What's in the Water? Lesson 4: Drinking Water & Environmental Justice part of Teaching Activities
In this lesson from the "What's in the Water?" PFAS Contamination Unit", students explore equity in drinking water across the U.S. For homework, students read segments of two recent reports ...

What's in the Water? Lesson 1: Water Cycle and Watersheds part of Teaching Activities
In this lesson from "What's in the Water?" PFAS Contamination Unit", students collaboratively explore water and contaminant cycling through the natural environment. They identify pathways each ...

What's in the Water? Lesson 6: Drinking Water Quality Regulation in the U.S. part of Teaching Activities
In the sixth lesson of the "What's in the Water?" PFAS Contamination Unit", students learn about how drinking water quality and PFAS are regulated at the federal and state levels in the U.S. and ...

Mt. St. Helens Volcanic Ashfall Eruption part of Teaching Activities
This activity takes place outside of the classroom and requires ~1 hour to complete. Students recreate the map of the Mt. St. Helens ash plume of 1980 and use their maps to answer a series of questions about this ...

Renewable Energy Virtual Field Trip part of Teaching Activities
This is a virtual field trip on the subject of renewable energy. The Google Earth slideshow will take you around the world to different key renewable energy sites across the world. Each site will have a quick ...

Induced Seismicity: Are humans causing earthquakes? part of Teaching Activities
In this lab, students investigate a hotly debated topic relevant in the political, economic, and scientific arenas. They will examine the processes involved in unconventional oil and gas resource production, ...

What's Shaking in Greenland? part of Teaching Activities
Students will work in small groups to compare the rate of icequake occurrence in Greenland to measured air temperature over time. This activity emphasizes the Earth systems concept by connecting seismic and ...

Mysterious motions along the Pacific Northwest Coast part of Teaching Activities
Students work in small groups to analyze and interpret Global Positioning System (GPS) and seismic data related to "mysterious ground motions" first along the northern California coastline, and then in ...

Ka-Boom! Measuring volcanic explosivity. part of Teaching Activities
Using a combination of water, effervescent antacid tablets, dishwashing liquid and simple materials, students model volcanic eruptions to measure the intensity of explosivity and develop their own scale.

Climate Reconstruction from the Sedimentary Record part of Teaching Activities
This module guides students through an examination of how Earth scientists use marine sediments to reconstruct changes in Earth's past climate. They then compare records of changes in Earth's climate from ...