Level 1 Student activity, Graph Type B, Level 1 Student activity, Graph Type C, Level 1 Grading Rubric The Reading Level 3 activities are as follows: Teacher Guide, Level 3 Student activity, Graph Type A, Level 3 Student activity, Graph Type

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3.25.14

Coral bleaching and climate change

The activities are as follows: Teacher Guide Student activity, Graph Type A, Level 1 Student activity, Graph Type B, Level 1 Student activity, Graph Type C, Level 1 Grading Rubric Digital Data Nugget on DataClassroom Éste Data Nugget también está disponible en Español: Actividad para estudiantes, Tipo de gráfica A Actividad para estudiantes, Tipo de gráfica B

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1.10.14

The ground has gas!

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 If you dig through soil, you’ll notice that soil is not hard like a rock, but contains many air pockets between soil grains. These spaces in the

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