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NGSS Alignment: EP&C4: There are no Permanent or Impermeable Boundaries that Prevent Matter from Flowing Between Systems
Follow the Carbon
Model the carbon cycle and its principal reservoirs and flow rates using rice.
Giant Lens
A lens creates an image that hangs in midair.
Glow Up
Different kinds of light can be used to study life.
Jacques Cousteau in Seashells
There’s more to seeing than meets the eye.
Melting Ice and Rising Seas
Investigate sea level rise with this model of continents and oceans.
Ocean Acidification in a Cup
A carbon dioxide–rich atmosphere changes the water beneath it.
Our Changing Atmosphere
Explore a famous environmental data set to learn about climate change.
Shell Shifts
See why ocean acidification is giving some marine organisms shell shock.
Swelling Seas
How does water volume change with temperature?