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Introduction to the methods of geoscience part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching the Methods of Geoscience:Activities
Anne Egger, Central Washington University
In this activity, students are introduced to the methods of inquiry in the Earth sciences and how they differ from what is classically taught in school science.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Discussion, Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience, Education
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
Course Journal part of Teacher Preparation:Resource Collections:Activities
Lydia K Fox, University of the Pacific
The course journal is designed to help students be reflective about what they are learning in the course and to connect course material to their everyday lives. Students are encouraged to use the journal to develop ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment
Subject: Education
Science as Storytelling for Teaching the Nature of Science part of Teacher Preparation:Resource Collections:Activities
Barry Bickmore, Brigham Young University
"Science as Storytelling" is a program designed to help students in introductory science courses confront and replace misconceptions about the nature of science, and become more willing and able to address science-religion conflicts.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Writing Assignment
Subject: Education
Involving Undergraduates in the determination of the relationship between surface water and groundwater part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
Solomon Isiorho, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment, Project, Field Activity
Subject: Education, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water, Surface Water
Bringing geology Home to Undergraduates using your Surrounding part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
Solomon Isiorho, Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment, Field Activity
Subject: Education
Active Learning and Lasting Impacts: Reflective Writing in a Field-Based Geobotany Course for Teachers part of Teacher Preparation:Resource Collections:Activities
Amy Ellwein, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
In this upper-division, week-long, residential field geobotany course for K-12 in-service and pre-service teachers, participants make observations and interpretations in both the field and lab every day. At the end of each day, participants write about their experiences, self-confidence, and perceived competence as an amateur scientist during a reflective writing exercise, for which instructors provide feedback each evening.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Project, Field Activity, Writing Assignment
Subject: Education, Geoscience, Biology:Plant Biology