Earth Science

Encouraging Students to Think Critically About Earth's Systems and Sustainability

Earth Science
Science
Middle
High

This article describes how the NSF funded High-Adventure Science: Earth’s Systems and Sustainability (HAS:ESS) project is developing online curriculum modules for middle school and high school classroom use. The curricula engage students with interactive computational models and analysis of real-world data as they build scientific reasoning and argumentation skills, focused around core ideas in Earth Science with particular emphasis on how humans affect Earth’s systems. Currently available modules focus on climate change and on fresh water availability.

Author/Presenter

Amy Pallant

Year
2013
Resource(s)
Amy Pallant - 2013 - Encouraging Students to Think Critically About Earth's Systems and Sustainability.pdf

Innovative Approaches to Teaching Sedimentary Geology, Geomorphology, and Paleontology

Event Date
-
Sponsoring Organization
Science Education Resource Center (SERC)
Associated Dates and Deadlines
February 17, 2014

To learn more, visit http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/sedimentary/SGP2014/application.html.

Discipline/Topic
Earth Science
Science
Event Type
Workshop

Teaching about Risk and Resilience: Sea Level Rise, Flooding, and Earthquakes

Event Date
-
Sponsoring Organization
Science Education Resource Center (SERC)
Associated Dates and Deadlines
March 1, 2014

To learn more, visit http://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/workshops/risk_resilience/index.html.

Discipline/Topic
Earth Science
Science
Event Type
Workshop

Exploring the Unknown

Astronomy
Earth Science
Science
High
Access Link
http://learningcenter.nsta.org/product_detail.aspx?id=10.2505/4/tst12_079_03_60
Author/Presenter

Amy Pallant

Sarah Pryputniewicz

Hee-Sun Lee

Lead Organization(s)
Concord Consortium
Year
2012
Short Description

This article describes The Concord Consortium's High-Adventure Science Project, which brings frontier science into the classroom, allowing students to explore questions in Earth and space science that scientists are currently investigating.

Modeling Earth's Climate

Earth Science
Educational Technology
Environmental Science
High
Access Link
http://learningcenter.nsta.org/product_detail.aspx?id=10.2505/4/tst12_079_07_38
Author/Presenter

Amy Pallant

Hee-Sun Lee

Sara Pryputniewicz

Lead Organization(s)
Concord Consortium
Year
2012
Short Description

This article describes an online climate change curriculum that incorporates dynamic computer models that enable students to visualize the complex interactions related to climate change science. Students learn how adjusting variables in a dynamic model affects the entire system.

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