Teaching Activities

Writing Assignment for Marine Biology part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching About Earth Online Workshop:Activities
Anthony Santorelli, Anne Arundel Community College
Students write about the important aspects of a species of sea life, including physical characteristics, habitat, behaviors and interaction with humans and also provide a video that addresses that sea life along ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment, Activities
Subject: Biology:Ecology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Adopt a Microbe! - Digital Adaptation part of IODP School of Rock 2020:Teaching Activities
Molly Ludwick, Kings Mountain Middle School; Beverly Owens, Cleveland Early College High School
This activity is a Google Slide playlist that will introduce students to microbes that can be found in deep sea sediments, and what roles they play in their environment. This playlist is suitable for use in remote ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment, Classroom Activity, Project
Subject: Biology:Microbiology, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Depositional environments:Deep Marine Environment, Geoscience:Oceanography:Biological, Marine Resources, Biology:Biogeochemistry:Microbial Properties and Metabolism, Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Inland water chemistry: the Nordic Lake Survey 1995 part of Project EDDIE:News & Events:EDDIE Workshops:Workshop: Teaching Quantitative Reasoning with Data:Teaching Activities
Tom Andersen, University of Oslo, Norway
While the ionic composition of surface seawater is basically the same anywhere in the world's oceans, the chemistry of inland waters can vary by orders of magnitude over short distances. In this activity we ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Writing Assignment, Classroom Activity
Subject: Chemistry, Geoscience, Biology, Environmental Science, Computer Science
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Deep Sea Microbes Playlist part of IODP School of Rock 2020:Teaching Activities
Molly Ludwick, Kings Mountain Middle School; Beverly Owens, Cleveland Early College High School
This activity is a Google Slide playlist that will introduce students to microbes that can be found in deep sea sediments, and what roles they play in their environment. This playlist is suitable for use in remote, ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Writing Assignment, Classroom Activity
Subject: Biology:Microbiology, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Resources, Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Benthic, Geoscience:Oceanography:Biological
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

independent soil investigation project part of Hydrogeology:Hydrogeology, Soils, Geochemistry 2013:Activities
Stephanie Ewing, Montana State University-Bozeman
Students demonstrate their skill in soils investigation and interpretation through independent projects undertaken in groups of one to three and presented in class using visual aids.

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment, Field Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Soils:Profile Description/Morphology, Soil Genesis, Critical Zone Processes, Classification, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Geochemical Analysis, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry, Geoscience:Soils, Biology:Biogeochemistry:Carbon Cycling, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Environmental Science, Sustainability, Land Use and Planning, Biology:Biogeochemistry, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Reaction Kinetics/Rates, Geoscience:Soils:Soil Maps
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Evolution of Whales part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Mitchell Colgan, College of Charleston
The students read two articles on the evolution of whales and search the web. The students' writing assignment requires them to outline the evolution of whales using major fossil finds. Students start with ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment
Subject: Biology:Evolution, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Evolution
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

The Four-Winged Dinosaur part of Early Career:Previous Workshops:Workshop 2010:Teaching Activities
Tasha Dunn, Colby College
This is assignment is completed in two parts: It begins in class with a showing of the Nova documentary "The Four-Winged Dinosaur." It continues as a homework assignment in which students write a short ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Historical Geology, Biology:Evolution, Geoscience:Paleontology:Evolution
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Darwin and the Galapagos Islands part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Mitchell Colgan, College of Charleston
In this assignment the students read the Chapter 17 "Galapagos Archipelago" from The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin, and they examine a website about the Galapagos Islands. The students answer two ...

Human Impacts on Sharks: Developing an Essay Through Peer-Review on a Discussion Board 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 the human impacts on sharks. -

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Assessments:Peer Assessment, Activities:Writing Assignment
Subject: Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Ecology, Biology:Ecology, Geoscience:Oceanography:Physical
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Green Landscape and Environmental Policy part of Service Learning:Activities
Stephanie Freeman, Alabama A & M University
Develop lectures that discuss environmental policy and horticulture practices in communities. Create classroom activities that incorporate green landscape design practices in residential areas. These classroom ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Writing Assignment, Classroom Activity, Project:Service Learning, Activities:Lab Activity, Field Activity, Project
Subject: Biology, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Land Use and Planning, Sustainability, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review