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Unit 1: What is Sustainability in the Context of Water? part of Water, Agriculture, Sustainability
Robert Turner, University of Washington-Bothell Campus
In this three to four class unit, students will: Assess the case for a global water crisis and its relevance in America. Expand their understanding of sustainability as a contestable concept and movement. Consider ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Course Module
Subject: Geoscience:Soils, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Sustainability, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Management and Policy, Water Quality/Chemistry , Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water supply/water resource evaluation, Water and society, policy, and management, Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Unit 2: Water Footprints part of Water, Agriculture, Sustainability
Robert Turner, University of Washington-Bothell Campus
Unit 2 opens a window into water accounting and reveals intensive water use that few people think about. How much water goes into common commodities? Have you considered how much water it takes to support our ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Course Module, Activities:Virtual Field Trip
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water and society, policy, and management, Water supply/water resource evaluation, Geoscience:Soils, Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Management and Policy, Water Quality/Chemistry , Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Economics, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Soils and Agriculture, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Greenhouse Effect Lab part of Teaching Activities
Krista Larsen, Carleton College
In this lab, students measure temperature changes inside soda bottles (one with CO2 added, the other with only air inside) as incandescent light is shined on them to model the Greenhouse Effect.

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Greenhouse effect, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Greenhouse effect
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review, Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Deep Sea Microbes Jigsaw part of IODP School of Rock 2020:Teaching Activities
Beverly Owens, Cleveland Early College High School; Molly Ludwick, Kings Mountain Middle School
This activity will help students to explore characteristics of microbes that live in the deep sea. This activity can be conducted as a jigsaw or research project, and can be used with face-to-face, remote, and ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project:Independent Research, Activities:Classroom Activity:Jigsaw, Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Resources, Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources, Biology:Microbiology, Biogeochemistry:Microbial Properties and Metabolism, Geoscience:Oceanography:Biological
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Understanding Earthquakes: Comparing seismograms part of EarthScope ANGLE:Educational Materials:Activities
Jennifer Pickering
Introductory lesson that contextualizes how multiple instruments provide a more complete picture on an event.

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), High School (9-12), Middle (6-8), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards, Geoscience, Geology:Geophysics:Seismology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Dino Doom part of Teaching Activities
Sina Kirk, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus
This is an online learning experience that transports learners around the world to different locations related to the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event. Students will collect and analyze evidence to ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Project
Subject: Biology:Ecology:Food Webs, Geoscience:Paleontology:Extinction and Diversity , Geoscience:Geology:Historical Geology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Lesson 2: My Water Footprint (High School) part of Teaching Activities
Kai Olson-Sawyer, GRACE Communications Foundation
This lesson centers on a deeper exploration of the water footprint associated with food. Students learned in Lesson 1 that virtual water, especially as it relates to food, typically makes up the majority of their ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Virtual Field Trip, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Soils, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Water Conservation, Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture:Food Production and Distribution, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water and society, policy, and management, Water supply/water resource evaluation
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Lesson 1: Water Resources and Water Footprints (High School) part of Teaching Activities
Kai Olson-Sawyer, GRACE Communications Foundation
This lesson helps students understand why Earth is considered the "water planet." Students analyze how much of Earth's water is available for humans to use for life-sustaining purposes, and they ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Virtual Field Trip, Project
Subject: Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Water Conservation, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water supply/water resource evaluation, Water and society, policy, and management
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Earthquake Intensity part of EarthScope ANGLE:Educational Materials:Activities
Jennifer Pickering
Introductory lesson that compares ShakeMaps between earthquakes in the same location but different magnitudes, and earthquakes of the same magnitude but different depths, to acquaint learners to the fundamental controls on intensity of shaking felt during an event: magnitude and distance from the earthquake source.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), Intermediate (3-5)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Geoscience, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Frequency of Large Earthquakes part of EarthScope ANGLE:Educational Materials:Activities
Jennifer Pickering
Using the IRIS Earthquake Browser tool, students gather data to support a claim about how many large (Mw 8+) earthquakes will happen globally each year. This activity provides scaffolded experience downloading data and manipulating data within a spreadsheet.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8), Intermediate (3-5), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Geoscience, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary