Teaching Activities
Earth education activities from across all of the sites within the Teach the Earth portal.
Grade Level
Online Readiness
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- Air Quality 4 matches
- Ecosystems 45 matches
- Energy 14 matches sources, supply, reserves, uses
- Forest Resources 1 match
- Water Quality and Quantity 7 matches including water resource management, water quality and water treatment
- Global Change and Climate 31 matches
- Waste 8 matches
- Mineral Resources 1 match includes precious metals, base metals, industrial minerals, aggregate
- Soils and Agriculture 1 match
- Oceans and Coastal Resources 3 matches
- Land Use and Planning 8 matches planning, zoning, sprawl issues, urban heat island
- Human Population 6 matches
- Sustainability 8 matches
- Natural Hazards 25 matches
- Policy 21 matches
Environmental Science
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- Campus Living Laboratory 4 matches
- ConcepTests 17 matches
- Cooperative Learning 2 matches
- Experience-Based Environmental Projects 5 matches
- First Day of Class 2 matches
- Gallery Walks 9 matches
- Games 6 matches
- Interactive Lecture Demonstrations 3 matches
- Interactive Lectures 7 matches
- Investigative Case Based Learning 10 matches
- Just in Time Teaching 5 matches
- Mathematical and Statistical Models 13 matches
- Peer Review 5 matches
- Role Playing 16 matches
- Service Learning 2 matches
- Socratic Questioning 2 matches
- Teaching with Data 10 matches
- Teaching with GIS 6 matches
- Teaching with Visualizations 1 match
- Undergraduate Research 1 match
Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience
SubjectResults 91 - 100 of 126 matches
Investigative Case - "European Starlings and Woopeckers" part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Investigative Case Based Learning:Examples
Developed for Lifelines Online by Arthur G. Nonhof. (www.bioquest.org/lifelines/)
An exploration into Niche Competition and Population Ecology
Resource Type: Activities: Assessments, Other Assessment Type, Activities:Project, Assessments:Peer Assessment
Subject: Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Habitats, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Terrestrial, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Restoration/Reclamation, Biology:Ecology:Principles
Gallery Walk Questions about Human Dimensions part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Gallery Walks:Examples
created by Mark Francek, Central Michigan University The following are potential questions that could be used in a gallery walk activity about the human dimensions of geologic issues. The questions are organized ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity:Gallery Walk
Subject: Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning, Natural Hazards, Policy
ConcepTest: Hydrologic Cycle part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:ConcepTests:Examples
The following diagram illustrates the Hydrologic Cycle. Match the letters below to the arrow on the diagram (note: some letters may be used for more than one arrow). Which process best represents Arrow 1? a. ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:ConcepTests
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling
ConcepTest: Hydrologic Cycle #13 part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:ConcepTests:Examples
The following diagram illustrates the Hydrologic Cycle. What would happen to the process identified by arrow 8 during a prolonged drought? a. Increase b. Decrease c. Can not be determined
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:ConcepTests
Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather:Drought, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Geoscience:Hydrology, Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather
ConcepTest: Ice Sheets and Water Depth part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:ConcepTests:Examples
Ice sheets covered much of the Northern Hemisphere one million years ago during part of the last ice age. How did this affect the depth of water in the oceans? a. Oceans were shallower than today b. Oceans were ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:ConcepTests
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography:Physical , Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:History and evolution of Earth's climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:History and evolution of Earth's climate
ConcepTest: Stream Baseflow During Droughts part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:ConcepTests:Examples
What happens to the volume of water that passes from groundwater to streams during a prolonged drought? a. it increases b. it decreases c. no change
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:ConcepTests
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Meteorology:Extreme weather, Seasonal patterns, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water cycle/groundwater-surface water interface, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather:Drought
ConcepTest: Injection Wells part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:ConcepTests:Examples
Liquid hazardous waste is disposed off by pumping it down injection wells. Which well location would be the most suitable to use for an injection well? a. A b. B c. C
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:ConcepTests
Subject: Environmental Science:Waste:Toxic and Hazardous Wastes, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Contaminant hydrology
ConcepTest: Continental Earthquakes part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:ConcepTests:Examples
Predict which continent experiences the fewest earthquakes per year. a) Antarctica b) North America c) South America d) Asia
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:ConcepTests
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes
World Population part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Teaching with Visualizations:Visualization Examples
This starting point example compiled by R.M. MacKay. utilizes the MyWorld Geographic Information System (GIS) software created at Norhtwestern University.
Access and visualize world population data using the user friendly MyWorld GIS software. Data includes total population, population density, projected population, male and female population, and age specific population, etc.
Resource Type: Activities: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity, Audio/Visual:Maps
Subject: Geography:Geospatial, Human/Cultural, Environmental Science:Human Population
Student Peer Review Through A Discussion Board to Develop an Invasive Species Paper part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Peer Review:Examples
Laura Guertin, Penn State Brandywine
Through a discussion board, students comment and respond to paper topics on invasive species. -
Resource Type: Activities: Assessments:Peer Assessment, Activities:Writing Assignment
Subject: Biology:Ecology, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Habitats:Invasive species