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Earth education activities from across all of the sites within the Teach the Earth portal.
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Black Carbon: Dirty Sidekick of CO2 part of CLEAN Collection
Our Climate Our FutureThis resource explores the concept of black carbon and its contribution to climate change and human health through videos and discussion questions, and engages students in discussions about these ...
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Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Anthropogenic causes, Environmental Science:Energy, Energy:Fossil Fuels, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Anthropogenic causes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
The Heat is On: Cause and Effect and Climate part of CLEAN Collection
California Academy of SciencesThis lesson focuses on causation vs. correlation for temperature rise and includes videos, worksheets, and classroom discussions for exploration. Students pretend to live in Solutionville, where town ...
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Online Readiness: Online Ready, Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather, Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels, Environmental Science:Energy, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
Energy Stories Reader's Theater part of CLEAN Collection
In this activity students learn about the story of coal, firewood, wind, and how energy gets transferred to these different sources. It is set in a Reader's Theater type activity where students ...Learn more about this review process.
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Energy:Renewable & Alternative Energy, Environmental Science:Energy, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change, Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
Oil Drilling Game part of Teaching Activities
Jordan Makower, Pegasus Ed. Svcs (Private Earth Science Consultancy)
Students are each given 100 feet of drilling, to be used on a 144 mile square map under which is an oil trap. Working in teams, they construct cross-sections, based on stratigraphic and fossil data collected by ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Project
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels
Analysis of trends in global oil reserves, production, and consumption part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Systems, Society, Sustainability and the Geosciences:Activities
Scott Cummings, Kenyon College
An exercise to analyze trends in global oil reserves, production, and consumption.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Energy Policy , Environmental Science:Sustainability, Policy:Energy Policy, Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
How Much Oil Leaked from Deepwater Horizon? part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Systems, Society, Sustainability and the Geosciences:Activities
Stephen Boss, University of Arkansas Main Campus
Students develop an estimate of the total quantity of petroleum discharged from the Deepwater Horizon from 20 April to 15 July 2010 using only two known facts, the diameter of the riser and the flow rate of the oil/gas mixture emanating from the riser.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Waste:Toxic and Hazardous Wastes:Organic Chemicals, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Point Source Pollution, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Energy:Fossil Fuels
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Offshore wind or offshore oil? part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Systems, Society, Sustainability and the Geosciences:Activities
Noah Snyder, Boston College
An introductory environmental science project tasking students with comparing offshore oil and wind power development.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels, Renewable & Alternative Energy, Energy Policy , Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources, Policy:Environmental Decision-Making, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Resources, Environmental Science:Policy:Energy Policy
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
To Drill or Not to Drill? A Case Study in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge part of Environmental Geology:Activities
Cassandra Runyon, College of Charleston; Cynthia Hall, College of Charleston
To Drill or Not to Drill is a multidisciplinary problem based learning exercise, which intends to increase students' knowledge of a variety of topics through a real world environmental topic. In addition, ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Policy:Energy Policy, Environmental Decision-Making, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Environmental Science, Energy:Fossil Fuels, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Energy:Energy Policy , Environmental Science:Ecosystems
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
How Much Energy is on my Plate? part of CLEAN:CLEAN Network:Teaching Materials
Lane Seely, Karin Kirk
This activity is part of the community collection of teaching materials on climate and energy topics. This activity was submitted by faculty as part of the CLEAN Energy Workshop, held in April, 2011. This activity ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture:Food Production and Distribution, Environmental Science:Energy, Energy:Fossil Fuels, Efficiency and Energy Conservation, Geoscience:Soils
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
The Oil Game: Problem-based learning exercise in an Environmental Geology lecture-format class part of Geoscience in Two-year Colleges:Activities
David Voorhees, Waubonsee Community College
This is an active engagement exercise as a capstone exercise in a unit on energy in an Environmental Geology class of non-science majors combining a 'field-based' simulation and 'office-based' geological modeling. It uses readily available supplies and easily constructed equipment that can take 1 or 2 class meetings.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Classroom Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geoscience:Geology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review