Liberty Science Center Elementary Grades:

 

Challenges of the Earth

 

Grade Level: 6th grade general science

Learning Objective: Students will be able to investigate different challenges of the Earth processes.

Materials: Students should have a pen, paper, a handout sheet , and a science textbook.

Do Now:  Research information on waves and energy.

Motivation: How are the two related?  Use a double bubble map.

Presentation:  Place students into groups of five.  Each group will investigate each challenge.  Follow the directions at the challenge areas; observe everything and record what happened.

Challenges:

§       Convection Current

§       Ocean Renewables

§       Geothermal Station

§       Resonance Tube

§       Pipelines for Light

§       Torsional Wave

Guided Practice:

The students will reconvene back at the school to share the information they have gathered.  They will ask each other questions on why they believe the activity went the way it did.

Homework:

Do a report on one of the topic challenges.

 

 



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