The Pangea Puzzle part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2017:Program:Teaching Demonstrations:Friday B
Katherine Ryker, University of South Carolina-Columbia; Callan Bentley, Piedmont Virginia Community College; Mark Uhen, George Mason University
Students learn how to use the Paleobiology Database (PBDB) to produce maps of fossils on the present day Earth's surface, as well as past continental configurations. They do this by mapping the occurrence of ...

Bringing Polar Landscapes into the College Classroom Using 360-degree Interactive Environments part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2022:Program:Teaching Demos:Friday Teaching Demo Session A
Emily Geraghty Ward, University of Colorado at Boulder; Twila Moon, University of Colorado at Boulder; Spruce Schoenemann, The University of Montana-Western; Alia Khan, Western Washington University; Anne Gold, University of Colorado at Boulder; Daniela Pennycook, University of Colorado at Boulder; Alyssa Lazoen, University of Colorado at Boulder; Yixiao Lei, University of Colorado at Boulder
In this teaching demonstration, participants will have the chance to engage with 360-degree interactive environments (360 IE) that explore the polar environments of Greenland. We will discuss how the 360 IEs were ...

What drives the global climate? The relationship between Latitude, Insolation, and Temperature part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2021:Program:Teaching Demonstrations
Chuck Buxbaum, Sandia Preparatory School
1st we simulate the amount of solar energy striking the surface of the Earth (insolation) using artificial light source, light meter, and protractor. Light striking meter directly (perpendicularly)=equator, meter ...

Paleo-Peterson Grabs of Ancient Sea Floors as a Tool to Understand Longer Term Sea Level Change part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2019:Program:Teaching Demonstrations:Friday
Michael Gibson, The University of Tennessee-Martin
The fossiliferous sediment record contains the necessary comparative information for us to evaluate modern sea level change consequences. How does one bring the modern ocean experience into a land-locked classroom ...

Greenhouse effect laboratory activity as an introduction to climate change part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2018:Program:Share-a-Thon:Share-a-Thon Presentations
Devon Colcord, Anoka-Ramsey Community College; Cody Kirkpatrick, Indiana University-Bloomington
DemonstrationAt the Rendezvous, we intend to have the complete setup for this lab exercise, including a heat lamp shining through the various "atmospheres" while we monitor the temperature of the ...

Absorption and Reflection of Solar Energy part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2018:Program:Teaching Demonstrations:Friday
Peggy McNeal, Towson University
As part of an overall lesson on Earth's energy budget, the objective of this inquiry activity is for students to describe how surface material type and color affect absorption and reflection of solar energy. ...

Library Research Lab: Does the Ozone Hole cause Global Warming? part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2017:Program:Teaching Demonstrations:Tuesday B
Carsten Braun, Westfield State University
In this activity students get to investigate a specific question (Does the Ozone Hole cause Global Warming?) and formalize their investigation as a briefing paper for the President of the United States. This ...