PRAJUKTI Bhattacharyya

Unit 1: People, Products, and Minerals part of Humans Dependence on Earths Mineral Resources
This unit provides an introduction to the module. In addition to learning about minerals and mineral resources, students identify minerals that are employed to make commonly used products, thus tying resource use ...

Human's Dependence on Earth's Mineral Resources part of Humans Dependence on Earths Mineral Resources
Despite humans' heavy reliance on Earth's mineral resources, few think about where the products they use come from and what it took to produce them. This module addresses that disconnect by combining ...

Unit 5: Mineral Resources Created by Igneous & Metamorphic Processes part of Humans Dependence on Earths Mineral Resources
This unit introduces the concepts of igneous and metamorphic processes and how these processes create mineral deposits. The background material provides an overview of the formation and distribution of mineral ...

Activity 1.2 - Review of Minerals and Rocks part of Humans Dependence on Earths Mineral Resources
The discussion presented here is meant to augment, not replace, the pre-class reading, as well as to provide an introduction to concept maps.

Activity Option 2.2 - Rare Earth Elements: Critical Elements of the Future part of Humans Dependence on Earths Mineral Resources
This activity is based on the global supply and demand relationships of rare earth elements (REE). Students will work in small groups to analyze China's role in global REE production and supply, and how REE ...

Student-designed Authentic Research Projects in a Non-major Environmental Geology Course part of Undergraduate Research:2014 Workshop:Activities
Student-designed, data-based authentic research projects can be useful tools for incorporating a dimension of authentic research in non-major science courses. Such an approach has been followed in a geoscience ...

VEPP: Using volcano deformation data for lava flow hazard assessment and decision making, Part I: what do the instruments measure? part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Volcano Exploration Project: Pu`u `O`o:Examples
This is an exercise that is in development and has not yet been fully tested in the classroom. Please check back regularly for updates and changes. Brief three-line description of the activity or assignment and ...

VEPP: Using volcano deformation data for lava flow hazard assessment and decision making, Part III: Putting it all together part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Volcano Exploration Project: Pu`u `O`o:Examples
This is an exercise that is in development and has not yet been fully tested in the classroom. Please check back regularly for updates and changes. Brief three-line description of the activity or assignment and ...

VEPP: Using volcano deformation data for lava flow hazard assessment and decision making, Part II: Past is the key to the future part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Volcano Exploration Project: Pu`u `O`o:Examples
This is an exercise that is in development and has not yet been fully tested in the classroom. Please check back regularly for updates and changes. Brief three-line description of the activity or assignment and ...

Strategies for Course Embedded Research part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2019:Program:Roundtable Discussions
Two recent reports published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS 2015, 2017) highlight the cognitive and affective benefits of embedding aspects of authentic research in ...

Instructor Materials: Overview of the Earth's Mineral Resources Module part of Humans Dependence on Earths Mineral Resources
Instructor-facing overview page for an InTeGrate teaching module on Earth's mineral resources, detailing a six-unit curriculum that integrates geoscience concepts with societal issues like sustainability, environmental justice, and economics through active-learning strategies, concept mapping, jigsaw activities, and case studies, aligned with Next Generation Science Standards and designed for adaptability across undergraduate courses.

Attitude Toward Science, Scientists part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:First Day of Class:Activities
This educational webpage presents a first-day classroom activity designed to address non-science majors' negative attitudes toward science and stereotypes of scientists, using instructor-led discussion and humor in an introductory Earth Science course to improve classroom climate and student engagement.

Research on Instructional Strategies to Improve Geoscience Learning in Different Settings and with Different Technologies part of NAGT:Our Work:Geoscience Education Research:Community Framework for GER:Instructional Strategies
A chapter from the NAGT Community Framework for Geoscience Education Research that outlines five Grand Challenges addressing how instructional strategies, technologies, and research practices can improve geoscience learning across diverse settings and student populations, emphasizing active learning, equity, and interdisciplinary collaboration.