Raining on our Parade

Recognize and test how pH impacts the man-made and natural world. Raining on our Parade will help any young environmental scientist discover acid rain and ocean acidification, including the impact humans have in the occurrence of these two phenomena.

In this kit, students will test the pH of a variety of substances, corrode man-made and naturally occurring materials using mild acids, and model fossil fuel formation. Students will use these hands-on science experiments to delve into the phenomena of ocean acidification and acid rain.

Raining on our Parade comes with a full-color Student Workbook and Teacher Guide. This kit contains activities and information that focuses on the phenomenon of ocean acidification and acid rain.

As part of a special program from Home Science Tools, this Accelerate level kit will provide over 10 hours of learning, educating your student about ecological relationships and what that means for the environment.

In this kit, the student will partake in these fun activities:

1. View changes to naturally occurring and man-made structures.
2. Test the pH of substances all around them.
3. Discover how acids corrode marble structures.
4. Use pH to demonstrate the impact of acid rain and ocean acidification on our Earth.
5. Make a model of fossil fuel formation to diver deeper into the root causes of acid rain and ocean acidification.

Use Raining on our Parade to answer questions such as:

• What is ocean acidification?
• What is acid rain?
• How does ocean acidification and acid rain affect the Earth?
• What is the role of human behavior on environmental impact?

The Raining on our Parade earth science curriculum kit is a part of the Science Unlocked Accelerate series and is recommended for elementary and middle school students in grades 5-7.

Interested in learning more? Check out our Student Workbook Sample and Teacher Guide Sample!

This kit contains:

• 1 Pie Plate
• 1 Clay, Coarse Powder
• 3 Cups, 8 oz
• 2 Cups, 16 oz
• 2 Pairs of Gloves
• 1 Hydrochloric acid
• 3 Cup Lids
• 1 Marble Powder
• 1 Marker
• 1 Box of Paper Clips
• 1 Peat Moss
• 1 Bag of Pebbles
• 1 Pack of pH Papers
• 1 Pipet
• 1 PVC Pipe
• 1 Safety Glasses
• 1 Sand
• 2 Seashells
• 1 Vinegar
• 3 Zip-close Bags

On hand, you will want to have:

• Water

• Learning outcome: Test how pH affects the degradation of both the land and sea with living and non-living materials.
• NGSS science standards alignment

• 4-ESS3-1 Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from natural resources and that their uses affect the environment.
• 5-ESS3-1 Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.
• MS-ESS3-3 Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring and minimizing a human impact on the environment.
• MS-ESS3-4 Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.