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Leaf Chromatography

Grade Level Grades 6-8
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Next Generation Science Standards
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Students begin lesson my watching a video on why leaves change color in the fall. They then read an article on how climate change could affect when trees change their leaves. Finally, they do a leaf chromatography to seperate the pigments of leaves of different colors. 

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Leaf_chromatography_MiniLab.pdf

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February 13, 2020
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Why Leaves Change in the Fall
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Develop and use a model to describe how unequal heating and rotation of the Earth cause patterns of atmospheric and oceanic circulation that determine regional climates.
Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals' probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
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