Teaching with Data, Simulations and Models

Today's geoscience education reaches beyond the traditional teaching tools such as rock samples and topographic maps. With the addition of computers in many geoscience classrooms and laboratories, faculty have unprecedented opportunity to create innovative learning experiences by bringing real-world data sets and models and simulations of geoscience processes into the classroom. This site provides resources to help faculty use these resources effectively and easily, by providing access to teaching materials, tips from the classroom and literature about the supporting pedagogy.

Recent Workshop: Teaching with New Geoscience Tools

This workshop was held in February, 2008 and showcased emerging applications for teaching geoscience.
See the workshop program, with links to PowerPoint presentations, plus teaching ideas and tools for teaching with data generated at the workshop.

Finding Data and Activities

• Directory of SERC teaching materials involving teaching with data sets, models and simulations
• Using Data in the Classroom Portal Tools and Data Sources collection
• Using Data in the Classroom Portal Activities collection
• Contribute Tools, Data Sources, and Activities to the collections

Other Resources

• NSDL Using Data in the Classroom Portal
• Teaching Geoscience with Visualizations and the related visualizations with datasets, visualization collections and activities using visualizations
• 2002 Using Global Data Sets to Teach Earth Processes Workshop
• 2003 Using Global Data Sets to Teach Earth Processes GSA Session
• 2003 Using Global Data Sets to Teach Earth Processes GSA session examples and presentations

Listserv

Join the discussion on the Teaching with Data Listserv or view the list archives.