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    The Cosmic Calendar part of Rates and Time:Teaching Activities
    Erika Grundstrom, Vanderbilt University
    In this activity, one takes ALL of time, from the beginning of time (i.e., the Big Bang) all the way up to today, but one compresses it into one year. One can do this for all levels of students depending on how ...

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), College Upper (15-16), Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Problem Set, Discussion, Lab Activity, Project, Writing Assignment
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Historical Geology
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Rainwater Harvesting Service Learning Project part of Service Learning:Activities
    Linda McCall, Texas Water Development Board
    × Students will gain an understanding of the history, benefits, and components of a rainwater harvesting system and partner with community members to design and build a rainwater harvesting system for their ...

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14), Informal, High School (9-12), College Upper (15-16), Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Project:Service Learning
    Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Management and Policy, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Water Conservation
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Count the Vowels part of Metacognition:Activities
    , Louisiana State University
    Students are given a list of words and told to count the vowels and turn the sheet over. They are then asked to list the words. When they fail they discover how the words are arranged and find it easy to remember ...

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), College Upper (15-16), Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
    Subject: Geoscience
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Reading Reflections part of Metacognition:Activities
    Karl Wirth, Macalester College
    Reading reflections are submitted online each day before class and after completing a reading assignment. Three short questions guide the student to reflect more deeply on their understanding.

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), College Upper (15-16), Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment
    Subject: Geoscience
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Discovering Plate Boundaries part of Urban Geology:Activities
    Alison Henning, Rice University
    Discovering Plate Boundaries is a classroom activity designed to introduce students to the process of observing and classifying data, in addition to the fundamentals of plate tectonics.

    Grade Level: Middle (6-8), Middle - 8, College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8):Middle - 7, High School (9-12), Intermediate (3-5), Graduate/Professional, Primary (K-2), College Upper (15-16), Middle (6-8):Middle - 6
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Ontogeny part of Paleontology:Activities
    Molly Ward, Museum of the Rockies
    This activity allows even the youngest of learners to understand what the concept of ontogeny is, relative to humans and also applied to learning about dinosaurs.

    Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), Primary (K-2), Intermediate (3-5)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology:Development/Growth and Form/Morphometrics
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Photographs of snow bank structures part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Activities
    Audrey Rule, SUNY College at Oswego
    This set of photographs was taken in February 2004 in Oswego, New York on the shore of Lake Ontario, an area that receives about five meters of snow each winter because of lake-effect. Prior to photography, a large ...

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8), Primary (K-2)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology, Sedimentary Geology
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review