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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
CLEAN Selected This activity has been selected for inclusion in the CLEAN collection.
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Lab 6: Using Data to Identify Hot Spots and Predict Bleaching Events part of EarthLabs for Educators:Corals
The lab activity described here was created by Erin Bardar and Sarah Hill of TERC for the EarthLabs project. Summary and Learning Objectives Under certain environmental stresses, zooxanthellae algae will vacate ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Biology:Ecology, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Habitats, Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Resources, Biological
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review, Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
CLEAN Selected This activity has been selected for inclusion in the CLEAN collection.
Learn more about this review process.

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

Air, Water, Land, & Life: A Global Perspective part of EarthLabs for Educators:Earth System Science
The lab activity described here was adapted by Erin Bardar and Sarah Hill of TERC for the EarthLabs project. Summary and Learning Objectives In Lab 5, students learned about some of the global circulation ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Computer Applications, Audio/Visual:Maps
Subject: Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Lab 1: Getting to Know the Cryosphere part of EarthLabs for Educators:Climate and the Cryosphere
The lab activity described here was developed by Erin Bardar of TERC for the EarthLabs project. Summary and Learning Objectives In Part A of this lab, students will learn about the different components that make ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Glacial/Periglacial
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

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 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 2: Hurricane Anatomy part of EarthLabs for Educators:Hurricanes
John McDaris, Carleton College
The lab activity described here was created by John McDaris of SERC for the EarthLabs project. Summary and Learning Objectives Students view and explore a variety of different hurricane visualizations: movies of ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Activities:Classroom Activity, Audio/Visual:Maps, Images/Illustrations
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

Oh What a Tangled Web: Ecosystem-Based Management part of EarthLabs for Educators:Fisheries
The lab activity described here was created by Erin Bardar and Sarah L Hill of TERC for the EarthLabs project. Summary and Learning Objectives Students begin this investigation by reading about the basic premises ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Audio/Visual, Computer Applications, Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Resources, Biology:Ecology, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Ecosystems, Geoscience:Oceanography:Biological, Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources:Fisheries
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review