In this GIS-enhanced lab, students measure a topographic and geologic cross-section across …
In this GIS-enhanced lab, students measure a topographic and geologic cross-section across a floodplain by simple surveying and auguring techniques.
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This exercise looks at the dollar losses and deaths caused by flooding …
This exercise looks at the dollar losses and deaths caused by flooding in the US, and at the causes of, and relationships between the two trends.
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Students explore the geometric relationship between bedding/cleavage intersections and fold axes for …
Students explore the geometric relationship between bedding/cleavage intersections and fold axes for axial planar, fanning, and transecting cleavage.
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In this adaptation of a video that high school students created in …
In this adaptation of a video that high school students created in collaboration with the Environmental Justice League of Rhode Island, learn what's whack about our current food systems and the many actions individuals can take to address these issues.
SYNOPSIS: This lesson explores the complexities of food waste and its connection …
SYNOPSIS: This lesson explores the complexities of food waste and its connection to climate change.
SCIENTIST NOTES: This lesson illustrates the concept of food waste and food loss and provides initiatives to reduce food waste. This will not only help in improving food security but is a good alternative to drawdown greenhouse gas emissions from food waste. All materials have been fact-checked, and the lesson is credible for teaching.
POSITIVES: -This lesson includes a diverse set of perspectives, communities, and solutions. -Students are able to learn about the complexity of food waste from different contexts.
ADDITIONAL PREREQUISITES: -Students are likely to have different perspectives and emotions regarding food waste. It can be an overwhelming experience to learn about the severity of this problem. This lesson embeds questions to give students time and space to process these emotions and inequities. -The Big Waste video contains some statistics from 2012-2013, so some data may be outdated and obsolete.
DIFFERENTIATION: -Seeing the severity and inequities of food waste might cause feelings of anxiety, sadness, anger, despair, or surprise in some students. It is recommended for teachers to remind them that those feelings are normal and natural. Sharing those feelings with the class can help support students’ social-emotional learning. It is recommended to encourage students to share their honest reactions. -This exploration and these discussions might naturally lead into the “What can we do about it?” discussion.
This article provides science content knowledge about forces that shape the Earth's …
This article provides science content knowledge about forces that shape the Earth's surface: erosion by wind, water, and ice, volcanoes, earthquakes, and plate tectonics and how these forces affect Earth's polar regions.
In this classroom activity, middle school students simulate a "dinosaur dig." The …
In this classroom activity, middle school students simulate a "dinosaur dig." The activity opens with background information for teachers about fossils. Working in groups, students excavate fossil sites created in advance by the teacher, or other group of students, and try to reconstruct a chicken skeleton. The activity closes with a two-page student worksheet that directs students to diagram the fossil site and includes probing questions to help them decode their findings.
This activity is a printable one-page PDF handout, which focuses on dinosaur …
This activity is a printable one-page PDF handout, which focuses on dinosaur features. It includes an album of animal fashions in which students compare three dinosaur's frills with similar features found on animals alive today in order to determine their function and a "design your own dinosaur" challenge in which students create a dinosaur that has the features they'd like to see.
A diverse collection of lower Cretaceous (Albian) fossils is featured on this …
A diverse collection of lower Cretaceous (Albian) fossils is featured on this site. Fossil photos, illustrations and information about each suborder are provided for an array of fossil groups. Specific fossil groups include Ammonoidea, Bivalvia, Cephalopoda, Cnidaria (Corals), Echinodermata, Fish, Foraminifera, Gastropoda, Ostracoda, and Scaphopoda. Short discussions of United Kingdom geology, Albian stratigraphy, geologic time and fossil imaging techniques are also included.
This video is one of a series from the Switch Energy project. …
This video is one of a series from the Switch Energy project. It presents pros and cons of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. In this video, new fracking technologies are presented as more economical and environmentally safe.
In partnership with the National Science Digital Library and Apple, NCAR and …
In partnership with the National Science Digital Library and Apple, NCAR and UCAR offer podcasts that provide a brief and accessible overview on climate and climate change. These podcasts, short 5-8 minute videos you can download on your computer or iPod, are a part of the NSDL on iTunes U collection.
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module. Students examine the number of large earthquakes …
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module. Students examine the number of large earthquakes (magnitude 7 and above) per year for 1970-1999 and 1940-1999. QL: descriptors of a frequency distribution.
This video documents how scientists, using marine algae, can study climate change …
This video documents how scientists, using marine algae, can study climate change in the past to help understand potential effects of climate change in the future.
Students will use the available bathymetric datasets to test the utility of …
Students will use the available bathymetric datasets to test the utility of a flexural rigidity model of oceanic crust.
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This animated slideshow introduces biodiesel as a fuel alternative. With concern about …
This animated slideshow introduces biodiesel as a fuel alternative. With concern about the use of petroleum-based fuels at an all-time high, biodiesel is experiencing a popularity surge. And algaeâotherwise known to some as pond scumâ are grabbing headlines as the next potential biodiesel superstar. But how and why do algae make oil? And why do they make so much of it? In this audio slide show, U.C. Berkeley's Kris Niyogi describes the process and its potential.
This article describes the IGLO project and its involvement with local science …
This article describes the IGLO project and its involvement with local science centers and museums. Webcasts, online materials, and other resources are linked within the article.
This article presents some aspects of the societal and scientific challenges of …
This article presents some aspects of the societal and scientific challenges of sharing what is known about climate change by offering insights from Native Alaskans and Western scientists.
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