Discover Earth
Grades 3-12
Take a new look at the water, weather, continents, currents, tsunamis, and hurricanes that make our Earth a dynamic system.
With an Aquarium educator as a guide, your students will explore beautiful visualizations on the Aquarium’s six-foot spherical display called Science on a Sphere. Discover the wonders of our instrumented earth and the information we can use to learn more about our planet.
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Supports Next Generation Science Standards:
- Performance Expectations
- HS-ESS2-4. Use a model to describe how variations in the flow of energy into and out of Earth’s systems result in changes in climate
- HS-ESS2-6. Develop a quantitative model to describe the cycling of carbon among the hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere, and biosphere
- HS-ESS3-5. Analyze geoscience data and the results from global climate models to make an evidence-based forecast of the current rate of global or regional climate change and associated future impacts to Earth’s systems.
- HS-ESS3-6. Use a computational representation to illustrate the relationships among Earth systems and how those relationships are being modified due to human activity.
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Science and Engineering Practices
- Asking Questions and Defining Problems
- Analyzing and Interpreting Data
- Engaging in Argument from Evidence
- Cross Cutting Concepts
- Analyzing and Interpreting Data
- Cause and Effect