Inquiry-Based, Hands-On Educational Activities
These activities were submitted by participants in sessions at the North Central GSA meeting and at the AGU Fall Meeting on Inquiry-Based, Hands-On Classroom Exercises, Lab Demonstrations, and Field Investigations in Geoscience Education. The sessions were sponsored by the Central Section of the NAGT.
Download the workshop report (Microsoft Word 38kB Jan23 06) from the workshop at the North Central GSA meeting.
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Geology Map Observations part of Teaching Materials Collection
Students construct the Earth's tectonic plates using geologic maps. The jigsaw method of collaborative group work is used. Skills such as careful observation, presentation, and synthesis are used to ...
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity
Grade Level: Middle (6-8)
Rock and mineral laboratory exercises in large auditorium classes part of Teaching Materials Collection
These exercises provide an opportunity for students in large auditorium classes with "hands on" examination of typical rocks and minerals and their properties. -
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity, Problem Set
Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8)
Urban Planning 101: Map Appreciation part of Teaching Materials Collection
This is a synthesis activity, providing closure to river and/or map units. Students will begin by looking at a series of maps, including 3D maps. They will brainstorm ways the natural world may ...
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Maps, Images/Illustrations, Activities:Classroom Activity, Project
Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Earth System Science Project part of Teaching Materials Collection
An Earth System Project shows the interaction between the Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, and Biosphere. The project is fully described with ready-to-copy materials, including student handouts in ...
Resource Type: Activities:Project
Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Investigating slope failure and landscape evolution with red beans and rice! part of Teaching Materials Collection
Students investigate the behavior of a slope profile over geological timescales using a very simple experimental apparatus. The lab allows students to understand concepts of equilibrium, controls on ...
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
The Earth's Heat Budget part of Teaching Materials Collection
Hands-on laboratory activity that allows students to investigate the effects of distance and angle on the input of solar radiation at the Earth's surface; the role played by albedo; and the heat ...
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Variable Rivers part of Teaching Materials Collection
This activity is designed to be used as an introduction to rivers and river processes. Students will be working in small groups to test an isolated variable in rivers; they will test either the ...
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Crate Lake Map Assignment part of Teaching Materials Collection
In earth science, map interpretation is probably the critical restriction curtailing students' ability to access and explore course concepts. Anaglyph maps are visualizations that present mapped data ...
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity
Grade Level: Middle (6-8)
Build Your Own Stream Table part of Teaching Materials Collection
Students will build a stream table and understand the importance of streams and rivers to the hydrologic cycle. A suite of labs can be done using the stream table, but each can also be a stand-alone ...
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity
Grade Level: Middle (6-8)
Pressure-melting of ice: demonstration part of Teaching Materials Collection
Pressure-melting of ice, which is responsible for many aspects of glacier-bed process, is demonstrable in a standard class period at effectively no cost of time or $. -
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)