Teaching Activities

Mel Goodwin
In this activity, students research various topics about ocean health, e.g. overfishing, habitat destruction, invasive species, climate change, pollution, and ocean acidification. An optional ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Ecosystems, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Biology, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Geoscience:Oceanography, Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Climate Change:Impacts of climate change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Blooming Thermometers part of CLEAN Collection

https://scied.ucar.edu/activity/blooming-thermometers

Lisa Gardiner, et al.
In this activity, students develop an understanding of the relationship between natural phenomena, weather, and climate change: the study known as phenology. In addition, they learn how cultural ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Biology, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Regional climates, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climatology :Orbital patterns, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Salmon Use of Geomorphically Restored Streams at Point Reyes National Seashore part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Geology of National Parks:Examples
Module by: Mark Rains, University of South Florida Cover Page by: Len Vacher and Denise Davis, University of South Florida
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module/Geology of National Parks course. Students work with salmon-trace streambed data to study whether removal of a spawning run barrier was effective

Grade Level: Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology, Geology:Geomorphology, Biology:Ecology, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Restoration/Reclamation
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Scientific Observations: A Schoolyard BioBlitz part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Joanne Michet
This activity is a classroom and field activity where students learn about and practice scientific observations in the classroom and then complete a field activity by making and recording scientific observations on school grounds.

Grade Level: Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Biology

Using Art to Teach Environmental Responsibility part of SISL:Activities
Kevin Saari
In this activity, students will use art to consider the effects of industrial culture on the environment and envision how to create a more positive and sustainable future. The students will create art works based ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8), College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Studio Teaching, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Activities:Project:Investigative Case Studies, Activities:Classroom Activity:Process Oriented Guided Inquiry, Activities:Project:Independent Research, Activities:Field Activity:Research experiences for students, Activities
Subject: Environmental Science, Education:Assessment, Biology:Ecology, Education, Fine Arts, Education:Assessment:Peer Assessment

Investigative Case - Living in an Alkaline Environment part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Investigative Case Based Learning:Examples
Developed by Monica Bruckner, Montana State University, based on the Living in an Alkaline Environment Activity by Sarah Bordenstein, Marine Biological Laboratory.
Living in an Alkaline Environment is a three-part interactive activity that explores the ecology and diversity of life in alkaline environments.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project:Investigative Case Studies, Computer Applications, Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity:Short Activity
Subject: Education:Assessment:On Line, Biology:Microbiology

Investigating Biodiversity in your schoolyard part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Todd Koenig Zimmerman High School 25900 4th Street West Zimmerman, MN 55398 Based on an original activity from Mike Link and the Audubon Center of the North Woods
In this field lab students will investigate the biodiversity around their school. Students will perform a biodiversity count using transect line. The students will develop multiple hypotheses relating to biodiversity and propose additional procedures for studying, collecting and testing these questions.

Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity:Field laboratories
Subject: Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Biology:Diversity

Ecology/Geography Classification part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Brianne Meick

Grade Level: Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity
Subject: Biology:Ecology

Environmental interactions: Connectedness of a natural system part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Paul Jeffery, Saint Michael/Albertville Middle School East, Saint Michael, Minnesota
This is a field investigation of how a natural system in organized and the interconnectedness of an ecosystem.

Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity
Subject: Biology:Ecology

Introduction to Dichotomous Keys part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Lindsey Oliver; Fridley Middle School: Fridley, MN
This activity is a lab where students learn to classify objects that are similar into groups and technically describe their classifications. Introduction to dichotomous keys.

Grade Level: Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Biology