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From Salt Lake City toSingapore... Products of UtahTravel Worldwide

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine the products of Utah. In this economics lesson, 7th graders investigate the products grown and processed in Utah today and historically. Students explore the impact of the railroad on Utah's economy.
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Great Salt Lake

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders make an ecosystem that brine shrimp can live in and take data as to what level of salinity the water is, how cold it is, and other data that students may think is important. They also hypothesize and predict the outcomes...
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A SALT WATER-Y WORLD

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers observe a model of the distribution of the earth's water and compare the relative volumes and percentages of types of water on earth.
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Conductivity of salt Solutions

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students investigate the concentration level of solutions. For this math/science lesson, students identify three different ionic compounds. They predict the conductivity of each using their collected data.
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Using Dissolving to Identify an Unknown

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
There is a solvent called aqua regis that can dissolve gold! After observing a solubility demonstration, groups receive four known crystals and one unknown. Based on the demo, they design an experiment to determine the identity of the...
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The Coastal Ocean: Estuaries and Continental Shelves

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Amazing high-quality satellite imagery, photos, informational graphs, and detailed diagrams comprise this presentation on the movement of estuaries and the continental shelf. Data used as an example is from The Chesapeake Bay and because...
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Determination of Water Hardness

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students investigate water hardness. In this water hardness lesson plan, students determine the water hardness in 4 samples of water after buffering each. By using titration and an indicator, students can determine the amount of calcium...
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Rainfall and Water Table

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Through inquiry, experimentation, and observation, young scientists see how an increase in rainfall under climate change can affect the water table and soil salinity underground. Young scientists build models that represent the...
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Ice Cream Culture

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students discuss the freezing point of water. They make their own ice cream using ice and salt mixtures.
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Example of Convection

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Compare the density of different salt solutions and then observe currents that are caused by the difference. Set up a demonstration of dynamic equilibrium. The intent with these activities is to begin building understanding of density...
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Celery Lab

For Students 5th - 10th
How do sugar and salt affect celery's mass, width, and flexibility? Using simple household ingredients, young scientists will perform a controlled experiment to find out. The lab is scaffolded through a worksheet, but there are no other...
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How To Grow Red Seaweed

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore ocean biology by participating in a plant growing activity. In this seaweed lesson, students identify the importance and uses of seaweed in the ocean and examine different seaweed samples. Learners utilize an aquarium,...
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They Cost Peanuts

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Save pennies on your peanuts. Scholars first examine a picture of a supermarket display showing salted peanuts sold by the pound and by the bag. They apply the idea of unit rate to determine which is cheaper.
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Berries...With a Side of DNA? (High School)

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Is DNA still present after picking fruit or cooking vegetables? Biology scholars extract and collect DNA strands in an impactful lab. Working groups prepare their samples and compare their results to negative and positive standard...
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Cancer Warrior

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students perform an experiment to determine how different salt concentrations affect the liver's ability to break down toxic hydrogen peroxide. They record and average their data which is then graphed.
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Geography of the Wasatch Front

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners examine and discuss urban geography and land-cover types along the Wasatch Front. They analyze thermal images, create collages, and predict surface and air temperatures from aerial photos in the Salt Lake City Valley.
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Frozen Water Before? I'm Sure You Have; But I Bed You've Never Frozen Salt Water! Water!!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine what happens to salt water when it freezes. In groups, they measure density and salt concentrations in different samples of water and record its freezing time. They discuss the relationship between water density and...
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SLC ordinances from the 1860's get students involved in

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders discuss Salt Lake City ordinances from the early 1860's, which leads to drafting ordinances to present to local government.
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Making a Region Map of a State

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create salt maps of a state and indicate its regions. They include topographical elements including mountains, valleys, lowlands and major water bodies and a compass rose.
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Why Is The Sea Salty?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students observe how salt concentration increases in water and how salt remains after water evaporates. In this salty sea lesson plan, student use rock salt, water, containers, and strainers to observe that salt increases each time new...
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Ice Energy

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students study the concept of ice energy. In this ice energy lesson, students observe what happens when salt is sprinkled on a piece of ice before following a recipe to make two types of ice cream. They note the difference in the two...
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We All Scream for Ice Cream

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars investigate the freezing point depression of water while making ice cream. In this colligative properties lesson plan, students make ice cream using ice, salt and water to freeze milk and sugar. They measure the...
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Olympic Obstacle Course

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the obstacles that Salt Lake City must overcome to host a successful Olympics in 2002. They draft proposals for their own city and/or state to host future Olympic Games.
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EASY (AND CHEAP) CRYSTAL GROWING

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students grow salt crystals by making a saturated solution of table salt and let the solution sit around and evaporate.

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