Quiz for Ice Ages & Climate Cycles video

David McConnell, North Carolina State University
Initial Publication Date: April 30, 2020

Summary

This is a pdf of a quiz composed of three multiple choice questions and a short answer question that requires students to interpret graph data

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Context

Audience

This material is appropriate for an introductory course such as Physical Geology, Earth Science or Environmental Geology

Skills and concepts that students must have mastered

The quiz and related video are best used soon after the concept of glaciation has been introduced.

How the activity is situated in the course

Students respond to quiz questions presented in our classroom management system after viewing the related video and before attending class. (That is, while we provide the questions here as a pdf document, that is not how we present them to students in our course.)

Goals

Content/concepts goals for this activity

The quiz and related video address two learning objectives: 1) Students can describe the characteristics of ice ages; 2) Students can discuss climate factors related to changes in the size and extent of glaciers.

Higher order thinking skills goals for this activity

The quiz includes a question where students must interpret and explain a graph of changing sea ice extent.

Other skills goals for this activity

Description and Teaching Materials

After watching the associated video, students complete the quiz to ensure that they have a working knowledge of some basic content related to ice ages. This provides the instructor with more time in the subsequent class to incorporate active learning exercises that include application of higher order thinking skills.

Teaching Notes and Tips

We include the video and quiz in a pre-class exercise offered in our course management system.

Assessment

Compare student responses to answer key (included - see bottom of PDF).

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