Environmental Science Gallery Walk part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Gallery Walks:Examples
Gallery walk activity that relies on students' prior knowledge of environmental issues as an introductory activity in a general education, large-lecture format environmental science class.

Engaging Question part of Activities
Pedagogic activity page detailing a first-day climate change exercise using data graphs to assess student understanding, promote critical thinking, and establish course focus in introductory geoscience, part of the On the Cutting Edge peer-reviewed teaching collection. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Historical Geology Reconstruction Analogy part of Activities
This educational activity page presents a hands-on analogy for teaching historical geology, where students reconstruct a sentence from scattered words to simulate interpreting Earth's history, emphasizing that reconstructions improve with more evidence, lack a single correct answer, and mirror scientific reasoning in geology, designed for introductory undergraduate geoscience courses. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Modeling Systems Behavior part of Activities
A teaching activity page from the SERC Pedagogic Service demonstrating systems behavior and emergence through student participation in synchronized clapping, designed for an Earth System Science course to illustrate complex system dynamics on the first day of class. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

What Do Geologists Do? part of Activities
This instructional webpage presents a first-day classroom activity for introductory geology courses where students collaboratively explore geology careers to build engagement, establish active learning expectations, and connect future course content to real-world applications, part of the On the Cutting Edge professional development collection. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Earthball Volleyball part of Activities
Earthball Volleyball is a geoscience education icebreaker activity page from the On the Cutting Edge professional development program, featuring a participatory inflatable globe game for engaging large introductory weather and climate classes while fostering classroom community and content learning. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Inclusivity Survey part of Activities
A teaching activity page from the "On the Cutting Edge" professional development program that details an inclusivity survey for the first day of a physical geology course, aimed at establishing classroom norms through anonymous student feedback to foster an inclusive learning environment. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Mining: We Depend On It part of Activities
A teaching activity page from the On the Cutting Edge professional development program presents an in-class think-pair-share exercise where students analyze a newspaper advertisement titled "Life in a 125 Ton Mineral Deposit" to explore the societal dependence on mining and mineral resources, connecting geoscience concepts to everyday life in an introductory environmental geology course. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Biggest Environmental Problem? part of Activities
A teaching activity page for introductory geoscience faculty that presents a first-day classroom exercise where students identify and justify the biggest environmental problem, fostering engagement through reflective writing and discussion, part of the On the Cutting Edge professional development collection. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Plate Boundaries and Volcanoes part of Activities
This educational activity page details a geoscience teaching exercise where introductory students analyze global volcanic activity and tectonic plate boundary maps in small groups to identify patterns, classify boundary types, and engage in scientific reasoning, serving as an interactive first-day class introduction to plate tectonics within the "On the Cutting Edge" professional development collection. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.