Teaching Activities
Earth education activities from across all of the sites within the Teach the Earth portal.
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- Short Activity 39 matches
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- Ecosystems 2 matches
- Energy 11 matches sources, supply, reserves, uses
- Water Quality and Quantity 9 matches including water resource management, water quality and water treatment
- Global Change and Climate 13 matches
- Waste 1 match
- Mineral Resources 1 match includes precious metals, base metals, industrial minerals, aggregate
- Soils and Agriculture 7 matches
- Land Use and Planning 6 matches planning, zoning, sprawl issues, urban heat island
- Human Population 1 match
- Sustainability 22 matches
- Natural Hazards 11 matches
- Policy 2 matches
Environmental Science
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- Teaching for Sustainability 38 matches
- Program Design 2 matches
- Workshops and Webinars 14 matches
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9. Hybrid and Electric Cars part of Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability
Randolph Chambers, College of William and Mary
This module reviews the history of the automobile and its varied power sources, culminating in the latest versions of hybrid and electric cars.
Resource Type: Activities: Course Module, Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Think-Pair-Share, Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Efficiency and Energy Conservation, Environmental Science:Energy, Mineral Resources, Energy:Renewable & Alternative Energy, Environmental Science:Sustainability
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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8. Efficiency and Conservation part of Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability
Maurice Crawford, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore
Household energy use accounts for a significant portion of the nation's energy use; therefore, an important aspect of energy conservation is having buildings that are energy efficient. In this activity, ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Course Module, Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Demonstration
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy, Energy:Efficiency and Energy Conservation, Environmental Science:Sustainability
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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5. Passive Designs part of Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability
Randolph Chambers, College of William and Mary
In this module, we consider how the actual design and placement of buildings can be important considerations for energy efficiency, thereby optimizing winter heating and summer cooling needs. One of the simplest ...
Resource Type: Activities: Course Module, Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Think-Pair-Share, Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Sustainability, Land Use and Planning, Energy, Energy:Efficiency and Energy Conservation
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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6. Energy from and to the Earth part of Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability
Randolph Chambers, College of William and Mary
This module compares the spatial availability of geothermal resources for heating and cooling and evaluates different ground exchange systems for practical application. The operation of enhanced geothermal systems ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Course Module, Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Demonstration, Think-Pair-Share
Subject: Environmental Science:Sustainability, Energy:Renewable & Alternative Energy, Environmental Science:Energy
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Unit 2: Climate Forcings part of Regulating Carbon Emissions
Sandra Penny, Russell Sage College; Eric Leibensperger, Ithaca College
This unit uses systems thinking to explore how carbon emissions affect the global climate system. It includes an introduction to the greenhouse effect and climate modeling. Students engage in a small group activity ...
Resource Type: Activities: Course Module, Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Think-Pair-Share, Demonstration, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Greenhouse effect, Anthropogenic causes, Natural causes, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Climate Change:Greenhouse effect, Anthropogenic causes, Climate feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Natural causes
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Unit 5: Abating Carbon Emissions part of Regulating Carbon Emissions
Robyn Smyth, Bard College; Gautam Sethi, Bard College; Curt Gervich, SUNY College at Plattsburgh
Students evaluate the EPA's Clean Power Plan in the context of Common but Differentiated Responsibility. This unit also introduces students to the idea that there are costs and benefits associated with the ...
Resource Type: Activities: Course Module, Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Think-Pair-Share, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change, Impacts of climate change, Public policy , Environmental Science:Energy:Energy Policy , Environmental Science:Sustainability, Policy, Economics, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Public policy, Impacts of climate change, Greenhouse gas emissions, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Environmental Science:Policy:Energy Policy
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review, Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Unit 1.2 - Role of Soil part of Critical Zone Science
Tim White, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
The focus on soil in this unit is accomplished by browsing and reading or browsing (in some detail) information from nine websites as well as a book chapter. This effort will help students to understand issues ...
Resource Type: Activities: Course Module, Activities, Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Think-Pair-Share
Subject: Geoscience:Soils, Biogeosciences , Geology:Geomorphology:Weathering/Soils:Soils, Environmental Science, Soils and Agriculture
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary, Passed Peer Review
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Unit 5: The Sixth Extinction part of Changing Biosphere
Camille Holmgren, SUNY Buffalo State University
In this unit, students will prepare by reading a couple of articles describing the causes and rates of mass extinctions, including the current "Sixth Extinction," and why conservation is important to ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Think-Pair-Share, Activities, Course Module
Subject: Biology:Ecology, Environmental Science:Human Population, Sustainability, Ecosystems:Biodiversity, Geoscience:Biogeosciences , Environmental Science
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Unit 3: The Interconnected Nature of the Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, and Biosphere part of Changing Biosphere
Sam Donovan, BioQUEST; LeeAnna Chapman, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Cailin Huyck Orr, Carleton College; Camille Holmgren, SUNY Buffalo State University; Rebecca Teed, Wright State University-Main Campus
Using a systems dynamics approach, students will work in groups to conceptualize and construct a model of the global carbon cycle considering five major Earth systems: atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, ...
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Think-Pair-Share, Course Module, Activities
Subject: Biology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards, Environmental Science, Geoscience:Biogeosciences , Environmental Science:Ecosystems
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Unit 3: Crops and Irrigation Patterns in the United States part of Water, Agriculture, Sustainability
Chris Sinton, Ithaca College
This unit is designed to allow students to quantitatively assess how much water is used for irrigating crops and how this varies across the United States. This unit also has students link water use to the economic ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Think-Pair-Share, Course Module
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Soils and Agriculture, Economics, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Geoscience:Soils
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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