Updating search results...

Search Resources

288 Results

View
Selected filters:
  • cooperative-learning
Investigating Motors and Magnetism
Conditional Remix & Share Permitted
CC BY-NC-SA
Rating
0.0 stars

This activity is an activity where students build a motor, learn motor operation and theory, interpret their understanding through troubleshooting, and develop a new, experimental question related to the motor. One follow-up activity would be coupling their motor to a fan blade or other axle to convert electrical energy to magnetic energy into mechanical motion for real world application.

Subject:
Physical Science
Physics
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Assessment
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
David Reierson
Date Added:
12/13/2011
Investigating Pendulums: Calculating the Effect of Mass, Length, and Angular Displacement on Period
Conditional Remix & Share Permitted
CC BY-NC-SA
Rating
0.0 stars

This physics lab activity is an introduction to Simple Harmonic Motion, utilizing the variables of mass, length, and angular displacement to determine their effect on period. Acceleration of gravity is calculated and the results of manual data collection and Vernier LabPro data collection are compared.

Subject:
Physical Science
Physics
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Assessment
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Andrea Del Zoppo
Date Added:
12/09/2011
Investigating Projectile Motion: Creating a Catapult
Conditional Remix & Share Permitted
CC BY-NC-SA
Rating
0.0 stars

This activity is a project where students build a catapult and analyze the energy transformations, role of Newton's Laws, and role of friction and other forces.

Subject:
Physical Science
Physics
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Assessment
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Abigail Baker
Date Added:
12/13/2011
Investigating Soil: Which Soil Helps Plants Grow?
Conditional Remix & Share Permitted
CC BY-NC-SA
Rating
0.0 stars

This activity is a guided inquiry investigation where students gather data on which soil is the best for growing plants. Student will interpret their data, and develop a conclusion from the data. The student will determine which type of soil they would like to use in the next activity of making their own terrariums. The data collected could lead to further questions, which can be investigated in some extension activities.

Subject:
Botany
Ecology
Geoscience
Life Science
Physical Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
kyle johnson
Date Added:
08/16/2012
Investigating Sound: Using Pipe Music to Understand Pitch and Length.
Conditional Remix & Share Permitted
CC BY-NC-SA
Rating
0.0 stars

This activity is a classroom experiment where students learn about sound. Students will use musical instruments to explore the relationship between length and pitch.

Subject:
Physical Science
Physics
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Kathy DeCock
Date Added:
08/16/2012
Investigating Sound: Vibrations are the Source of Sound
Conditional Remix & Share Permitted
CC BY-NC-SA
Rating
0.0 stars

This activity is a classroom activity where students use the inquiry method to answer the question "How is sound made?" by observing different sound producers and coming up with their own conclusion.

Subject:
Physical Science
Physics
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Darlene Schleis
Date Added:
08/16/2012
Investigating Weather: A House of Seasons
Conditional Remix & Share Permitted
CC BY-NC-SA
Rating
0.0 stars

This activity is a classroom activity where students will create a collage of pictures based upon precipitation/water during each season.

Subject:
Atmospheric Science
Physical Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Date Added:
11/06/2014
Investigating What Living Things Need: Space
Conditional Remix & Share Permitted
CC BY-NC-SA
Rating
0.0 stars

In this biology investigation, students will make observations of the growth of bean seeds to determine what plants need to live and grow in a healthy way.

Subject:
Biology
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Anne Flynn
Date Added:
08/16/2012
Iron in My Cereal
Conditional Remix & Share Permitted
CC BY-NC-SA
Rating
0.0 stars

This activity is a hands on activity where students will gather information on their findings about iron in different cereals. Then use their finding and give reasonings of the differences and similarities.

Subject:
Life Science
Nutrition
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Anne Helmenstine
Date Added:
08/16/2012
A "Jigsaw" Activity for Teaching about Uranium Mining on the Navajo Nation
Conditional Remix & Share Permitted
CC BY-NC-SA
Rating
0.0 stars

This activity uses an assortment of digital resources relevant to exploring resource development on Native American lands. The activity is based on a website that uses an Earth System approach to help students understand how Native American lands have been impacted by resource development. Students are assigned to investigate different aspects of the same problem or issue. For example, each team might analyze a different but related data set or read an article on different aspects or viewpoints on the same topic. Once each team member thoroughly understands his/her team's aspect of the problem, new groups are formed, with at least one representative from each original team. Each individual then explains her/his team's aspect of the problem to the new group. In this way, every student learns different aspects of the problem. Each group then uses combined information to create a complete summary of the issue. The jigsaw technique is based on work published by Barbara Tewksbury [Tewksbury, 1995] .

(Note: this resource was added to OER Commons as part of a batch upload of over 2,200 records. If you notice an issue with the quality of the metadata, please let us know by using the 'report' button and we will flag it for consideration.)

Subject:
Biology
Career and Technical Education
Environmental Studies
Life Science
Political Science
Social Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
Erin Klauk
Date Added:
11/19/2021
Keepers of the Gate Journal and Brainstorm
Read the Fine Print
Educational Use
Rating
0.0 stars

Students journal their thoughts and responses to the questions associated with the grand challenge question presented in the associated lesson. For the Generate Ideas" step, they answer the questions: "What are your initial ideas about how this challenge can be answered? What background knowledge is needed? Have you tried this before?" After students have individually written responses to these questions, the class brainstorms together to reach consensus on the main ideas that need to be explored to solve the challenge question.

Subject:
Applied Science
Education
Engineering
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
TeachEngineering
Provider Set:
TeachEngineering
Author:
Melinda M. Higgins
Date Added:
09/18/2014
Lab using Volcano Scenarios: Hazard Maps and Communicating Risk
Conditional Remix & Share Permitted
CC BY-NC-SA
Rating
0.0 stars

This is a lab activity in which small groups of students work with maps, rocks, photographs of volcanic deposits, and textual data to construct a hazard map and a risk communication plan for a specific volcano. Each group is assigned a "volcano scenario," which is based on real volcanoes.

(Note: this resource was added to OER Commons as part of a batch upload of over 2,200 records. If you notice an issue with the quality of the metadata, please let us know by using the 'report' button and we will flag it for consideration.)

Subject:
Biology
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Assessment
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
LeeAnn Srogi
Date Added:
08/27/2019
Landscape Evolution Debate
Conditional Remix & Share Permitted
CC BY-NC-SA
Rating
0.0 stars

Students are assigned to read one of the three papers on tectonic geomorphology (landscape evolution) published by Nature in 2003 (Burbank et al., Dadson et al., and Reiners et al.). All also read the editorial by Molnar from the same issue. They work with others who read the same paper to understand the paper and then jigsaw into new groups to discuss the similarities and differences between the papers and to see if they can come to any conclusions about major drivers on landscape evolution. This activity has them work on multiple levels of Blooms Taxonomy - they read and understand a paper, analyze the results of the paper, and then evaluate the paper in the context of two other papers presented by peers.

Subject:
Geology
Physical Geography
Physical Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
Amanda Schmidt
Date Added:
01/20/2023
Le Parcours de la biodiversitŽ: A Jigsaw Activity on Biodiversity
Conditional Remix & Share Permitted
CC BY-NC-SA
Rating
0.0 stars

In this jigsaw activity, students of intermediate-level French will divide into five groups to become experts on each of the five biodiversity questions featured on the Curiosphere website. They will proceed to explain their assigned aspect of the issue to a small group of students.

Subject:
Biology
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Game
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Starting Point (SERC)
Author:
Laura Franklin
Date Added:
08/28/2012
Limiting Reactants: Industrial Case Study
Conditional Remix & Share Permitted
CC BY-NC-SA
Rating
0.0 stars

An exercise in which students apply limiting reactants, mass ratios and percent yields to suggest an optimum industrial process. Cost figures are provided but students are told to come up with, and defend, their own criteria for their recommendation.

Subject:
Chemistry
Physical Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Case Study
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Starting Point (SERC)
Author:
Dave Blackburn
Date Added:
08/28/2012
Listening Together: A Cooperative Learning Listening Exercise with Radio France Internationale
Conditional Remix & Share Permitted
CC BY-NC-SA
Rating
0.0 stars

In this cooperative learning activity, intermediate-level students of French will work in small groups on a language project concerning Alzheimer's Disease and the effect that it has on caregivers. The project begins mainly as a listening activity but ultimately includes all receptive and productive skills.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Languages
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Starting Point (SERC)
Author:
Laura Franklin
Date Added:
08/28/2012
Literature Circle Roles Reframed: Reading as a Film Crew
Read the Fine Print
Some Rights Reserved
Rating
0.0 stars

Capture students enthusiasm for film and transfer it to reading and literature by substituting film production roles for the traditional literature circle roles.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Career and Technical Education
Film and Music Production
Literature
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
ReadWriteThink
Provider Set:
ReadWriteThink
Date Added:
10/04/2013
Living with Volcanoes: An Introduction to Geoarchaeology
Conditional Remix & Share Permitted
CC BY-NC-SA
Rating
0.0 stars

This activity introduces students to the interdisciplinary field of geoarchaeology through a case study of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE. It combines short lectures with questions requiring analyses of a variety of data sets relating to volcanic hazards. It requires no background in geoscience or archaeology and is aimed at students from both the physical sciences and the humanities, from high school through freshman year.

(Note: this resource was added to OER Commons as part of a batch upload of over 2,200 records. If you notice an issue with the quality of the metadata, please let us know by using the 'report' button and we will flag it for consideration.)

Subject:
Biology
Career and Technical Education
Environmental Studies
Geology
Life Science
Physical Science
Social Science
Sociology
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Case Study
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
Alison Jolley (AJ)
Date Added:
04/19/2022
Looking at Clouds: Identifying Cumulus, Cirrus and Stratus Clouds
Conditional Remix & Share Permitted
CC BY-NC-SA
Rating
0.0 stars

This activity involves student teams classifying clouds into the main categories, making a poster of their findings, having a poster session and learning the vocabulary terms cirrus, stratus and cumulus.

Subject:
Atmospheric Science
Geoscience
Physical Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Jean K. Fairchild
Date Added:
08/16/2012