Teaching Activities

Earth education activities from across all of the sites within the Teach the Earth portal.

Skip to search results Skip to search facet filtersSkip to text search formSkip to pagination


Current Search Limits:
Online Readiness
Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities
Activities > Writing Assignment
Subject
Geoscience > Oceanography

Results 1 - 6 of 6 matches

Adopt a Microbe! - 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 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)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment, Classroom Activity, Project
Subject: Biology:Microbiology, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Depositional environments:Deep Marine Environment, Geoscience:Oceanography:Biological, Marine Resources, Biology:Biogeochemistry:Microbial Properties and Metabolism, Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

El Niño and Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions in the Tropical Pacific part of Oceanography:Activities
Tim Cook, Worcester State University
This activity investigates the oceanographic and climatic characteristics of El Niño/La Niña (ENSO) events using observational data from moored ocean buoys in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Data are obtained from ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Problem Set, Project, Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography:Ocean-Climate Interactions, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :El Nino/La Nina, Geoscience:Oceanography
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Collection This activity is part of the On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Teaching Activities collection.
Learn more about this review process.

Eco-Tour Operator Role Brochure part of Oceanography:Activities
Martha House, Pasadena City College
Individual project designed to combine basic oceanographic concepts in the creation of a travel brochure. Involves some group interaction, but project is individual. Can be done online or in a face-to-face class. ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Project, Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Coastal-zone, Geoscience:Oceanography
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Collection This activity is part of the On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Teaching Activities collection.
Learn more about this review process.

Earthquake Compare and Contrast Paper part of Oceanography:Activities
Sarah "Sally" Zellers, University of Central Missouri
Students will write a research paper comparing the Sumatran (2004) and Tohoku (2011) tsunami generating earthquakes.

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Writing Assignment
Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Coastal Hazards:Tsunami, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Hazards
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Collection This activity is part of the On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Teaching Activities collection.
Learn more about this review process.

Human Impacts on Sharks: Developing an Essay Through Peer-Review on a Discussion Board part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Peer Review:Examples
Laura Guertin, Penn State Brandywine
Through a discussion board, students comment and respond to paper topics on the human impacts on sharks. -

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Assessments:Peer Assessment, Activities:Writing Assignment
Subject: Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Ecology, Biology:Ecology, Geoscience:Oceanography:Physical
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Microfossils 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 the types of microfossils found in cores and how they can be used to study Earth's history. This playlist is suitable for use in remote, ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology:Development/Growth and Form/Morphometrics , Preservation and Taphonomy, Extinction and Diversity , Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction , Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Resources, Ocean-Climate Interactions, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records