Sina Kirk

Dino Doom part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
This is an online learning experience that transports learners around the world to different locations related to the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event. Students will collect and analyze evidence to ...

The Search For Life part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Travel back in geologic time in this online learning experience. Explore some of the major historical events of Earth in an attempt to understand the search for life among other planets in the universe. This is a ...

Red Rocks part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Why is Mars red? Take a virtual field trip to Karijini Gorge in Australia and Oak Creek Canyon in Sedona, AZ and search for clues to the environments that formed the red rocks there. Observe the rock formations at ...

Interdisciplinary Content and Digital Tools that Support Guided Inquiry Instruction part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2024:Program:Oral Sessions:Thursday Oral Session B
These presentations will aim to support educators as they discover a new way to teach the standards through digital tools and content. The NASA Infinscope project, based out of Arizona State University, develops ...

DIY Digital Lessons: Create Custom Online Lessons for Your Learners part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2023:Program:Oral Sessions:Thursday Oral Session B
Infiniscope,a NASA funded project, has developed an open-source, digital platform for lesson development and delivery. It enables educators to create their own digital lessons and deploy them to their classes with ...

DIY Virtual Field Trips: Create Immersive, Place-Based Experiences for Your Learners part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2023:Program:Oral Sessions:Thursday Oral Session B
Virtual field trips allow learners to benefit from many of the aspects of place-based education without the challenges that are often associated with it. Tour It is a free, user-friendly virtual field trip tool ...

Create Engaging and Immersive Earth Science Field Explorations for your Classroom part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2024:Program:Morning Workshops:Create Engaging and Immersive Earth Science Field Explorations for your Classroom
This workshop will provide participants with first-hand experience in designing and building a virtual field trip. Working with provided media, participants will learn how to use Tour It, a free virtual field trip ...