This jigsaw style exercise challenges new geomorphology students to collect topographic data …
This jigsaw style exercise challenges new geomorphology students to collect topographic data and analyze its accuracy and precision.
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During Activity 2.2, students download, organize, and analyze geoscience data sets of …
During Activity 2.2, students download, organize, and analyze geoscience data sets of sea level trends, terrestrial ice sheet trends, and intensity of tropical cyclones as well as forecast models of atmospheric CO2 and temperature trends and sea level rise. Students utilize the methods of geoscience such as systems thinking and using multiple lines of evidence to determine possible relationships and feedbacks among the data sets. Students use this data to construct their argument from evidence for a position paper in Activity 2.3.
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In Activity 2.3, students make an argument from evidence to address the …
In Activity 2.3, students make an argument from evidence to address the problem: "To what extent should we build or rebuild coastal communities?" Students work as a team to complete a graphic organizer. This task helps them organize an evidence-based position paper. Each student writes his or her own position paper.
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This 3-activity sequence addresses the question: "To what extent should coastal communities …
This 3-activity sequence addresses the question: "To what extent should coastal communities build or rebuild?" The activity uses social science and geoscience data to prepare an evidence-based response to the question, in targeted US coastal communities.
In Jigsaw format, groups of 3 students divide up and each collects …
In Jigsaw format, groups of 3 students divide up and each collects topographic data for a small landform using a different technique (tape and level; handheld GPS; Total Station). When they re-group they compare data quantity and quality using spreadsheets and a mapping program. They write a group report comparing the strengths and weaknesses of the three methods. Designed for a geomorphology course Addresses student fear of quantitative aspect and/or inadequate quantitative skills Addresses student misconceptions
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This unit provides pre-service teachers in methods courses with resources for teaching …
This unit provides pre-service teachers in methods courses with resources for teaching geoscience content and utilizing the methods of geoscience. Pre-service teachers will prepare an annotated bibliography of instructional resources in the areas of geology, meteorology/climatology, oceanography, and astronomy. They will select one of these resources and prepare a full lesson plan based on the resource that emphasizes the methods of geoscience and also incorporates interdisciplinary material from either biology, chemistry, physics, or the social sciences.
This activity introduces geoscientific thinking to a primarily non-geoscience audience. This is …
This activity introduces geoscientific thinking to a primarily non-geoscience audience. This is the introductory activity of a module designed for pre-service secondary science teachers in a secondary science teaching methods course. Initially, students explore their conceptions of the scientific method. Through readings and discussion, the activity attempts to broaden the students' view of the nature of science by showing how geoscience methods differ from stereotypical experimental science. This introductory activity uses a seminar format (writing/reading/discussing/writing).
Each group of three students must use topographic maps to try to …
Each group of three students must use topographic maps to try to answer three local geologic problems involving alluvial fans, alpine glaciers and coastal landscapes. The students must read background information, develop hypotheses, make measurements using topographic maps to test the hypotheses. Designed for a geomorphology course Addresses student fear of quantitative aspect and/or inadequate quantitative skills
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