Secrets of the Sediments - Digital Adaptation
Summary
This activity is a Google Slide playlist. Students will analyze data from sediments collected off the coast of Santa Barbara, California to determine whether this information can be used to study historical climate change. This playlist is suitable for use in remote, hybrid, or in-person instruction and can easily be added to a Learning Management System.
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Context
Audience
Suitable for middle grades science or high school earth science courses.
Skills and concepts that students must have mastered
Analyzing data, interpreting graphs
How the activity is situated in the course
This activity can be used as a stand-alone activity to practice analyzing data and interpreting graphs or while studying geology, paleoclimatology, or sediment cores. This activity is suitable for remote, hybrid, or in-person instruction.
Goals
Content/concepts goals for this activity
Students will analyze and interpret data from sediments.
Students will draw conclusions from data.
Higher order thinking skills goals for this activity
Students will use data to interpret climate history.
Other skills goals for this activity
Description and Teaching Materials
This activity is housed in Google Slides and should be used in "edit" mode.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/147Wbgo20bAGPpIL1FgeaFz7AsqVAeOyDcB5o-0lXZuc/edit?usp=sharing
Teaching Notes and Tips
The link allows access to a "view only" copy of the playlist. You can choose, "File" then "Make a Copy" from the tool bar to create an editable copy. A "force copy" link is provided on the first slide. This activity is easily integrated into a Learning Management System.
Assessment
Students will answer analysis questions on the slides. Students can submit the slides in a Learning Management System so teachers can check their work.