Introduction to the Atmosphere: Activity List

Click on the activity titles to access the teachers' guides. Click on the student guides to access the related student materials. When you're finished with the activities, either click on Background Material (above) if you want to review the material again, or click on another unit (for example, Introduction to Climate) to switch units.

Introduction to the Atmosphere Activities		Grade Level	Time
1.	The Goldilocks Principle: A Model of Atmospheric Gases Student Guide	6 to 9	Introduction: 30 minutes Student model-building: 30 minutes Discussion/assessment: 30 minutes
2.	How High Does the Atmosphere Go?	6 to 9	Part 1: 30 minutes Part 2: 15 minutes to set up the model
3.	It's Just a Phase: Water as a Solid, Liquid, and Gas	6 to 9	Introduction: 20 minutes Student model building: 30 minutes Discussion: 15 minutes
4.	The Water Cycle Student Guide	6 to 9	Introduction: 30 minutes Activity as demonstration: 30 minutes Activity as group project: 45 minutes Discussion: 20 minutes
5.	Atmospheric Processes - Radiation Student Guide	5 to 9	Introduction: 10 minutes Student activity: 40 minutes Discussion/evaluation: 20 minutes
6.	Atmospheric Processes - Conduction	5 to 7	30 minutes
7.	Atmospheric Processes - Convection Student Guide	5 to 9	Part 1 Introduction: 15 minutes Student activity: 30 minutes Part 2 Instructions: 10 minutes Student activity: 20 minutes