How to Teach With Google Earth part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with Google Earth
Jump down to: How Educators are Using Google Earth | Thoughts on Using Google Earth with Students | Google Earth as a Research Tool | Good Places to Get Data | Keeping Up with Google Earth Developments Google ...

Using Jigsaw in the Geosciences part of Teaching Methods:Jigsaws
The examples below describe only a few of the many ways of using jigsaws in the geoscience classroom, lab, and field. Examples are listed in order of complexity and the likely amount of time necessary to complete ...

Why Use Guided Discovery Problems? part of Teaching Methods:Guided Discovery Problems
Guided discovery problems can be fun, which, all by itself, may be a good enough reason to use them. But, perhaps more importantly, well-designed guided discovery problems are nicely aligned with research findings ...

Examples of Jigsaws part of Teaching Methods:Jigsaws
Jump down to a variety of types of jigsaws Using graphs and equations : Using objects for analysis : Using data sets : Jigsaws and reading in the literature The long and the short of it The following two jigsaw ...

References part of Teaching Methods:Guided Discovery Problems
Brown, Patrick L., and Abell, Sandra K., January 2007, Examining the learning cycle: Perspectives: Research and Tips to Support Science Education , p. 58-59. Edelson, D.C., Pitts, V.M., Salierno, C.M., and Sherin, ...

Examples of student posters part of Early Career:Developing a Research Program
Here are a few examples of posters created by students in Greg Hancock's Surface Processes class, along with Greg's descriptions of the projects they summarize. Clicking on a picture of a poster will ...

KML Examples from the Google Earth Community Forums part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with Google Earth
An effective means of learning about KML is to open existing KML files in Google Earth to find out how they function, and then to examine the content of these files in a text editor to investigate how that ...

Teaching with Google Earth part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with Google Earth
Glenn Richard, SUNY at Stony Brook
Created by Glenn A. Richard, Mineral Physics Institute, Stony Brook University Updates by Diana Krupnick and Beth Pratt-Sitaula, UNAVCO A Guide to Using Google Earth in the Geoscience Classroom What is Google ...

Why Teach With Google Earth? part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with Google Earth
Jump down to a discussion comparing Google Earth Pro with GIS Google Earth Pro: presents a great deal of information in a geographic context is easy to install and use is an excellent venue for inquiry-based ...

Examples part of Teaching Methods:Guided Discovery Problems
Density, Buoyancy and Convection Students observe the process of convection and then discover how and why it works through a series of hands-on activities in which they explore and build the various concepts that ...