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A Funny Taste
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In this activity, learners explore the different salinities of various sources of water by taste-testing.
How Much Water is in that Cloud?
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In this activity, learners working in pairs saturate a cotton ball using water drops from an eyedropper to demonstrate the high water capacity of clouds.
Sizing Up Hail
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In this activity, learners will estimate the sizes of balls to learn how to estimate the size of hail. Learners will compare their estimates to the estimates of their peers and the real measurements.
All Tangled Up
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In this activity on page 60, learners examine and simulate wildlife entanglement by experiencing what it might be like to be a marine animal trapped in debris.
The Shadow Knows II
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In this activity, learners will measure the length of a shadow and use the distance from the equator to calculate the circumference of the earth.
Melts in Your Bag, Not in Your Hand
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In this activity, learners use chocolate to explore how the Sun transfers heat to the Earth through radiation.
Moonlight Serenade
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In this activity, learners act as the Earth and observe how different angles between the Sun, Earth, and Moon affect the phases of the moon we see each month.
The Rain Man
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In this activity, learners observe the hydrologic cycle in action as water evaporates and condenses to form rain right before their eyes.
If Anyone Can, Icon
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In this activity, learners create their own icons for a forecast-at-a-glance poster for their classroom/learning space.
Water, Water Everywhere
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In this activity, learners estimate how much water they think can be found in various locations on the Earth in all its states (solid, liquid, and gas) to discover the different water ratios in the Ea