Describe an Activity in Earth Science for Preparing Teachers

Please use this form to describe an activity that you use to teach about Earth for future (and current) teachers. Here are some types of activities that we are interested in:

  • An activity you use in a geoscience content course that is focused on helping future teachers teach Earth science (in the broadest sense),
  • An activity you use in a science methods course that makes use of Earth science content,
  • A practical experience that gets future teachers into the K-12 classroom to teach about Earth.
Feel free to submit other activities that do not fall neatly into one of these three categories, as long as they involve preparing teachers and Earth. Please complete all fields. You are encouraged to upload files to accompany your example.

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Thank you in advance for making this contribution!












Summary
This text should make it clear what the activity is. It should provide an overview of the things that students will do and the intended outcomes. The description should be concise and compelling: typically no more than 1-2 very brief paragraphs.

This text should help faculty understand the types of teaching situations for which this activity is appropriate.





This section should include a narrative describing the mechanics of the activity and all the materials needed to implement the activity (or links and references to those materials).
  • If the material is available on another site please provide the full url.
  • If you have the materials in hand they can be uploaded using the fields below and they will be embedded in the final page so that they can be downloaded.
  • If they are published print materials please provide a complete bibliographic reference.
  • If the activity is fully documented at another site please provide the url along with a brief (one or two sentence) description of the other site.
For all materials include, in the box below, a brief description of each item covering what it is and what its role is in the activity.

If you upload files as part of your activity remember to consider their final use in deciding on appropriate formats. Materials that other faculty are likely to modify should be provided in easily editable formats (plain text, Word files), whereas materials that will be likely only used verbatim are most convenient in formats that are universally readable (PDF format is often a good choice).

Once this form has been submitted we can work with you to integrate the downloadable files into the text of this section.

Please be sure all materials you upload can be freely redistributed. For more information about copyright as it applies to materials you are sharing through this site please check our more detailed discussion (opens in new window) of this issue.

If you have more than 5 files include the first 5 here. After completing this form you will have the opportunity to edit the resulting web page and be able to upload additional files at that point.




This section should include references and links to online resources that discuss the specific activity or will support faculty and/or students using the activity. References related to the general teaching technique should not be included here, but should be recommended for inclusion in the associated module.