EnViSci Network
Alignment to National Education Standards
Grades 3-6
Developed in partnership with TERC, an educational research and development organization!
Join a national network of student scientists as they collect, analyze, and share their environmental science data online! Students ask and answer important environmental science questions using discovery-based investigations and online research. EnViSci Network combines hands-on investigations with online inquiry. Each unit poses a central question that involves standards-based concepts and processes.
Take a Tour of the EnViSci Network
What’s the Weather?
Examine the water cycle
Observe cloud cover and precipitation
Measure humidity and air temperature
Investigate air pressure
Use the Beaufort scale to estimate wind strength
Is Our Rain Acid Rain?
Build and use rain collectors and gauges
Measure the pH of rain
Investigate the causes and effects of acid rain
Explore way to solve the acid rain problem
Is Our Tap Water Just Water?
Examine contamination of groundwater and surface water
Identify sources of tap water
Explore water treatment
Measure chlorine and nitrate levels in tap water
How Much Solar Energy Can we Collect?
Define solar energy
Build solar collectors
Measure temperature change in a solar collector
Explore uses of solar energy
Do We Throw Too Much Away?
Learn EPA categories of trash
Investigate the decay process
Collect data about trash generated in one day
Consider methods for reducing trash
