Teaching Geologic Map Interpretation Using Google Earth part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Geologic Map Interpretation with Google Earth
Resources in this collection A highly effective, non-traditional approach for using Google Earth to teach strike, dip, and geologic map interpretation, with assignments and activities (Barbara Tewksbury, Hamilton ...

Rates of Change and Deep Time in the Middle Grades Classroom part of Rates and Time:GSA Activity Posters
The nature and scientific measurement of geological and cosmological time are among the most misunderstood and difficult to teach concepts in all of K-12 science education. To address this issue, a multi-disciplinary team of geologists, astronomers and education professionals at Western Kentucky University developed a series of professional development workshops for pre- and in-service middle grades teachers. The participants clearly advanced their content understanding of geological and cosmological time and the implementation plans received clearly show a desire to apply many of the activities learned in the workshop.

Relative Dating of Geologic Materials part of Teacher Preparation:Resource Collections:Activities
This lessons allows students to constuct the basic principals used to understand relative geologic time and the skills used to construct the geologic time scale.

Human Demographics part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Mathematical and Statistical Models:Mathematical and Statistical Models Examples
In this biology simulation students explore factors that change human population growth including age at which women begin to bear children, fertility rate and death rate. -

Knowledge Surveys part of Student Learning: Observing and Assessing:Knowledge Surveys
This module was developed for On the Cutting Edge by Karl Wirth at Macalester College and Dexter Perkins at the University of North Dakota. Knowledge surveys play an essential role in all of my classes. The ...

Instructor Stories and Adaptations part of Exploring Geoscience Methods
These resources describe how the module was adapted for use in different settings. We hope these stories inspire your own use of the module and give you insight into how to adapt the materials for your classroom. ...

Instructor Materials: Overview of the Geoscience Methods Module part of Exploring Geoscience Methods
Module Goal: Pre-service secondary science teachers explore geoscientific thinking in comparison to the generalized (experimental) scientific method, investigate global climate change and its impact on human ...

Place Attachment Inventory (PAI) part of Student Learning: Observing and Assessing:Activities
This is an experimental psychometric instrument that measures an individual's attachment to specific or general places, by means of two dimensions: self-identification with a place, and the capacity of the place to support a person's activities or goals. The 12 items used in the PAI were devised, normed, and validated by Williams and Vaske (2003) and adapted for use in geoscience courses by Semken and Piburn (2004, 2005).

Examples of student posters part of Early Career:Developing a Research Program
Here are a few examples of posters created by students in Greg Hancock's Surface Processes class, along with Greg's descriptions of the projects they summarize. Clicking on a picture of a poster will ...

Unit 1.2: Introducing SEPs and CCCs part of TIDeS:TIDeS Teaching Materials:Physical Science
How is this class aligned in a way to help you with your future teaching? In this unit, we lay out the format of a class, how it aligns with NGSS (Next Generation Science Standards), and how students can use these ...