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Introductory Earth System Science Lab
Natalie Bursztyn, James Madison University
Earth Systems Science lab is designed to accompany Earth Systems Science lecture (ERTH 101) to provide hands-on opportunities for students to practice geoscientific inquiry. Students will examine Earth materials ...

Geog 134 - Earth System Science
From Syllabus: This course will provide you with the scientific background to address many global change issues. You will be asked you to examine your own thoughts and opinions on global change and to share those ...

University of the Pacific - Earth System Science
Lydia K Fox, University of the Pacific
An introduction to the study of the Earth using a systems approach. The focus will be on the subsystems (geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, biosphere) and the dynamic interactions between them. The approach will ...

MEA 100 - Introduction to Earth System Science
The goal of Earth System Science is to obtain a scientific understanding of the entire Earth system on a global scale by describing how its component parts and their interactions have evolved, how they function, ...

University of New Hampshire - Earth System Science for Teachers
Joel Johnson, University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
This is a new 2 week summer institute/course we are developing as part of our NSF funded GEO-Teach Project. The course will be taught for the first time during the summer of 2007. This summer institute/course is ...

Critical Zone Science
Critical Zone Science Timothy White (Pennsylvania State University) Adam Wymore (University of New Hampshire) Ashlee Dere (University of Nebraska - Omaha) Adam Hoffman (University of Dubuque) James Washburne (University of Arizona) Martha Conklin (University of California, Merced) Susan Gill (Stroud Water Research Center) Editor: David Gosselin (University of Nebraska - Lincoln) Initial Publication Date: May 15, 2017 | Reviewed: July 1, 2014 (see revision history: 2 events) Show LessReviewed: July 1, 2014 -- Reviewed by the InTeGrate Materials Review Process First Publication: May 15, 2017 DOIThis page currently has no DOI, but you may request a DOI be assigned. | Cite thisInTeGrate. (2017, May 15). Critical Zone Science. https://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/teaching_materials/critical_zone/index.html
This course introduces and examines the Critical Zone (CZ), Earth's permeable layer that extends from the top of vegetation to the bottom of the fresh groundwater zone. It is a constantly evolving boundary ...

Future of Food
Future of Food Gigi Richard (Colorado Mesa University) Heather Karsten (Pennsylvania State University) Steve Vanek (Pennsylvania State University) Karl Zimmerer (Pennsylvania State University') Editor: Timothy Bralower (Pennsylvania State University) Initial Publication Date: January 11, 2018 Cite thisInTeGrate. (2018, January 11). Future of Food. https://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/teaching_materials/food_supply/index.html
The Future of Food is an introductory-level science course that emphasizes the challenges facing food systems in the 21st century, including issues of sustainability, resilience, and adaptive capacity, and the ...

Modeling Earth Systems
David Bice, Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College; Louisa Bradtmiller, Macalester College; Kirsten Menking, Vassar College
In this course, we develop the qualitative and quantitative tools for constructing, experimenting with, and interpreting dynamic models of different components of the Earth system. The integrated set of ten modules ...

Using Scientific Data For Multi-Disciplinary Science Instruction (PD for K-12 Teachers)
Amy Ellwein, Western Colorado University; Matthew Nyman, Oregon State University
Using Scientific Data is a professional development course for in-service K-12 teachers focused on climate change and Earth system science that also explores how climate concepts can be incorporated into courses ...

Water: Science and Society
Demian Saffer, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus; Tim Bralower, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus; Michael Arthur, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus; Patrick Belmont, Utah State University; Maureen Feineman, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
Water: Science and Society is a 10-module (12-week) general education course focused on the interrelationships between water and human activities from a science and policy standpoint. The course blends key readings ...