Northwestern Indiana Landscape Unit part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
In this lesson, students will investigate the question, what is the effect of climate on glacial landscape processes? Students will be guided through understanding how climate factors, such as temperature and ...

SSBW - Network Tutorial 4: Earthquake Location Principles part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
In this interactive tutorial built for a learning management system, students 1) conduct a quality check on waveforms and identify first arrivals in seismograms, 2) practice locating an earthquake using a simple ...

Middle School Systems Thinking Activities Summary Page part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
This summary page contains links to 13 Systems Thinking activities and materials designed to be implemented in online middle school Earth Science courses.

Investigation Extinction educational video game part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Investigation Extinction is an educational game about paleontology. The game introduces students to the basics of paleo-science by having them explore a series of dig sites with a team of virtual collaborators. To ...

SSBW - Python Tutorial 4: Introduction to ObsPy part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
In this interactive tutorial built for a learning management system, students 1) practice using the basic syntax of Python commands, 2) use the functionality of the ObsPy library to load, plot, and analyze data or ...

SSBW - IRIS DMC Tutorial 1: IRIS Earthquake Browser part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
In this interactive tutorial built for a learning management system, students will use the IRIS Earthquake Browser to 1) explore global geographic earthquake patterns, particularly in relation to plate boundaries, ...

SSBW - IRIS DMC Tutorial 2: GMAP, MDA, and MUSTANG Databrowser part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
In this interactive tutorial built for a learning management system, students will 1) use the IRIS GMAP Station Browser to identify what seismic stations have data available based on a geographic region, a time ...

Identifying Tsunami Sand in Salt Marsh Stratigraphy part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Through a hands-on activity using salt marsh sediment cores from Pacific Northwest estuaries, students will learn how these environments record the history of earthquakes and tsunami. Students will analyze the ...

Flooding, flood risks, and what populations are impacted part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
In this lab, students learn about four different types of flood: flash floods, regional floods, storm surges, and tsunami. They then explore the human experience of flooding and who is impacted the most by flooding ...

Activity 3: Introduction to Systems Diagrams part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Students learn that systems diagrams can be useful to simplify and visualize complex problems. Working individually and with partners, students identify the system elements missing from a pre-made school water ...