Students will observe simple plants, develop an investigable question, and form an investigation. They will document their investigation in their science notebooks.

In this activity students investigate soil pH differences and buffering capacity as it relates to acid rain, interpret and present their findings, and develop a new, experimental question.

This activity is a classroom quick lab where students explore sand, soil, and water in relation to absorption and permeability.

This activity is a guided inquiry investigation where students gather data on which soil is the best for growing plants. Student will interpret their data, and develop a conclusion from the data. The student will determine which type of soil they would like to use in the next activity of making their own terrariums. The data collected could lead to further questions, which can be investigated in some extension activities.

This guided inquiry is a laboratory investigation on soil textures where students gather and analyze data, compare findings and develop new experimental questions.

This activity is a guided exploration of how static electricity works and how it relates to lightning.

This is a interdisciplinary field investigation where students form observations and gather data to estimate stream discharge.

Students will record the temperature daily, using a bar graph, color coded bars. this monthly bar graph helps students understand phenology and interpreting graphs.

This is a hands on activity for creating and observing a cloud in a bottle.

This activity is a field investigation where students will observe the topography of Big Stone Lake and generate questions about the history of this area.

In activity is a Biology field lab where students will investigate the relative health of an aquatic system based on bioindicators. Students will then summarize and reflect upon their findings.

This activity is a classroom activity where students will create a collage of pictures based upon precipitation/water during each season.

This activity is a classroom investigation of wolf behavior where students use observational evidence to identify and describe wolf pack structure.

This observational inquiry activity involving careful descriptions of rocks and fossil including age will be used to create a scalar accurate geologic time scale. Students will observe and learn that the geologic time scale was created based on changes in fossil, rock, and atmospheric changes.

In this investigation, students gather biotic and abiotic data and samples in the field, develop an experiment to test another abiotic factor in the lab, synthesize group data, interpret their findings and make a claim on the health of the wetland ecosystem.

This activity is a field investigation where students make observations in the Minnesota River valley, discuss their findings amongst other student groups, and describe how those observations fit with the general geology of Minnesota.

Students will make observations of weathering on different rock types in a cemetery. Students will also make observations of rock types of the Minneopa Falls.

This activity is a lab inquiry-base lesson on the rock cycle. Students will look at the parts of the rock cycle by examining three rocks. Based on their observations and data they collect they should be able to develop a hypothesis and an experiment to test this hypothesis.

This activity is a quantative writing activity where students will use writing and illustrations to show their knowledge of the basic rock cycle.

This activity is an outdoor lab in which students investigate the process of evaporation, record their findings, and use the data to make connections to the environment around them.