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Welcome! On this page you will find programming, activities, and resources related to formal and informal education. Browse recent work on curricular materials: #education, and subscribe to get updates on education

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Gulf Region: Community-based Citizen Science Projects

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Activities

Here are some different activities particularly suited for use in the classroom:

Purpose Category Status Author Time Difficulty Replications
Flame testing metal salts observe - @kgradow1 3h medium 0 replications: Try it »
Assembling the Public Lab Lego Spectrometer - - @warren - - 1 replications: Try it »
DIY Science Lesson with the Coqui - - @pdhixenbaugh - - 0 replications: Try it »
Tracking Plant Health Using Visible and Infrared Light -- Initial Experiences at an Arts High School - - @Travis - - 0 replications: Try it »
Building miniature kites at a family science night build - @SuziT9 - - 0 replications: Try it »
Prototyping a kite for kids build - @oscarbrett 3h easy 0 replications: Try it »
Using the Spectroscope for Analysis of Concentration (Beer's Law) test-limits - @straylight 3h medium 0 replications: Try it »
Scan and compare different gases (in discharge tubes, like neon) using a DIY spectrometer - - @warren - - 27 replications: Try it »
How to measure the pH of a solution with a purple cabbage? Its relation to water quality - - @alejobonifacio - - 0 replications: Try it »
Bean Cam observe - @cfastie 1d medium 0 replications: Try it »
Lycopene - - @cfastie - - 0 replications: Try it »
Aerial Mapping Projects in Environmental Science at The Thacher School - - @thacherenvisci - - 0 replications: Try it »
Water Quality Testing At Turkey Creek - - @Delaney - - 0 replications: Try it »
Hand-crank powered flashlights - - @pazb - - 0 replications: Try it »
Spectrometer with Test Tube Holder (Grade 7 Science Fair) - - @RoRo - - 0 replications: Try it »
Building Miniature Kites - - @mimiss - - 0 replications: Try it »
AIR-QUALITY & BALLOON LAUNCH: SUMMER 2019 QUEENSBRIDGE TECH LAB COMMUNITY SCIENCE PROJECT - - @SadiePrego - - 0 replications: Try it »
Workshop VIII: What will we do to conduct our study? - - @mimiss - - 0 replications: Try it »
See the Fraunhofer absorption lines in sunlight verify draft @warren 1h easy 4 replications: Try it »
Introduction to Spectrometry (& Building a Spectrometer!) Lesson - - @mimiss - - 0 replications: Try it »
How do communities respond to environmental problems? (Lesson Plan) - - @mimiss - - 0 replications: Try it »
Workshop III: How Have Other Communities Tackled This Problem? - - @mimiss - - 0 replications: Try it »
Workshop V: How do we study an environmental issue? - - @mimiss - - 0 replications: Try it »
Workshop VII: How will we study our environmental problem? - - @mimiss - - 0 replications: Try it »
Creating a Box Plot to Identify Potential Outliers Using CODAP - - @mimiss - - 0 replications: Try it »
Workshop XI: How can we affect change? - - @mimiss - - 0 replications: Try it »
Choosing an Environmental Monitoring Method - - @stevie - - 0 replications: Try it »
BabyLegs in the classroom - - @maxliboiron - - 0 replications: Try it »
Workshop II: What Factors Influence Our Environmental Problem? - - @mimiss - - 0 replications: Try it »
Testing Different Types of Water for Microplastics - - @badgirlsclub - - 0 replications: Try it »
Workshop IV: What do we know, and what do we want to learn? - - @mimiss - - 0 replications: Try it »
Testing The PH of Soil using different liquids - - @Nature_babes - - 0 replications: Try it »
Workshop VI: How can an environmental study effect change? - - @mimiss - - 0 replications: Try it »

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