Environmental Science Gallery Walk part of Library:Gallery Walks:Examples
Gallery walk activity that relies on students' prior knowledge of environmental issues as an introductory activity in a general education, large-lecture format environmental science class.

Application of oral history to economics: Family Economic History part of Library:Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching:Examples
Application of Oral History to Economics: Family Economic History The assignment will connect an oral history approach to the examination of economic concepts such as opportunity cost of attending school, economic crises (inflation and unemployment, etc.), and standard of living over time. Particularly, students will interview parents, grandparents, or family members from older generations regarding the types of work they performed, economic decisions they have made, and the economic conditions while they were growing up. The project develops a student's ability to understand and integrate these concepts from a variety of perspectives and real world situation.

To Raise or Not to Raise the Minimum Wage part of Library:Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching:Examples
In this interactive exercise, students explore the normative and economic issues that arise from minimum wage increases.

Earth System Approach part of Library:Using an Earth System Approach
Since about 1980, an important paradigm has emerged in the geosciences, analogous to the plate tectonics revolution of the 1950s and 1960s. This paradigm, called "Earth System Science" or simply ...

The First Day of Class part of Library:First Day of Class
Compiled by Carol Ormand, SERC, Carleton College Check out a set of videos of what faculty in several disciplines do on their first day of class. Why is the first day important? It's the first day of class, ...

Earth: Evolution of a Habitable World part of Library:Earth History Approach:Examples
This is Earth history taught from a planetary science perspective, comparing it to its neighboring planets. Using a systems approach, students determine how and why the atmosphere and the climate have changed over ...

Using an Earth History Approach part of Library:Earth History Approach
Created by Rebecca Teed, Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College Statement of Purpose This module is intended to: Help instructors who are developing or modifying courses or units on Earth ...

"Breakfast, Brainpower, and Connecting Disciplines" part of Library:Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching:Examples
Activity to help students differentiate how disciplines focus on a problem.

Confronting the political economy of climate change part of Library:Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching:Examples
Students apply economics, politics and sociology to better understand why cap and trade is the preferred political approach, but also why it's potentially problematic.

Historical Geology part of Library:Earth History Approach:Examples
This introductory online historical geology class teaches basic scientific principles like evolution and plate tectonics, then reviews Earth history from the Precambrian to the present day. The readings are online ...

Biogeography part of Library:Earth History Approach:Examples
This geography course is an example of an Earth history course which stresses not only evolution, but evolutionary forces like migration, and the role they have played in shaping modern animal and plant ...

Global Climate Change part of Library:Earth History Approach:Examples
This interdisciplinary courses focuses on how and why Earth's climate has changed thoughout its history and how it is likely to change in the near future. It draws from geology, chemistry, meteorology, ...

Earth History part of Library:Earth History Approach:Examples
This Earth history class is intended for non-geoscience majors and follows a chronological structure, starting with the Big Bang and finishing in the anthropogenic period. Abridged from the syllabus: This course is ...

Application of oral history to economics: Immigrant Economic Experiences part of Library:Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching:Examples
Application of oral history to economics: Immigrant Experiences This assignment will connect an oral history approach to the examination of economic development concepts such as push and pull factors related to immigration decision, job opportunities in the host country, and issues related to brain drain. In addition, students will be able to explore other relevant migration concerns such as assimilation and discrimination. The project develops a student's ability to understand and integrate these concepts from a variety of perspectives and real world situations.

Wonderful Life part of Library:Earth History Approach:Examples
This course uses the Ediacaran fauna as a focus to teach about evolution, the nature of science, and how to write well. The students start off reading "Wonderful Life" (Gould, 1989 ), which deals with ...

An Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching the Causes and Consequences of Unemployment part of Library:Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching:Examples

What are the causes and remedies to the racial achievement gap part of Library:Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching:Examples
The lcture is an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the causes and remedies of the racial achievement gap.

The Scientific Method and the Paradox of Controversy part of Library:Earth History Approach:Examples
This course is an excellent example of Earth history taught from the perspective of the history of geology. Not only does it teach some of the most important concepts in geology, but it also teaches the students ...

History of Geology part of Library:Earth History Approach:Examples
course url: http://academic.emporia.edu/aberjame/histgeol/ This is a history-of-geology course that includes a great deal of Earth history material. From the syllabus: The historical development of geology as a ...

Invertebrate Paleontology part of Library:Earth History Approach:Examples
This is a classic evolution-and-fossils kind of course. Students go through major invertebrate groups, examine and interpret fossils and assemblages. Rather than approach the whole world chronologically, the course ...