Teaching Activities

Melting ice cubes part of Oceanography:Activities
Mirjam Glessmer, University of Bergen
Explore how melting of ice cubes floating in water is influenced by the salinity of the water. Important oceanographic concepts like density and density driven currents are visualized and can be discussed on the ...

Grade Level: General Public, College Lower (13-14), Intermediate (3-5), Primary (K-2), Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Project, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography:Physical , Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Layer Cake Geology part of Paleontology:Activities
Molly Ward, Museum of the Rockies
This activity visually introduces students to the idea of geologic time and the correlation between time, rock layers and fossils. It uses the familiar, relevant example of cake but teaches important concepts such ...

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), Primary (K-2)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology:Evolution , Biostratigraphy/Biogeography
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

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

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

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

GO Inquire System part of Metacognition:Activities
Erin Peters, George Mason University
GO Inquire is an online tool used to develop knowledge and skills of 4th grade science students in the concepts of erosion, transportation and deposition.

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes, Education, Geography:Physical, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landscape Evolution

Using Data to Teach Earth ProcessesAn Illustrated Community Discussion at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America part of Data, Simulations and Models:Workshop 03:Activities
Jim Roark NASA GSFC SSAI
Jim Roark NASA GSFC SSAI - We are using topography data of Earth and Mars to produce accurate 3-dimensional plastic models of comparable large scale geologic surface features from both planets. These models will be ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5)
Resource Type: Activities: Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Teaching Activities, Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology, Geoscience:Lunar and Planetary Science

Will I need an umbrella? part of Data, Simulations and Models:Activity Ideas
Lynn Blaney and Tim Slater Topic: Weather Course Type: intro: grades 3-5 Description In the first part of this activity students will use data set visualizations to determine if rains more in Phoenix, AZ or ...

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Clouds and precipitation