Weather and Climate There are 27 items.

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  Polar Bears Go With the Floes

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  In this "high-stakes" board game, everyone wins or everyone loses! 1279
  
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  How-to Video Teacher's Guide Provides classroom connections, key concepts, connections to science standards, and additional resources.

  Content Area 

  • Earth Science

  Age Group 

  • Family
  • Tweens (9-12)

  Time to Complete Activity 

  • 40 minutes to 1 hour

  Difficulty Level (by content) 

  • Medium
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  Flubber Flows

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  Children use Flubber to investigate how a solid can flow! They predict and model the properties of glaciers, view images of advancing glaciers, and create their own Flubber flow! 1075
  
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  How-to Video Teacher's Guide Provides classroom connections, key concepts, connections to science standards, and additional resources.

  Content Area 

  • Earth Science

  Age Group 

  • Family
  • Upper Elementary
  • Tweens (9-12)
  • Teens

  Time to Complete Activity 

  • 10-20 minutes

  Difficulty Level (by content) 

  • Medium
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  Can a Toaster Make Wind?

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  In this demo, patrons investigate the source of wind by using a toaster to heat air while they observe its effect on a small aluminum foil kite. 2081
  
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  How-to Video Teacher's Guide Provides classroom connections, key concepts, connections to science standards, and additional resources.

  Content Area 

  • Earth Science

  Age Group 

  • Family
  • Upper Elementary
  • Tweens (9-12)
  • Teens

  Time to Complete Activity 

  • Under 10 minutes

  Cost associated with Activity Materials 

  • $0 ("found" items)

  Difficulty Level (by content) 

  • Medium

  STEM Tools 

  • Required

  Additional Languages Available 

  • Español / Spanish
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  Clouds Above

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  Children observe Earth clouds and discover that there are different kinds of clouds at the upper, middle, and lower levels of our atmosphere. 1330
  
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  Teacher's Guide Provides classroom connections, key concepts, connections to science standards, and additional resources.

  Content Area 

  • Earth Science

  Age Group 

  • Family
  • Upper Elementary
  • Tweens (9-12)

  Time to Complete Activity 

  • 10-20 minutes
  • 20-40 minutes
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  Earth: Artistically Balanced

  Patrons depict the science behind Earth’s climate system as art, which may be created on a large scale and displayed at the library or made on a smaller scale to take home. 0
  
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  Teacher's Guide Provides classroom connections, key concepts, connections to science standards, and additional resources.

  Content Area 

  • Earth Science

  Age Group 

  • Teens
  • Adults

  Time to Complete Activity 

  • 1-2 hours
  • 2-4 hours
  • Long Duration (days to months)

  Difficulty Level (by content) 

  • Rocket Scientist
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  Investigating Monthly Temperatures and Precipitation

  Patrons explore weather data across seasons for local and global areas, and look for patterns in temperatures and precipitation across different seasons and locations over time 0
  
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  Age Group 

  • Family
  • Early Elementary
  • Upper Elementary

  Time to Complete Activity 

  • 20-40 minutes

  Cost associated with Activity Materials 

  • $0 ("found" items)

  Difficulty Level (by content) 

  • Easy
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  Earth's Ever-Changing Surface

  Patrons explore an interactive map of geological features in North America to learn about how geoscience phenomena has shaped, and continues to shape, Earth's surface 0
  
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  Age Group 

  • Family
  • Upper Elementary
  • Tweens (9-12)

  Time to Complete Activity 

  • 10-20 minutes
  • 20-40 minutes

  Cost associated with Activity Materials 

  • $0 ("found" items)

  Difficulty Level (by content) 

  • Easy
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  Seasons on Earth

  Patrons learn about the seasons, changes in climate, and the role of the Earth's tilted axis by studying satellite data and measuring shadows 0
  
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  Age Group 

  • Family
  • Upper Elementary
  • Tweens (9-12)
  • Teens

  Time to Complete Activity 

  • 40 minutes to 1 hour

  Difficulty Level (by content) 

  • Medium
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  Twirling in the Breeze

  Design a device that measures how fast the wind is blowing 0
  
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  Age Group 

  • Family
  • Upper Elementary
  • Tweens (9-12)

  Time to Complete Activity 

  • 40 minutes to 1 hour

  Cost associated with Activity Materials 

  • $5-$10

  Difficulty Level (by content) 

  • Easy
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  Puppet Power

  Build shadow puppets with moving parts and use them to tell a story 0
  
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  Age Group 

  • Family
  • Upper Elementary
  • Tweens (9-12)

  Time to Complete Activity 

  • 40 minutes to 1 hour

  Difficulty Level (by content) 

  • Easy
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  The Awesome Game Race

  Patrons explore the different elements of game design and create their own board game 0
  
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  Age Group 

  • Family
  • Upper Elementary
  • Tweens (9-12)

  Time to Complete Activity 

  • 1-2 hours

  Cost associated with Activity Materials 

  • $5-$10

  Difficulty Level (by content) 

  • Easy
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  Fastest Dresser

  Children race the clock to prepare for a given day’s weather! 0
  
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  Teacher's Guide Provides classroom connections, key concepts, connections to science standards, and additional resources.

  Content Area 

  • Earth Science

  Age Group 

  • Family
  • Upper Elementary

  Time to Complete Activity 

  • 10-20 minutes

  Difficulty Level (by content) 

  • Easy