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Activity Name Lesson Topic & FL Standards 1. Identify inquiry questions 2. Design investigations 3. Use tools and techniques 4. Analyze and describe data 5. Explain results and draw conclusions 6. Recognize alternatives 7. Communicate procedures and results
An Investigative Look at Florida's Sinkholes Florida Landforms
SC.6.E.6.2
1.2         6.2 7.1, 7.2
Atmospheric Layers Layers of the Atmosphere
SC.6.N.3.4 & SC.6.E.7.9
1.3   3.3, 3.4, 4.5, 3.7 4.2, 4.3, 4.5 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.9    
Carbon and Climate Carbon Cycle & Human Impact
SC.8.L.18.3 & SC.7.E.6.6
1.3   3.1 4.2, 4.4 5.8   7.3
Edible Plate Tectonics Plate Boundaries and Land Formations
SC.7.E.6.5
    3.3, 3.6, 3.7 4.1 5.2, 5.8   7.3  
Expanding the Universe Distances in Space, Big Bang Theory
SC.8.E.5.1 & SC.8.N.3.2
1.1, 1.3 2.1, 2.2, 2.5 3.1, 3.2, 3.5, 3.7 4.2, 4.3 5.2, 5.8   7.2, 7.3, 7.4
Fluid Streams Affecting Weather Jet Streams, Ocean Currents, Weather
SC.6.N.1.1
SC.6.E.7.3
1.3 2.1 3.1, 3.3, 3.6, 3.7 4.2, 4.3 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.9 6.1, 6.2 7.1, 7.2
It's Not all Visible Electromagnetic Radiation
SC.8.N.3.1
SC.8.E.5.11
    3.3, 3.4, 3.6 4.2 5.2, 5.7, 5.8   7.3  
Journey Through the Spheres of the Earth Earth's Spheres
SC.6.N.3.4
SC.6.E.7.4
1.3   3.3, 3.5, 3.7 4.2     7.3
Layers and Laws: The Law of Superposition and Index Fossils Superposition & Index Fossils
SC.7.E.6.3
    3.4, 3.6   5.3    
Let's Get Moving Weathering & Erosion
SC.7.E.6.2
1.3   3.1, 3.7 4.2 5.2, 5.8   7.2, 7.5
Phases of the Moon Earth, Sun, Moon - Moon Phases
SC.8.E.5.9
    3.3 4.3 5.2, 5.9 6.2 7.2, 7.3
Rocks Makin' Rocks: Rock Cycle Simulation Rock Cycle
SC.7.E.6.2
1.3   3.1, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 4.2, 4.3 5.2, 5.3, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9 6.2 7.2, 7.3
Temperature of Inner Planets Characteristics of Planets
SC.8.E.5.7
  2.2 3.1, 3.2, 3.2, 3.3, 3.7   5.3, 5.8   7.3
The Impact of the Sun and Moon on Tides Earth, Sun, Moon - Tides
SC.8.E.5.9
1.3     4.1, 4.3 5.2, 5.3, 5.5, 5.8    
Time Travelers: Measuring the Age of the Earth Absolute vs Relative Dating
SC.7.E.6.3
  2.5, 2.6 3.1, 3.5 4.2, 4.4 5.2, 5.3, 5.7, 5.8 6.1 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.5