Lockbox Activities for the Classroom
Elements of the Earth & Sky
- The unit: Word file, PDF file
- The word search: Excel file, PDF file
Weather and Climate
- Video overview of Weather and Climate lockbox activity
- The unit as a Google Doc (revised 2020)
- The word search, crossword, and answers as a Google Sheet
- The Graph Match (UCAR) PDF
Periodic Table
Created for middle school science walking students through atoms, emission spectra, atomic mass, isotopes, patterns on the periodic table, and balancing equations.
Story: We have crash-landed on the alien planet Boiler Thrace 150. Our only hope to make it back to planet Earth is to complete a series of challenges and deliver the final code to your teacher. Your teacher will use the code you’ll receive when you complete Challenge 5 to launch the spacecraft so we can return home. Good luck!
- Video presentation providing background and overview of this activity
- TEACHERS: Request your copy of the Lockbox User Guide and Answer KEY
- Teachers should create and share a copy of each challenge with students (link available on Lockbox User Guide).
- Periodic Table Lockbox - Notes
- Periodic Table Lockbox - Student Instructions
Gateway to the Stars
This is a middle school math and science lockbox activity.
Story:
In a secret location somewhere around Cairo, a paleontologist and anthropologist discovered an artifact that predates human civilization. You have been assigned to this top-secret government project and everything contained in these files is highly classified.
Physicists have discovered this artifact is actually a series of THREE gates that will transport people and items beyond our Milky Way galaxy. Your team is tasked with finding a planet within these other galaxies that is suitable for both research and human survival.
- Workshop presentation video of the activity
- TEACHERS: Request your copy of the Lockbox User Guide and Answer KEY
- Teachers should create and share a copy of the Gateway Mission Google Form with students (link available on Lockbox User Guide).
- Student copy for Constellation Jamboard
- Student copy for Geologic Time Scale
- Student copy for Planetary Air Masses Jamboard
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