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3D Printing Microfossils part of IODP School of Rock 2020:Teaching Activities
Beverly Owens, Cleveland Early College High School; Molly Ludwick, Kings Mountain Middle School
This resource provides a number of stl files that are a result of IODP and Joides Resolution coring and recovery efforts. These files can be 3D printed to provide students with a tangible example of something that ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity, Project
Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology:Biostratigraphy/Biogeography , Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources, Geoscience:Oceanography:Biological, Geoscience:Paleontology:Development/Growth and Form/Morphometrics , Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Resources

Secrets of the Sediments - Digital Adaptation part of IODP School of Rock 2020:Teaching Activities
Molly Ludwick, Kings Mountain Middle School; Beverly Owens, Cleveland Early College High School
This activity is a Google Slide playlist. Students will analyze data from sediments collected off the coast of Santa Barbara, California to determine whether this information can be used to study historical climate ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography:Ocean-Climate Interactions, Marine Resources, Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Oceanography:Biological, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Deep Sea Microbes Playlist part of IODP School of Rock 2020:Teaching Activities
Molly Ludwick, Kings Mountain Middle School; Beverly Owens, Cleveland Early College High School
This activity is a Google Slide playlist that will introduce students to microbes that can be found in deep sea sediments, and what roles they play in their environment. This playlist is suitable for use in remote, ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Writing Assignment, Classroom Activity
Subject: Biology:Microbiology, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Resources, Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Benthic, Geoscience:Oceanography:Biological
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Offshore wind or offshore oil? part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Systems, Society, Sustainability and the Geosciences:Activities
Noah Snyder, Boston College
An introductory environmental science project tasking students with comparing offshore oil and wind power development.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels, Renewable & Alternative Energy, Energy Policy , Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources, Policy:Environmental Decision-Making, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Resources, Environmental Science:Policy:Energy Policy
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

The Boxing Day Tsunami part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with Google Earth:Examples
Glenn Richard, SUNY at Stony Brook
Undergraduate students map data from the National Geophysical Data Center and the United States Geological Survey on Google Earth and study visualizations in order to explore the causes and effects of the Tsunami ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography:Physical , Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Hazards, Marine Resources, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Coastal Hazards:Tsunami
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Are You Going to Eat That? part of EarthLabs for Educators:Fisheries
The lab activity described here was created by Erin Bardar and Sarah L Hill of TERC for the EarthLabs project. Summary and Learning Objectives Students begin this investigation with an introduction to the types of ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person, Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Virtual Field Trip, Project
Subject: Environmental Science:Sustainability, Oceans and Coastal Resources:Fisheries, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Resources, Biological
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Lab 3: Building a Reef part of EarthLabs for Educators:Corals
The lab activity described here was created by Erin Bardar of TERC for the EarthLabs project. Summary and Learning Objectives During this lab, students learn about the life cycle of corals, including how they grow ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Biology:Ecology:Symbiotic Relations, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Resources, Biological, Biology:Cell Biology:Cell Processes:Metabolism:Photosynthesis, Biology:Zoology, Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Oceans and Coastal Resources, Geoscience:Oceanography:Chemical, Biology:Cell Biology:Cell Processes:Metabolism:Respiration
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Lab 6: Using Data to Identify Hot Spots and Predict Bleaching Events part of EarthLabs for Educators:Corals
The lab activity described here was created by Erin Bardar and Sarah Hill of TERC for the EarthLabs project. Summary and Learning Objectives Under certain environmental stresses, zooxanthellae algae will vacate ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Biology:Ecology, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Habitats, Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Resources, Biological
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review, Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Using the pH Scale and Carbonic Acid Formation to Understand the Effect of Ocean Acidification on Organisms with Calcium Carbonate Shells. part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching about Risk and Resilience:Activities
Richard Rueb, Clackamas Community College
In this lab activity students use the pH scale and the reaction of carbon dioxide with water to understand ocean acidification and make predictions regarding the effect of ocean acidification on marine organisms by experimentally determining the effect of pH of calcite dissolution.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography, Oceanography:Marine Resources, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Geoscience, Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources, Environmental Science, Ecosystems, Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Coastal Erosion Online Discussion part of Online Teaching:Activities for Teaching Online
Sheila Roberts, Bowling Green State University-Main Campus
This assignment is designed to get students to see the application of geology to a local problem, coastal erosion along the Lake Erie shoreline. I think the strength of this assignment is that many of the students ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Coastal-zone, Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Resources
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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