For Educators part of Microbial Life:Topics of Interest:Climate Proxies
Climate Proxies: Educators' Collection This climate proxy/paleoclimate collection includes activities, assignments, and reading materials created specifically for educators. Climate Analysis Using Planktonic ...

Examining Short-Term Tree Growth and Environmental Variables near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania part of Undergraduate Research:2014 Workshop:Activities
The Smithsonian Institution's Global Tree Banding Project is a citizen science program that contributes to research about tree biomass by tracking how trees respond to climate. Students around the globe are ...

Part 2 - Coring Trees and Observing Ring Patterns part of TREX - Tree Ring Expeditions:TREX for Students:Labs
Now that you have considered the nature of your research site, and how environmental conditions affect tree ring growth, it's time to roll up your sleeves and get to work! Trees typically grow one ring per ...

Paleoclimatology: How Can We Infer Past Climates? part of Microbial Life:Topics of Interest:Climate Proxies
Created by Monica Bruckner, Montana State University. What is Paleoclimatology? Paleoclimatology is the study of past climates. Since it is not possible to go back in time to see what climates were like, ...

Lab Overviews part of TREX - Tree Ring Expeditions:TREX for Students:Labs
Lab 1. Launching an Expedition In Part 1, you will be introduced to the science of dendrochronology. You will see how tree core samples are obtained and processed, and take a virtual tour of a tree-ring ...

Lab 3: Land Ice part of EarthLabs:Climate and the Cryosphere
Introduction Throughout history, Earth's climate has continuously experienced slow natural swings between being virtually ice free and being almost totally covered in ice. Today, we are somewhere in between ...

Part 4: Megadroughts and the People of Pueblo Bonito part of TREX - Tree Ring Expeditions:TREX for Students:Labs
Note: This work is under development but has been released temporarily for classroom testing purposes. Look for the full series of TREX (Tree Ring Expeditions) labs in the fall of 2017. In the 1930s, the Great ...

Educator Guide: Lab 2 - Humpty Dumpty and Drought in the Hudson Valley, NY part of TREX - Tree Ring Expeditions:TREX Guides
Summary and Key Questions In Lab 2, students go on a virtual expedition to study drought in the Hudson Valley using the same tools and analysis procedures as tree- ring scientists. They explore the Humpty Dumpty ...

Columbia's May EI Live Events part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Geoscience Online:Teaching Geoscience Online Events
A series of live events for teachers and students with topics that vary to span the K-16 audience.

Paleoecology: a window into the past part of Exploring the Past to Understand the Future
How do we know about past conditions? Reconstructing past climatic conditions and the ecological response involves a number of direct and indirect measurements of past change. Direct measurements include ground ...