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Earth Science Materials Collection

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15 items

A collection of Earth Science materials to be added into another science curriculum, specifically physics

About the Suggested Sequence

Just in terms of what I found useful for physics

High School

Resources in “Earth Science Materials” Collection

Title Resource Type
1 Data Jams Journal Article
2 Climate Physics Journal Article
3 Big Data, Small Devices: Investigating the Natural World Using Real-Time Data (PDF e-book) e-book (PDF)
4 Archive: Celebrating Astronomy: A Star's Story, September 25, 2008 Web Seminar Archive
5 External Resource: An Introduction to Geomagnetism External Resource
6 External Resource: Planetary Motion: The History of an Idea That Launched the Scientific Revolution External Resource
7 Life Cycle Assessment of Biofuels 101

This activity asks students to consider the life cycle energy and carbon dioxide emission costs of gasoline, corn ethanol, and cellulosic ethanol. The various pieces help students trace energy and matter through a complex system and critically analyze graphical comparisons of different fuels. Students work through four parts, including a pre-assessment activity of their knowledge of biofuels and ...

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8 Paleoclimatology

“Paleoclimatology” is Day 15 in a larger unit from Environmental Literacy and Inquiry in which students use a timeline to explore global temperature changes. In this activity, students investigate how climate has changed in the last 715 million years. They examine and interpret global temperature, carbon dioxide concentration, and ice cover data to infer what the global climate was du ...

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9 Proxy Climatology Journal Article
10 Schoolyard Microclimate Journal Article
11 Severe Weather Journal Article
12 Solar Activity and Space Weather Book Chapter
13 Solar System: A Look at the Planets Science Objects have been retired and replaced with Interactive E-books
14 The Basics of Data Literacy: Helping Your Students (and You!) Make Sense of Data (PDF e-book) e-book (PDF)
15 Understanding Climate Change, Grades 7–12 (PDF e-book) e-book (PDF)