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The following charts list all the activities, by division (grade level), for the Everest 2000 Education program developed by Science Alberta Foundation.

Full activity descriptions are available for Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3 and Phase 4. Phase 5 consists of wrapping up and reviewing activities.

Phase and Theme

Division I
(grades K-3)

Division II
(grades 4-6)

Division III
(grades 7-9)

Division IV
(grades 10-12)

Phase 1
Tele- collaborative Project

Getting to Know You - Part One

Getting to Know You - Part One

Getting to Know You - Part One

Getting to Know You - Part One

Phase 1

Goal Setting & Decision Making

Heroes: Goal Setting for Success

* Also, see Training for Everest in Energy & the Human Body

Heroes: Goal Setting for Success

*Also, see Training for Everest in Energy & the Human Body

Heroes: Goal Setting for Success

*Also, see Training for Everest in Energy & the Human Body

Heroes: Goal Setting for Success

*Also, see Training for Everest in Energy & the Human Body

Phase 1

Energy & the Environment

Who Needs a Compass?

Discovering the 'Law of Magnets'

Why Does a Compass Always Point North?

Challenge: Make a Compass

Electricity in Our Daily Lives

Finding Electrolytes

Make your own Voltaic Pile

Construct a Galvonometer

Calibrate the Galvonometer

Make a Generator

Variables Affecting the Generation of Current

Construct a Galvonometer

Calibrate the Galvonometer

Make a Generator

Variables Affecting the Generation of Current

Phase 1

Energy & the Human Body

Training for Everest

Training for Everest

Training for Everest

Training for Everest

Phase and Theme	Division I (grades K-3)	Division II (grades 4-6)	Division III (grades 7-9)	Division IV (grades 10-12)
Phase 2 Goal Setting & Decision Making	Read Your Way to Everest	Read Your Way to Everest	Read Your Way to Everest	Read Your Way to Everest
Phase 2 Energy & the Environment	Focusing Concept: Following Directions Going in Circles Just Go North! Follow the Leader Following a Simple Map	Focusing Concept: Electrical Current Lemon Battery Electroplating Planting Batteries	Focusing Concept: Build a Headlamp Building a Circuit for Your Headlamp Designing a Unique Switch Making a Headlamp Adjustable	Focusing Concept: Build a Headlamp Building a Circuit for Your Headlamp Designing a Unique Switch Making a Headlamp Adjustable
Phase 2 Energy & the Human Body	Focusing Concept: Maintaining Body Temperature at High Altitude Measuring Water Content of Food Challenge: Construct a Tent	Focusing Concept: Maintaining Body Temperature at High Altitude Body Temperature and Exercise Challenge: Construct a Tent	Focusing Concept: Maintaining Body Temperature at High Altitude Food and Energy Challenge: Construct a Tent	Focusing Concept: Maintaining Body Temperature at High Altitude Cellular Respiration and Carbon Dioxide Challenge: Construct a Tent
Phase 2 Energy & the Human Body	Training for Everest continued	Training for Everest continued	Training for Everest continued	Training for Everest continued

Phase and Theme	Division I (grades K-3)	Division II (grades 4-6)	Division III (grades 7-9)	Division IV (grades 10-12)
Phase 3 Tele- collaborative Project	Getting to Know You - Part Two	Getting to Know You - Part Two	Getting to Know You - Part Two	Getting to Know You - Part Two
Phase 3 Goal Setting & Decision Making	Read Your Way to Everest Part 2 Also, see the Stairway to Everest in Energy & the Human Body, Phase 3 Decision Making Model: What would you do?	Read Your Way to Everest Part 2 Also, see the Stairway to Everest in Energy & the Human Body, Phase 3 Decision Making Model: What would you do?	Read Your Way to Everest Part 2 Also, see the Stairway to Everest in Energy & the Human Body, Phase 3 Decision Making Model: What would you do?	Read Your Way to Everest Part 2 Also, see the Stairway to Everest in Energy & the Human Body, Phase 3 Decision Making Model: What would you do?
Phase 3 Energy & the Environment	Focusing Concept: Converting electrical energy into light energy. Light a Bulb An Effective Switch Electrical Circuits	Focusing Concept: Building an energy source for a Headlamp Challenge: To design an environmentally friendly battery.	Focusing Concept: Building a Headlamp Challenge: To design a headlamp, using an incandescent light bulb, that includes a circuit, switch, and adjustable light beam.	Focusing Concept: Building a Headlamp Challenges: To design a headlamp, using an incandescent light bulb, that includes a circuit, switch, and adjustable light beam. To measure the current required to operate the headlamp.
Phase 3 Energy & the Human Body	Circulatory System and High Altitude The heart as a pump Weather Activities: Measuring and Monitoring Weather Challenge: Stairway to Everest	Circulatory System and High Altitude The heart Weather Activities: Measuring and Monitoring Weather Challenge: Stairway to Everest	Circulatory System and High Altitude The heart and blood pressure Weather Activities: Measuring and Monitoring Weather Challenge: Stairway to Everest	Circulatory System and High Altitude Blood and oxygen levels Weather Activities: Measuring and Monitoring Weather Challenge: Stairway to Everest

Phase and Theme	Division I (grades K-3)	Division II (grades 4-6)	Division III (grades 7-9)	Division IV (grades 10-12)
Phase 4 Goal Setting & Decision Making	Read your Way to Everest Everest Advice Column: Decision Making with Weather	Read your Way to Everest Everest Advice Column: Decision Making with Weather	Read your Way to Everest Everest Advice Column: Decision Making with Weather	Read your Way to Everest Everest Advice Column: Decision Making with Weather
Phase 4 Energy & the Environment	Challenge: To wire a model house.	Focusing Concept: Building a headlamp Resistors Series and parallel circuits Light Emitting Diodes Challenge: To design a headlamp using 4 LEDs as a light source.	Focusing Concept: Building a headlamp Resistors Series and parallel circuits Light Emitting Diodes Challenge: To design a headlamp using 4LEDs as a light source and compare to light produced by the headlamp with an incandescent light bulb.	Focusing Concept: Build a Table lamp Resistors Challenge: Design a table lamp using white LEDs as the light source.
Phase 4 Energy & the Human Body	Respiratory System and High Altitude: Breathing Rate and Exercise Measuring and Monitoring Weather Stairway to Everest	Respiratory System and High Altitude: Breathing and Carbon Dioxide Measuring and Monitoring Weather Stairway to Everest	Respiratory System and High Altitude: Lungs and Breathing Measuring and Monitoring Weather Stairway to Everest	Respiratory System and High Altitude: Milk Jug Spirometer Pulse Oximeter and High Altitude Sickness Measuring and Monitoring Weather Stairway to Everest

Phase and Theme	Division I (grades K-3)	Division II (grades 4-6)	Division III (grades 7-9)	Division IV (grades 10-12)
Phase 5	Wrap up and review	Wrap up and review	Wrap up and review	Wrap up and review

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