Oceanography Data in the Classroom: Using an OOI Ocean Data Lab to Explore Chlorophyll-a Trends and Increase Data Literacy part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2021:Program:Teaching Demonstrations
This activity will demonstrate a lesson created to increase student understanding of primary production trends and driving forces in coastal areas. This lesson was designed using the Ocean Observatory Initiative ...

Using 2D models to teach how and why watersheds flood part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2020:Program:Share-a-Thon
We will demonstrate how to use a 2D watershed model to simulate how and why watersheds flood. The model, "Floorlandia," simulates water movement across an imaginary landscape, with students moving beads ...

No Outcrop, No Problem: Telling Time on an Urban Campus part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2019:Program:Share-a-Thon
Principles of relative and absolute age dating can be challenging for students to visualize in how they apply to a sequence of rocks, particularly on a urban campus lacking outcrops. To better engage students in ...

Tackling Word Problems Like an Engineer part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2021:Program:Share-a-Thon
Goal: To teach students a way to approach word problems and reduce the panic that sometimes ensues.Plan: Introduce the problem solving approach, model it in one or two example problems, have them practice it in one ...

Teaching Data Literacy using the OOI Ocean Data Exploration Activity "Dynamic Air-Sea Interactions" part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2021:Program:Teaching Demonstrations
Teaching with real data is fun and engages students more thoroughly as it really illustrates the true nature of scientific inquiry, that data is not always straight-forward, as it can be messy, but still useful. ...

Curricular Pathways for Geohazard Learning part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2022:Program:Share-a-thon Session
The EarthScope ANGLE Curricular Pathways offer four different ways to approach learning related to geohazard topic: Instrumentation, Plate Tectonics, Earthquake Impacts, and Community Resilience. The specific ...

Use of Independent Data Sets in Analyzing Tectonic Plate Boundaries part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2021:Program:Teaching Demonstrations
Armed with previous knowledge about basic plate tectonic theory, students hypothesize about motions across specific plate boundaries. They then test their hypotheses by using a Google Earth platform to calculate ...

Exploring weather phenomenon with the help of GLOBE Weather part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2019:Program:Share-a-Thon
During this Share-a-Thon, we will provide a quick overview of the new GLOBE Weather Curriculum and attendees will have the opportunity to try out our Mylar balloon investigation within Lesson 5: "How does air ...

Geologic Environment Reconstruction part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2018:Program:Teaching Demonstrations:Tuesday
Before coming to class students watch short videos about each of the three rock groups and take a short online quiz. In this jigsaw-style in-class activity students first work in small groups to learn how either ...

Active Learning for the Under-resourced and Overwhelmed Instructor part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2018:Program:Teaching Demonstrations:Tuesday
Active learning provides peer-to-peer interaction as students participate in activities that include opportunities for reflection and/or assessment of learning. Regardless of your experience as an instructor, the ...