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Great Lakes Activities, Great Lakes Facts, Great Lakes for Kids

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How can you teach Great Lakes facts? Try a short, collaborative research project. First, put kids in groups of five. Second, ask each student to investigate one lake. Third, combine…

Great Lakes Geography Activities for Kids in the Midwest Region

July 11, 2021

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Teach Great Lakes geography with maps of the region. Kids will label the lakes, as well as surrounding states, provinces, and cities. They’ll learn to spell them too! (more…)

Water Science Experiments and Activities for Upper Elementary

July 4, 2021

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Water science experiments engage students in hydrology. For some fun, educational activities, let kids explore the hydrosphere, properties of water, the water cycle, waves, currents, and nutrient pollution. (more…)

What Is Eutrophication? | Water Pollution Activity for Kids

June 27, 2021

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Eutrophication is water pollution caused by excess nutrients. For example, water in the Great Lakes is cool and clear. In other words, few biological materials (such as algae) lived there.…

Teaching About Ocean Waves | Water Activities for Kids

June 13, 2021

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How can you teach ocean waves to your third, fourth, or fifth grade students? First, view some videos. Second, study some diagrams. Third, conduct a STEM activity. In it, kids…

Teaching the Water Cycle – Evaporation, Precipitation, Condensation

June 6, 2021

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Teaching the water cycle is easy. Just use a solid learning cycle – instruction and inquiry, practice, and assessment. Your students will love the baggie project. You’ll love their mastery…

Teaching Properties of Water | Fun Science Activities for Kids

May 30, 2021

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Properties of water are fun to teach. A few simple activities can drive home important science concepts like evaporation, cohesion, adhesion, water as a solvent, and capillary action. Read on…

Hydrosphere Teaching Ideas | Water Activities for Kids

May 23, 2021

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Introduce the hydrosphere with three types of interdisciplinary activities. First, ask kids to read about the hydrosphere and answer questions. Second, have them create pie graphs to show how water…

Teaching Slow Changes to Earth’s Surface | Geology Activities for Kids

April 18, 2021

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