This curriculum guide contains pacing, instruction, and assessment guidance to accompany the …
This curriculum guide contains pacing, instruction, and assessment guidance to accompany the OpenSciEd unit 7.6 Earth Resources & Human Impact. For schools who use Fisher and Frey's The Teacher Clarity Playbook, you'll find student-friendly learning intentions and success criteria for every lesson, drawn from the OSE three dimensional performance expectations. These can be posted on slides or boards in classrooms to make learning visible for students and help design assessment criteria.
Students work in engineering teams to optimize cleaner energy solutions for cooking …
Students work in engineering teams to optimize cleaner energy solutions for cooking and heating in rural China. They choose between various options for heating, cooking, hot water, and lights and other electricity, balancing between the cost and health effects of different energy choices.
Abigail T. Watrous, Stephanie Rivale, Janet Yowell, Denise W. Carlson (This material developed in part during Watrous' China Fulbright fellowship in 2009-10. Sincere thanks to the U.S. State Department and the Fulbright Program for their support.)
This activity is a field investigation where students will make observations on …
This activity is a field investigation where students will make observations on a chosen location every two weeks for the period of one school year. They will record their observations using a digital camera and a nature journal.
This is a great video to teach about the ecology of creeks. …
This is a great video to teach about the ecology of creeks. Teaches students about different wildlife, things that naturally occur in creeks, and how to care for the organisms that call creeks home.
The PFAS Interactive Data Viewer is a mapping tool that incorporates datasets …
The PFAS Interactive Data Viewer is a mapping tool that incorporates datasets from several DNR programs to show locations throughout Wisconsin that have been impacted by PFAS.
Information included in the PFAS Interactive Data Viewer include locations with known PFAS contamination and whether clean up has been completed; results from testing municipal drinking water for PFAS; locations with PFAS-related fish and game consumption advisories; and waterbodies throughout Wisconsin sampled for PFAS during targeted or routine monitoring.
These data may not reflect current PFAS levels at specific locations.
Students are introduced to passive solar design for buildings an approach that …
Students are introduced to passive solar design for buildings an approach that uses the sun's energy and the surrounding climate to provide natural heating and cooling. They learn about some of the disadvantages of conventional heating and cooling and how engineers incorporate passive solar designs into our buildings for improved efficiency.
Polar ice sheets are sensitive indicators of current climate and also preserve …
Polar ice sheets are sensitive indicators of current climate and also preserve evidence of past climate conditions. Scientists studying Earth's climate history core thousands of meters deep into ancient ice to retrieve gas bubbles trapped in ice sheets. Ice cores help reconstruct climatic conditions from hundreds of thousands of years ago. Join Dr. Jeff Severinghaus as he explains how gas bubbles are trapped, how they provide detailed chemical clues to the past and how they are helping to shape future climate scenarios. (45 minutes)
In this Second Annual Keeling Lecture from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at …
In this Second Annual Keeling Lecture from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, Lonnie G. Thompson, distinguished professor of earth sciences at Ohio State University and recipient of both the National Medal of Science and the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, provides insight into the convincing evidence of climate change provided by glaciers and polar ice-caps, and the implications that inaction in the face of this rapid change will have on societies on a global scale. (58 minutes)
Carbon dioxide has been steadily increasing in the Earth's atmosphere since the …
Carbon dioxide has been steadily increasing in the Earth's atmosphere since the industrial rEvolution. Join Dr. Tim Lueker as he describes the history of atmospheric carbon dioxide research and the role the ocean plays in global warming. Learn how Dr. Lueker and others gather data that allow them to assess these important changes in the state of our atmosphere and ocean. (54 minutes)
This lesson plan about photosynthesis was created to support lesson planning with equity …
This lesson plan about photosynthesis was created to support lesson planning with equity in mind. This template provides both a unit overview and daily learning plan. Learn more: https://wlresources.dpi.wi.gov/hubs/engaged
This resource is a virtual simulation of photosynethsis and cellular respiration. This …
This resource is a virtual simulation of photosynethsis and cellular respiration. This allows the user to practice these systems while collecting and analyze data to understand photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
In this media-rich, self-paced lesson, students explore the industries that produce and …
In this media-rich, self-paced lesson, students explore the industries that produce and rely on advanced technology and assess how their goals and interests may make them well suited for a career in this cutting-edge sector.
This course explores policy and planning for sustainable development. It critically examines …
This course explores policy and planning for sustainable development. It critically examines concept of sustainability as a process of social, organizational, and political development drawing on cases from the U.S. and Europe. It also explores pathways to sustainability through debates on ecological modernization; sustainable technology development, international and intergenerational fairness, and democratic governance.
Help Sam the gardener in the Sunflower Greenhouse. Learn about plants and …
Help Sam the gardener in the Sunflower Greenhouse. Learn about plants and their parts, photosynthesis and energy. This lesson includes practical exercises. Good for grade 3.
The goals of the International OER Exchange Pilot project are to: facilitate …
The goals of the International OER Exchange Pilot project are to: facilitate the development and use of Open Educational Resources (OER) by teachers and students globally, track the development and use of the science learning materials and data collection, especially around climate change study, created in the project through OER Commons, and highlight the process and results through workshops and conference presentations.The broader purpose of the project is to support the international exchange of information and understanding through freely available resources among teachers and students, especially in the area of environmental science and climate change investigation.
The resource is a lesson plan focusing on informing about how exposure …
The resource is a lesson plan focusing on informing about how exposure to pollution can have toxic chemicals enter the body and affect the body. This resource has a video link with guided questions, discussion prompts, activity ideas, and learning objectives.
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