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This page allows searching across the SERC catalogs: the set of resources from the web and in print that have been selected as relevant by SERC-supported projects. The catalog draws from collections created directly by our partners as well as those harvested from other digital library collections.
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Environmental Health Perspectives Science Education Program part of Web Resource Collection
The Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) Science Education Program promotes environmental health literacy, using the scientific literature to teach students the principles of environmental health ...Resource Type: Scientific Resources, Research Results, Pedagogic Resources, Course Information
Representational Tools to Support Understanding of Complex Biological Systems part of Web Resource Collection
This resource includes a hypermedia on aquarium ecosystems organized around structures, behaviors, and functions as well as NetLogo simulations of macro and microlevel processes. The macrolevel model ...Resource Type: Computer Applications, Pedagogic Resources, Datasets and Tools:Tools
Teachable Moments: Haiti Earthquake part of Web Resource Collection
This page from IRIS includes links to resources about the geology of the January 12, 2010 Haiti earthquake. Included are animation/visualization links, USGS resources, and others.Resource Type: Scientific Resources, Audio/Visual:Collections, Pedagogic Resources
MIT Geophysics Seminar on Mantle Convection part of Web Resource Collection
MIT graduate geophysics course page including lecture notes and readings (.pdf) on a variety of topics related to mantle convection.Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources
Geologic History of the San Andreas Fault System part of Web Resource Collection
This page from the USGS resource This Dynamic Earth (online edition) describes the evolution of the western coast of North America. A series of block diagrams shows how the subduction zone along the ...Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations
Overview of Learning And Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) part of Web Resource Collection
Extensive research, development, and testing led to the creation of this statistically valid and reliable tool for the diagnosis of study skills. The LASSI is a 10-scale, 60-item assessment of ...Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources
The Role of Scaffolding Student Metacognition in Developing Mental Models of Complex Earth and Environmental Systems part of Print Resource Collection
Students organize knowledge in Earth and environmental sciences and reason about environmental issues through manipulation of mental models. The nature of the Earth and environmental sciences, which ...
Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources
Evolution 101: From Soup to Cells—the Origin of Life part of Web Resource Collection
This page is part of an evolutionary biology tutorial for teachers. It provides an overview of the origins of life. Subsequent pages cover possible mechanisms of abiogenesis, the search for ancient ...Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Overview/Summary, Pedagogic Resources, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Audio/Visual
Speciation part of Web Resource Collection
This page contains lecture notes on speciation. Topics covered include biological, ecological, and phylogenetic species definitions; subspecies; hybridization; mechanisms of reproductive isolation; ...Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources, Course Information:Course Site:Course Notes, Assessments, Course Information, Course Site
Evolution from a virus's view part of Web Resource Collection
This page is a brief tutorial on viral evolution. The text focuses on the evolutionary pressures that balance transmission and virulence. There are additional sections with further recommended ...Resource Type: Pedagogic Resources:Overview/Summary, Bibliography, Pedagogic Resources, Activities:Classroom Activity, Assessments, Activities