Tree Ring Model part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Interactive Lecture Demonstrations:Examples
While working in groups to facilitate peer tutoring, students manipulate a hands-on, physical model to better comprehend the natural variations of tree-ring width and their uses for determining past climatic ...

Annotating Change in Satellite Images part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Teaching with Data:Examples
During this exercise, students compare a series of satellite images taken 3-4 years apart to investigate the effects of human land use and annotate the images using ImageJ software. -

Teaching about Radiometric Dating part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Earth History Approach:Addressing Creationism
Students, particularly Young-Earth Creationists, may come in with misconceptions about how the age of the Earth and of various parts of the fossil record were determined. For example, they may assume that the ...

Global Warming: Questions and Answers part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Socratic Questioning:Examples
Back to Example Detailed Example of Using Socratic Questioning in Class This sample of plausible questions and responses is designed to help guide the instructor through a Socratic lesson. It will help instructors ...

Teaching Science to Creationist Students part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Earth History Approach:Addressing Creationism
Strategies A common way to address creationist beliefs is to tell or show students that there are a lot of different ways to look at rocks and Earth history, but that the class will focus only on the scientific ...

Earth System Science Course Design Matrix for Preservice Teachers part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Using an Earth System Approach:Designing an Earth System Course
While Earth system science is a very broad topic, the topics which an elementary or middle school teacher need to master are stipulated by the National Science Education Standards, as well as the science standards ...