Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawai'i at Manoa

Hawai'i Space Grant Consortium

Exploring Planets in the Classroom
Hands-on Activities

Describing Soils
To describe, sort, and define soils on Earth.

Porosity
To measure the amount of water stored in the pore space of a soil sample.

Running Water and Random Numbers: Teacher pages - and - Student pages
To model the development of drainage basins by using random rolls of a number cube.

Stream Table
To observe the ability of a stream to erode, transport, and deposit materials.

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Communications: Linda Martel