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Activities Across the Earth System Workshops at the 2010 NSTA Regional Conferences

• Thursday, Oct. 28 in Kansas City
• Thursday, Nov. 11 in Baltimore
• Friday, Dec. 3 in Nashville

Windows to the Universe staff presented a workshop titled "Activities from Across the Earth System" at each of the three NSTA Regional Conferences in Kansas City, Baltimore, and Nashville during the fall of 2010. The main elements of this workshop were:

1. a series of hands-on activities related to earth system topics, and
2. a presentation about Earth System Science.

This page provides links to write-ups of the hands-on activities and links to the Power Point presentation displayed during the workshop.

List of Hands-on Activities

Write-ups of the hands-on activities conducted at the workshop can be found at the links below:

• Exploring Density with Salt and Fresh Water: Par 5 (in Spanish)
• Making Oxygen (in Spanish)
• The Magnetometer (in Spanish) and Extensions (in Spanish)
• Adaptation Investigations (in Spanish)
• Terrabagga (in Spanish)

List of PowerPoint Presentations

• Presentation from Kansas City (slideshow) Members download Powerpoint presentation
• Presentation from Baltimore
• Presentation from Nashville

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