Ranchers are participating in a pilot project to improve carbon storage and reduce net greenhouse gas emissions. After quantifying their baseline emissions and carbon storage, they implement conservation practices that may let them tap into revenue from voluntary carbon markets.

Student facing Nearpod lessons for the SEEdStoryLines. Students will design solutions that function to reduce the use of water.
Following are the website links included in the Nearpod, in case they don't load properly for you:
https://www.epa.gov/watersense/watersense-kids#tab-2
https://www.epa.gov/watersense/showerheads (select the water savings tab)
https://www.epa.gov/watersense/residential-toilets (select the water savings tab)
https://www.epa.gov/watersense/bathroom-faucets (select the water savings tab)

It's war in many ecosystems around the world as invasive and native species battle for primacy. Facing the increased exchange of ship ballast water among worldwide ports, biologists are grappling with a rate and scale of alien takeovers unprecedented in history. In this Bio Bulletin, see the mussels and crayfish that are stressing the vast freshwater network of the Great Lakes region, and learn what researchers are doing to give native populations a leg up.

Students will watch clips from CNN's Soundtracks to identify historic details of NASA's Apollo program. Students will then identify poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron's critical view of the Apollo program through his song, "Whitey On The Moon" and participate in a structured academic controversy activity to debate the controversy of the program.

This is a computer science lesson plan that utilizes Sphero robots. I was created by educators in the South Sanpete School District. Students will be able to program their sphero to travel through a maze. The lesson is designed for fourth grade and includes modifications for grades 1-5.

In this engineering unit, students are developing background knowledge on heat, heat transfer and conservation. While this unit can be a stand-alone exercise, it has been designed to provide a way for students to gather data and derive evidence-based conclusions to help them choose the best materials to use in a science class solar cooker project. Students build cardboard houses to explore the movement and conservation of heat energy. A heat source is placed inside the house and students use vernier temperature probes and graphing software to gather and tabulate temperature data. Each house is standard, so that the students understand that we are all gathering data in a consistent way.
Students must calculate percentage of wall space given to doors and windows. Students will compare data from team to team, examining heat loss as recorded by temperature differences as a function of window and door areas. Students will cover doors and windows with various materials, examining different insulating qualities. Students will examine the effect on temperature of different colors of wall surface on the interior of the house. After gathering data, students will work to draw conclusions from the gathering of data. Students will construct charts and tables to tabulate data by hand, then will transfer data to Excel spreadsheets if technology is available.

Jen Jones from Quest Academy K-9 Charter School -- a NASA Solar System Ambassador and Space Foundations Teacher Liaison Officer -- presents to virtual attendees about NASA resources for the classroom at the 2021 Utah Coalition for Educational Technology Conference.
SPACE NERD TEACHERS UNITE! Crewed missions to the Moon are right around the corner, Percy (Perseverance) the rover on Mars, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built shipped out of Utah headed for Kennedy Space Center, and NASA is igniting young minds like never before. Teachers will learn how to get free resources from NASA for use in the classroom (both digital and physical). Lesson plans, stickers, posters, STEM activities, contests. You will even learn how to borrow LUNAR SAMPLES your students can view up close. Win a free STEM assembly for your school (virtual or in-person as rules permit). Learn how your student's projects can be displayed on an international website to be viewed by students around the world. Attendees will also have first priority for future PD presented by a NASA representative coming to Northern Utah this spring. ALL SUBJECT AREAS (K-12) invited!

On this episode of UEN PDTV, coding extends to elementary schools in Juab County. Michael talks to Heather Westring, a computer lab tech, and Krystle Bassett, innovation specialist, who have both seen how early exposure to coding has helped students become independent and engaged at all levels.

On this episode of UEN PDTV, Michael travels up to North Logan to visit a computer science class at Green Canyon High School. Alison Ence, a computer science teacher, is learning with her students about the vast capabilities of virtual and augmented reality. Her students are not only using VR in the classroom, but coding VR in the classroom. We find out that limitations don’t exist in this field beyond the scope of your own imagination.

Students will look at maps of energy sources in Utah and compare it to the geography and population centers in Utah to explain where new sites should be proposed.

A walk through Utah's Online Library focusing on the tools available for preschool and elementary students in the state of Utah.