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Evolution of Extinct Animals part of Teaching Activities
Phil Novack-Gottshall, Benedictine University
A classroom/lab activity using the Paleobiology Database to produce and interpret diversity curves for various groups of important and popular extinct animals, such as trilobites, ammonites, and dinosaurs. Activity ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology:Extinction and Diversity
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary, Passed Peer Review

Greenhouse Effect Lab part of Teaching Activities
Krista Larsen, Carleton College
In this lab, students measure temperature changes inside soda bottles (one with CO2 added, the other with only air inside) as incandescent light is shined on them to model the Greenhouse Effect.

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Greenhouse effect, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Greenhouse effect
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review, Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Modeling Rare Plant Distributions Using ArcGIS part of Teaching Activities
Elizabeth Crook, University of California-Irvine
In this activity, students work with rare plant occurrence data from the Nature Reserve of Orange County, California to create species distribution maps in ArcGIS. Students are given shapefiles of species ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), Graduate/Professional
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Project
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Biology:Ecology:Habitats, Geography:Geospatial, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Habitats, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Exploring Primary Productivity part of Teaching Activities
Catherine Hill, Arizona Western College
Interacting with Data: Using interactive on-line graphs and datasets created by the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) from data collected from six oceanic arrays using hundreds of instruments, students can ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Project
Subject: Environmental Science, Ecosystems
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Petrographic Microscope Home Kit for Smartphones part of Teaching Activities
Lynne Elkins, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
This is a useful set of design instructions to build a home microscope kit for illustrating the properties of polarizing/petrographic microscopes with a smartphone camera. It can be used for any number of class ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Mineralogy:Optical Mineralogy
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Investigating Rock Classification part of Guided Inquiry Introductory Geology Labs:Activities
Sean Bryan, Colorado State University; Megan Plenge, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Average inquiry level: Structured This lab activity provides an introduction to rock classification. Classification is useful because it allows scientists to identify patterns and organize information. In this lab, ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Understanding Earthquakes: Comparing seismograms part of EarthScope ANGLE:Educational Materials:Activities
Jennifer Pickering
Introductory lesson that contextualizes how multiple instruments provide a more complete picture on an event.

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), High School (9-12), Middle (6-8), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards, Geoscience, Geology:Geophysics:Seismology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Mapping Plate Tectonic Boundaries part of Teaching Activities
Nathan Toke, Utah Valley University
In this classroom activity, students will work in groups to observe how patterns of topography, bathymetry, earthquake locations and depths, and the location of volcanoes vary across regions of the Earth. They will ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Project, Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Mineral Identification part of Teaching Activities
Katryn Wiese, City College of San Francisco
Mineral Identification online (developed for remote learning during COVID-19 pandemic); students will explore the various characteristics of minerals and then apply them to identify unknowns.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Tidepooling Field trip (online) part of Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Teaching with Online Field Experiences:Activities
Katryn Wiese, City College of San Francisco
Tidepooling Field Trip online (developed for remote learning during COVID-19 pandemic); students will watch video and review photos to simulate a field experience as they explore Pillar Point tidepools (as they ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Introductory
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Virtual Field Trip, Lab Activity
Subject: Biology:Diversity:Censuses, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Geoscience:Oceanography:Biological
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review