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Unit 1: Anyone Can Be a Scientist
Educational module teaching introductory Earth science students how to think and act like scientists by engaging with scientific practices, analyzing diverse data types, distinguishing observations from interpretations, applying NGSS science and engineering practices through case studies, and formulating testable vs. non-testable scientific questions using tools like Google Earth across three 60–75 minute lessons. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Unit 6- How Do We Explore Planets in Our Solar System?
This educational webpage details Unit 6 of the TIDeS Earth Science Course, a culminating module where students apply Earth science knowledge and scientific practices to explore planetary resource potential, analyze remote sensing data, evaluate NASA rover missions, and design their own rover proposals for extraterrestrial investigation. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Unit 4: Are You Prepared for Severe Weather?
Educational module for undergraduate Earth Science students covering severe weather preparedness through hands-on activities involving weather station design, meteorological data analysis, Excel/Google Sheets graphing, hurricane impact modeling, climate change connections, and campus/community risk assessment across seven structured subunits. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Unit 2: Are We Moving Toward Forming Another Supercontinent?
Educational module for undergraduate Earth science students investigating plate tectonics, geologic processes, and supercontinent formation through data analysis of plate boundaries, slip rates, and GPS velocity to predict future continental configurations. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Unit 5.4 Heavy rainfall and landslides
Mark Abolins, Middle Tennessee State University
Students assume various roles (e.g., school superintendent) and use online maps to explore landslide hazards in Southern California. They examine the landslide problems from different perspectives, and they apply ...

Unit 4.6: Are Hurricanes causing more damage now?
Beth Dushman, Howard Community College
In this unit, students are introduced to ways that hurricanes cause damage and create models of why hurricane damage has changed throughout the recorded history of hurricanes in the USA. Students make connections ...

Unit 2.6: Is heat always a dead end, or can it do something useful too?
Sandra Penny, Russell Sage College; Natalie Bursztyn, James Madison University
Students focus on some thermodynamic aspects of energy: Heat, heat engines, and the second law of thermodynamics. We have already laid the groundwork for these concepts in Unit 2.3 (Energy Types and ...

Unit 2.7 Unit synthesis and lesson plan
Natalie Bursztyn, University of Montana
This is the final module for the Unit and tasks students to apply their understanding of Waves, Energy, and Thermodynamics. In this summative assignment, students choose an activity that they have completed in Unit ...

Unit 2.1 Extension: Wave Application to Hunga Tsunami Wave Data
Sandra Penny, Russell Sage College; Natalie Bursztyn, James Madison University
Waves are observable all over the place, so why do they exist? Students conduct experiments to examine wave speed, then use data to analyze wave speed, distance traveled, and time elapsed for the tsunami wave ...

Unit 2.2: Measuring and Analyzing Waves
Sandra Penny, Russell Sage College; Natalie Bursztyn, James Madison University
This unit follows up and reinforces the topics introduced in the previous unit (Unit 2.1) about waves and wave properties. Multiple scaffolded extension activities and lab exercises build on similar concepts with ...