Writing about the climate (Calibrated Peer Review): part of Library:Peer Review:Examples
This is an example of a writing assignment focused on the use of data to understand the earth's recent climate history.

Activities part of Library:Earth History Approach
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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 ...

Mapping Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise at Point Reyes National Seashore part of Library:Teaching with SSAC:Examples
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum/Geology of National Parks module. Students work with a color-coded conditional-formatted spreadsheet map to work through a USGS report applying a coastal vulnerability index.

Lab Activity: Earth's Energy Budget and the Greenhouse Effect part of Library:Process of Science:Examples
"Earth's Energy Budget and the Greenhouse Effect" is a lab activity in which students use computers and scientific applications software to access, display, describe, analyze, and interpret global, climate-related data sets related to the earth's energy budget and the greenhouse effect.

Systems Thinking & System Dynamics part of Library:Models
There are several key concepts important to systems thinking and system dynamics that can be incorporated into an introductory geoscience course. These include: Equilibrium and stability System's behavior ...

Daisyworld: Interactive On-line PC and Mac part of Library:Mathematical and Statistical Models:Examples
Students use a JAVA interface design by R.M. MacKay to explore the Daisy World model. The JAVA interface comes with a link to a 6-page student activity page in PDF format.

ConcepTest: Natural Response to City Growth part of Library:ConcepTests:Examples
A rapidly growing city within a humid climate zone experiences a land use change from predominantly crop land to mostly urban/suburban. A likely natural response would be: a. Increased infiltration—reduced ...

Planck Radiation Laws: Excel; Mac or PC part of Library:Mathematical and Statistical Models:Examples
Students use an existing Excel workbook to investigate how spectral irradiance from a blackbody radiator depends on temperature, Excel Mac or PC

Examples part of Library:Teaching Urban Students
Mineral Properties and Paint Mineral properties are placed in context of a creative cultural application of minerals. Students have choice in selecting a culture to study in context of painting, so that students ...

Gallery Walk Questions on Atmosphere Composition part of Library:Gallery Walks:Examples
created by Mark Francek, Central Michigan University The following are potential questions that could be used in a gallery walk activity about atmosphere composition, greenhouse gases, ozone. The questions are ...

Socratic Questioning Examples part of Library:Socratic Questioning
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Earth History Courses part of Library:Earth History Approach
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Comparing Carbon Calculators part of Library:Teaching with Data:Examples
Carbon calculators, no matter how well intended as tools to help measure energy footprints, tend to be black boxes and can produce wildly different results, depending on the calculations used to weigh various ...

What Should We Do About Global Warming? part of Library:Role Playing:Examples
This module contains an 8-lesson curriculum to study greenhouse gases and global warming using data and visualizations. The students will summarize the issue in a mock debate or a presentation.

Examples part of Library:Indoor Labs
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Carbon Sequestration in Campus Trees part of Library:Teaching with SSAC:Examples
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module. Students use allometric relationships to calculate tree mass from trunk diameter in a stand of trees in the Pacific Northwest.

The Modern Atmospheric CO2 Record part of Library:Teaching with Data:Examples
Students compare carbon dioxide (CO2) data from Mauna Loa Observatory, Barrow (Alaska), and the South Pole over the past 40 years to help them better understand what controls atmospheric CO2.

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 ...

Role-Playing Scenarios part of Library:Role Playing
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