Oil Demand and Consumption part of Library:Process of Science:Examples
Data modeling activity using oil reserve and consumption data. Students predict when oil reserves meet or exceed reserves.

Scientific Observation Activity part of Library:Process of Science:Examples
This activity is an introduction to making scientific observations and exploring those observations. It is designed for students unfamiliar or uncomfortable with science.

Design a Paper Car: Exploring the Scientific Method part of Library:Process of Science:Examples
An engineering design project modified to teach the scientific methos, promote team-builing, and engage students at the beginning of a physics course.

Price elasticity of demand survey part of Library:Interactive Lecture Demonstrations:Examples
Students survey class members to estimate the price elasticity of demand for a number of goods and services.

Air Particulate Analysis part of Library:Teaching Urban Students:Examples
This half-term-long activity models authentic urban environmental research. Through analysis of particulates filtered from air samples from student-selected neighborhoods/settings around the city, students are ...

Making Paints from Minerals part of Library:Teaching Urban Students:Examples
Students prepare simple gouache paints using common minerals that are typically of sedimentary origin (e.g., hematite, limonite, kaolinite, glauconite), and use these paints to produce artifacts that are ...

Flood Curves Lecture Tutorial part of Library:Lecture Tutorials:Examples
This Lecture Tutorial worksheet guides students through thinking about the effects humans have on infiltration, and how that effects the duration and severity of floods. It is designed to be used in groups after a brief lecture introducing surface and ground water flow into a stream.

Lithospheric Density part of Library:Teaching with SSAC:Examples
Students learn about the weighted mean by building spreadsheets that apply this concept to the average density of the oceanic lithosphere.

Animal Rights and Welfare part of Library:Structured Academic Controversy:Examples
The relationship of animals and humans has been the subject of differing philosophical views for thousands of years. The controversy continues today in many aspects of contemporary life. Some people believe that a ...

The AIS Transaction Cycles Game part of Library:Games:Examples
The AIS Transaction Cycles Game is designed to provide drill and practice or review of the elements that comprise the Revenue, Expenditure, Production, Human Resources, and Financing/Investing cycles. The game is a PowerPoint version of Connect 4.

Energy Consumption Rates across the USA and the World part of Library:Teaching with Google Earth:Examples
A investigation of differences in rates and categories of energy use between countries and US states

Mass Balance Model part of Library:Mathematical and Statistical Models:Examples
Students are introduced to the concept of mass balance, flow rates, and equilibrium using an online interactive water bucket model.

Estimating Primary Production in the Oceans from Satellite Data part of Library:Teaching with Data:Examples

Natural Resources Mini-Research Project part of Library:Indoor Labs:Examples
This activity is a mini-research project in which students independently investigate the variety of natural resources mined from the Earth and the broader implications of this mining. Students then give very short presentations of their findings to the class as a whole.

Half Life Model part of Library:Interactive Lecture Demonstrations:Examples
While working in groups to facilitate peer tutoring, students manipulate a hands-on, physical model to better comprehend the nature of half life. Students use the model to simulate the decay of radionuclides. The ...

Igneous Rocks Model part of Library:Interactive Lecture Demonstrations:Examples
While working in groups to facilitate peer tutoring, students use samples of four igneous rocks (gabbro, basalt, granite, and rhyolite) to observe differences in texture, color and grain size and make inferences ...

Seasons part of Library:Interactive Lecture Demonstrations:Examples
While working in groups to facilitate peer tutoring, students manipulate a hands-on, physical model to better comprehend the Earth's position in space, the Earth's rotation axis and seasons.

Why Use Engaged Pedagogies? part of Library:Engaged Pedagogies
Engaged Students are Successful Students Evidence-based research on learning indicates that when students are actively involved in their education they are more successful and less likely to fail2. A new PNAS ...

Subduction Zone part of Library:Spatial Reasoning with GeoClick Questions:Examples
× Formative assessment questions using a classroom response system ("clickers") can be used to reveal students' spatial understanding. Students are shown this diagram and instructed to ...

What are GeoClick Questions? part of Library:Spatial Reasoning with GeoClick Questions
GeoClick questions are the name given to formative assessment questions that engage students in selecting a point on a diagram, photo, graph or other visual. GeoClick questions engage students in formative ...