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Lab 2: What's a Watershed? part of EarthLabs for Educators:Drought
The lab activity described here was created by Betsy Youngman of Phoenix Country Day School and LuAnn Dahlman of TERC for the EarthLabs project. The hands-on activity in Part A is adapted from similar lessons by ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Virtual Field Trip, Computer Applications
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Surface Water
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Lab 6: Drying of the American West part of EarthLabs for Educators:Drought
The lab activity described here was created by Betsy Youngman of Phoenix Country Day School and LuAnn Dahlman and Sarah Hill of TERC for the EarthLabs project. Summary and Learning Objectives When populations live ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Lab 3: Normal Climate Patterns part of EarthLabs for Educators:Drought
The lab activity described here was created by Betsy Youngman of Phoenix Country Day School and LuAnn Dahlman of TERC for the EarthLabs project. Summary and Learning Objectives Students generate and explore a ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Computer Applications
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Regional climates, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review, Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Lab 7: Is Your Region Ready for a Drought? part of EarthLabs for Educators:Drought
The lab activity described here was created by Betsy Youngman of Phoenix Country Day School and LuAnn Dahlman of TERC for the EarthLabs project. Summary and Learning Objectives In this lab, students apply the ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Discussion
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Policy
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Lab 5: Extreme Weather part of EarthLabs for Educators:Climate and the Biosphere
The lab activity described here was created by Betsy Youngman and Sarah Hill of TERC for the EarthLabs project. Summary and Learning Objectives Students read articles from sources such as Environmental Protection ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Lab 8: Hot Water and Hurricanes part of EarthLabs for Educators:Hurricanes
The lab activity described here was created by LuAnn Dahlman and Sarah Hill of TERC for the EarthLabs project. Summary and Learning Objectives Students explore issues related to the rapid intensification of ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Datasets and Tools:Datasets, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Activities:Classroom Activity, Audio/Visual:Maps, Computer Applications
Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather:Hurricanes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Chemistry:General Chemistry:Thermodynamics:Heat
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Lab 3: Putting Hurricanes on the Calendar part of EarthLabs for Educators:Hurricanes
The lab activity described here was created by LuAnn Dahlman and Sarah Hill of TERC for the EarthLabs project. Summary and Learning Objectives Students explore NOAA's official record of tropical storms and ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Datasets and Tools:Datasets, Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather:Hurricanes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Lab 6: Why Keep an Eye on the Barometer? part of EarthLabs for Educators:Hurricanes
The lab activity described here was created by Martos Hoffman and LuAnn Dahlman of TERC for the EarthLabs project. Summary and Learning Objectives Students graph the relationship between air pressure and wind ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Datasets and Tools:Datasets
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Air pressure, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather:Hurricanes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Winds, Extreme weather
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Lab 4: Putting Hurricanes on the Map part of EarthLabs for Educators:Hurricanes
The lab activity described here was created by LuAnn Dahlman and Sarah Hill of TERC for the EarthLabs project. Summary and Learning Objectives Students select a storm from the HURDAT2 database and create its track ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Activities:Classroom Activity, Computer Applications, Audio/Visual:Maps
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather:Hurricanes
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Lab 1: Meteorological Monsters part of EarthLabs for Educators:Hurricanes
John McDaris, Carleton College
The lab activity described here was created by Martos Hoffman of TERC and John McDaris of SERC for the EarthLabs project. Summary and Learning Objectives In this introductory activity, students view and interpret ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather:Hurricanes
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review