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Describe and Interpret Images: Folded Strata
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In class, have students make a simple sketch of an outcrop shown in a slide (or computer projection) then discuss possible interpretations.

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Subject:
Biology
Geology
Life Science
Physical Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Data Set
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
Heather Macdonald
Rebecca Teed
Date Added:
09/30/2022
Discovering the Principles of Relative Age Determination â a Think-Pair-Share In-Class Activity
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In this in-class activity, students are challenged to identify rock units and geologic features and determine the relative ages of these features without prior instruction in the classical methods of relative age determination.

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Subject:
Biology
Geology
Life Science
Physical Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
James Ebert
Date Added:
08/09/2019
Earth Layers
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Formative assessment questions using a classroom response system ("clickers") can be used to reveal students' spatial understanding.
Students are shown this diagram and instructed to "Click within the layer that is entirely liquid."

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Subject:
Biology
Life Science
Physical Science
Physics
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Assessment
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
Nicole LaDue
Date Added:
09/28/2022
Earth's Surface Features Lecture Tutorial
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This Lecture Tutorial worksheet is designed for students to work on in groups after the students
have learned about basic surface features and how they relate to planets in general. The tutorial
is designed to help students look at these simple features and realize that they are not
independent features, but instead are related to the planet as a whole.

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Subject:
Biology
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
Jessica Smay
Karen Kortz
Date Added:
12/17/2020
Economic Statistics: Hypothesis Testing
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This activity helps a student recognize the consequences of Type I and Type II errors in hypothesis testing.

Subject:
Business and Communication
Economics
Mathematics
Social Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teaching and Learning Economics (SERC)
Author:
Rae Jean Goodman
Date Added:
08/28/2012
Economics Made Easy: Curricular Resources for Economics Courses
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Looking for engaging content for your economics courses? The Institute for Humane Studies has curated this collection of educational resources to help economics professors enrich their curriculum. Find videos, interactive games, reading lists, and more on everything from opportunity costs to trade policy. This collection is updated frequently with new content, so watch this space!

Subject:
Economics
Social Science
Material Type:
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:
Institute for Humane Studies
Author:
Institute for Humane Studies
Date Added:
04/13/2018
Effective Problem Solving Option
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Slides for lecture on Effective Problem Solving from Springfield Technical Community College's Communications and Editing 1 (OIT-110) course. Taught by Professor Eileen Cusick. This lecture focuses on office-related issues that need immediate attention.

Subject:
Business and Communication
Communication
Material Type:
Lecture Notes
Author:
Eileen Cusick
Date Added:
04/25/2019
Erosion in a River
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Formative assessment questions using a classroom response system ("clickers") can be used to reveal students' spatial understanding.
Students are shown these diagrams and instructed to "Click in the river where you expect to find the greatest rate of erosion along the river bed."
A follow-up question asks students to "Click in the river where you expect to find the fastest moving water."

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Subject:
Biology
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Assessment
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
Nicole LaDue
Date Added:
09/28/2022
The Evolution of Pearsons Correlation Coefficient/Exploring Relationships between Two Quantitative Variables
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The evolution of ideas is often ignored in the teaching of statistics. It is important to show students how definitions and formulas evolve. This activity describes a fairly straightforward activity of how measures of association can evolve.

Subject:
Mathematics
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Gary Kader
Date Added:
11/06/2014
Famous Scientists
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This lesson is a presentation of famous scientist throughout history where the students will learn and take notes about the contributions and discoveries made in science.

Subject:
Life Science
Physical Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Pam Schilling
Date Added:
08/16/2012
Flood Curves Lecture Tutorial
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This Lecture Tutorial worksheet guides students through thinking about the effects humans have on
infiltration, and how that effects the duration and severity of floods. It is designed to be used
in groups after a brief lecture introducing surface and ground water flow into a stream.

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Subject:
Biology
Hydrology
Life Science
Physical Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
Jessica Smay
Karen Kortz
Date Added:
09/17/2020
The Function of Stegosaurus Plates Lecture Tutorial
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After a short lecture, groups of students complete this Lecture Tutorial worksheet on the different
hypotheses of the function of Stegosaurus plates. The worksheet is designed so students examine
different lines of evidence, and they must choose the best interpretation(s).

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Subject:
Biology
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
Jessica Smay
Karen Kortz
Date Added:
12/17/2020
GeoClick: Sedimentary Environments
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Students apply their understanding of sedimentary rocks and sediment characteristics to identify where rocks may be forming using a simplified cross-section of a landscape from mountain to sea.

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Subject:
Biology
Geology
Life Science
Physical Science
Material Type:
Assessment
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
Katherine Ryker
Date Added:
09/23/2022
Geologic Puzzles: Morrison Formation
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Images of faulted strata, tilted turbidites, and beach rocks bring the field into the classroom, giving students practice in doing what geoscientists do. These images are examples of geologic puzzles.

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Subject:
Biology
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
Heather Macdonald
Date Added:
09/23/2022
Geologic Time
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Blank geologic timeline

Provenance: Nicole LaDue, Northern Illinois University
Reuse: This item is offered under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ You may reuse this item for non-commercial purposes as long as you provide attribution and offer any derivative works under a similar license.

Formative assessment questions using a classroom response system ("clickers") can be used to reveal students' spatial understanding.

Students are shown this diagram and instructed to "Click on the line where humans appeared on Earth." A follow-up question instructs students to "Click on the line where dinosaurs appeared on Earth."

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Subject:
Biology
Geology
Life Science
Physical Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Assessment
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
Nicole LaDue
Date Added:
12/02/2021
Global Climate Change: Understanding the Science / Understanding the Impacts
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This module introduces students to the basic science of climate change, as well as the concepts of vulnerability and adaptation in the context of climate change in different regions of the world.

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Subject:
Applied Science
Biology
Business and Communication
Communication
Environmental Science
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
Jeff La Frenierre
Date Added:
08/31/2019
Global Warming: Detailed Example
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Detailed, annotated example of Socratic questioning for topics of climate change, global warming, and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

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Subject:
Applied Science
Atmospheric Science
Biology
Environmental Science
Information Science
Life Science
Physical Science
Material Type:
Assessment
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
Dorothy Merritts
Date Added:
08/09/2019
Global Water Availability
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This activity is an interactive lecture, where students will learn that fresh water is a limited resource. They will also see that drinkable water is not distributed evenly over the earth.

Subject:
Ecology
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Barbara Boyer
Date Added:
08/16/2012
Grand Canyon Cross Section Lab
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Students examine a geologic map of the Grand Canyon and two imaginary vertical cores through canyon stratigraphy. They use these data to construct a cross-section across the canyon and to answer questions about the geology of the Grand Canyon.

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Subject:
Biology
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Teach the Earth
Author:
Doug Lombardi
Date Added:
09/01/2022
Graph Predictions for Position, Velocity and Acceleration
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Graphical Just-in-Time-Teaching questions for use before classes in which students explore position, velocity and acceleration graphs.

Subject:
Physical Science
Physics
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Provider Set:
Pedagogy in Action
Author:
Scott Bonham
Date Added:
11/06/2014