Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice Resources for Earth Educators
These resources have been developed by many different projects and address various aspects of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in the geosciences.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice
- Focus on Diverse Students 199 matches Increasing the diversity of students in STEM requires attracting them to the discipline, supporting them to graduation, and preparing them for career success.
- Build Just and Equitable Curricula 393 matches All students should be asked to wrestle with the large questions facing society in order to help STEM disciplines address important challenges.
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- A Civil Action - The Woburn Toxic Trial 2 matches
- ACM Pedagogic Resources 5 matches
- ADVANCEGeo 12 matches
- BASICS 5 matches
- CLEAN 2 matches
- Coalition for Climate Literacy 1 match
- Curriculum for the Bioregion 91 matches
- Cutting Edge 80 matches
- EarthLabs for Educators 3 matches
- Geo-Needs 2 matches
- GeoEthics 25 matches
- Geoscience in Two-year Colleges 1 match
- GET Spatial Learning 1 match
- GETSI 9 matches
- Humanities Education for Anti-Racism Literacy 1 match
- IGUaNA 21 matches
- Integrate 197 matches
- Integrating Research and Education 5 matches
- Keyah Math 1 match
- LSAMP IINSPIRE 1 match
- NAGT 9 matches
- Pedagogy in Action 2 matches
- PENGUIN 2 matches
- Project EDDIE 1 match
- Quantitative Skills 3 matches
- QuIRK 1 match
- SAGE 2YC 6 matches
- SISL 9 matches
- Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience 37 matches
- Sustainability Workshop 1 match
- Teach the Earth 24 matches
- Visualizing the Liberal Arts 1 match
Results 1 - 10 of 561 matches
Unit 6: Carbon Emissions Game
Gautam Sethi, Bard College
In this unit, students play a game, a variation on the "Pollution Game" (Corrigan 2011), to develop an appreciation of the pros and cons of the commonly discussed policy options for carbon abatement ...
Information Type: Activity, Course Module
Unit 3: Field Geophysical Measurements
Compiled by Lee Slater, Rutgers University Newark (lslater@newark.rutgers.edu)
Near surface geophysical measurements are performed by moving sensors across the Earth's surface. Active geophysical sensors transmit a signal into the Earth and record a returned signal that contains ...
Information Type: Activity:Lab Activity
Unit 1: Earthquake!
Vince Cronin, Baylor University (Vince_Cronin@baylor.edu)
Phil Resor, Wesleyan University (presor@wesleyan.edu)
In this opening unit, students develop the societal context for understanding earthquake hazards using as a case study the 2011 Tohoku, Japan, earthquake. It starts with a short homework "scavenger hunt" ...
Information Type: Activity, Classroom Activity, Course Module, Activity:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Think-Pair-Share, Activity:Classroom Activity:Short Activity
Unit 1: Climate Change and Sea Level: Who Are the Stakeholders?
Bruce Douglas, Indiana University-Bloomington; Susan Kaspari, Central Washington University
How are rising sea levels already influencing different regions? This unit offers case study examples for a coastal developing country (Bangladesh), a major coastal urban area (southern California), and an island ...
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Mock United Nations Climate Negotiations Exercise
Shangrila Wynn, The Evergreen State College
This is a version of the UN climate mock negotiations exercise developed by Shangrila Joshi Wynn.
Information Type: Activity
Unit 4: The Magic of Geophysical Inversion
Compiled by Lee Slater, Rutgers University Newark (lslater@newark.rutgers.edu)
This unit introduces the student to the concept of geophysical inversion, which is the process of estimating the geophysical properties of the subsurface from the geophysical observations. The basic mechanics of ...
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Part 2: Field work planning & investigation
Kate Darby, Western Washington University; Michael Phillips, Illinois Valley Community College; Lisa Phillips, Texas Tech University
In Part 2 of this unit, student groups will plan and execute the field collection of sensory data (scents and/or sounds) using previously developed data collection protocols. The advantage of using sensory data is ...
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Unit 5: Sensory Map Development
Kate Darby, Western Washington University; Michael Phillips, Illinois Valley Community College; Lisa Phillips, Texas Tech University
In this unit, student groups will use sensory data (scents and/or sounds) collected in the field to create maps of the sensory environment and relate their findings to larger environmental problems identified in ...
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Unit 3: Soil Investigation and Classification
Jennifer Dechaine, Central Washington University; Kathryn Baldwin, Eastern Washington University; Rodger Hauge, American Geophysical Union; Gary Varrella, Washington State University-Spokane
In this unit, students work in small groups to collect and record data about soils using various soil testing and classification methods at a series of stations. The methods they use are relevant to the societal ...
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Ice Mass and Sea Level Changes
Leigh Stearns, University of Kansas Main Campus; Becca Walker, Mt. San Antonio College
In this 2-3 week module, students interpret geodetic data from Greenland to assess spatial patterns and magnitudes of ice mass change and consider mechanisms and timescales for ice mass loss. They also investigate ...
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