Youth and Law part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Putting Sustainability into Action workshop:Activities
Carla Lippett, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Students, faculty, staff, and other community volunteers will collaborate in groups with the delivery of a Law-Related Education (LRE)program that goes beyond questions about who, what, when, and where. LRE helps ...

Soils Mapping part of Teaching Activities
Jinny Sisson, University of Houston-University Park
Students collect a soil near their house or other location, analyze it using grain size, plot the locations and collectively create a soils map of campus or larger area. This exercise can be tailored for many ...

Urban Wildlife Garden as a Pedagogical Tool for Environmental Studies part of Teaching Activities
Charu Sharma, Arden University
The Natural History Museum's Wildlife Garden showcasing its eight habitats is used as a primary source for baseline environmental data collection, analysis and discussion. Basic concepts of biodiversity, ...

Think Globally, Act Locally part of EarthLabs for Educators:Earth System Science
The lab activity described here was adapted by Erin Bardar of TERC for the EarthLabs project. Summary and Learning Objectives Students are introduced to four major components of the Earth system: the atmosphere, ...

Interpreting the Geologic History of Canyon de Chelly part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching the Methods of Geoscience:Activities
Holly Godsey, University of Utah
The is a two part lesson designed to given in-service teacher an experience in field geology. The lesson is designed by Canyon de Chelly, AZ but can be used anywhere there are outcrops of two or more rock types.

Building Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) part of Oceanography:Activities
Debra Woodall, Daytona College
Educators with an interest in hands-on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines will receive introductory instructions on how to design, engineer and build a fully functional underwater ...

Using Field Observations and Field Experiences to Teach GeoscienceAn Illustrated Community Discussion part of Geoscience in the Field:Field Experiences:Posters
Allen Macfarlane, University of Kansas Main Campus
Students work with data bases and GIS to develop saturated thickness maps. Each data base consists of observations made by drillers where they have encountered the High Plains aquifer base and the annual ...

Using Field Observations and Field Experiences to Teach GeoscienceAn Illustrated Community Discussion part of Geoscience in the Field:Field Experiences:Posters
Donald Barber, Bryn Mawr College
The primary activity described here is measurement of sub-surface water properties in a local pond (e.g., temperature and dissolved oxygen). This activity combines concepts and skills from Geology, Biology and ...