This Teaching Box is an online assembly of interrelated learning concepts that focuses on finding the evidence for plate tectonics using digital resources, education standards, and comprehensive lesson plans . It is meant to provide an inquiry-based exploration of each of three lines of evidence:
Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) is a worldwide network of students, teachers, and scientists working together to study and understand the global environment. Opportunities to record and post data, as well as download and map archived numerous data sets. Teacher resources include professional development workshops, teacher guides, "how to" videos, a Help Desk, and ... Full description.
Grade level: Primary (K-2), Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8), High (9-12), Graduate / Professional
Resource Type: Classroom activity, Computer activity, Field activity, Lab activity, Case study, Guide for field trip, Map, Photograph, Discussion / Forum, In-situ dataset, Modeled dataset, Remotely sensed dataset
Subject: Atmospheric science, Environmental science, Hydrology, Soil science
Interactive Demonstrations. Topics include math, computaton, physcial sciences, life sciences, engineering and more
The Physics Front is a web-based area for teachers of Conceptual, AP and Algebra-based physics as well as teachers of Physics First and Physical Science. This material is meant to serve as resources to enrich the high school physics experience.
The materials, found in this collection, have been selected (and are continuously being updated by the Editor and the Editorial Board), as being quality resources for use in lesson plans, activities, labs and demonstrations. The featured items are not meant to be definitive, merely representative of possible good resources available; additional materials are available on the Physical Sciences Resource Center (PSRC) and the other collections in ComPADRE.
Materials have been organized by their resource category:
* Pedagogy
* Applications
* Background Information
* Student Activities
* Tutorials
* Subject, keyword, author, or URL
UNAVCO is a consortium of research institutions, and its mission is to support and promote Earth science by advancing high-precision techniques for the measurement and understanding of deformation. Most of UNAVCO's members are geophysical geodesists who study deformation. The primary tool supported by UNAVCO has been GPS. However, UNAVCO is moving toward including support for other techniques useful for studying deformation. Borehole strainmeters, Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR), and Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) are expanding the spatial and temporal signals that can be investigated with geodetic techniques. At the same time, GPS is finding applications in a frequency range that used to be the sole provenance of seismology, as GPS moves from one solution per day to one solution per second. UNAVCO is also expanding its role in education. These changes in UNAVCO are part of a conscious strategy to meet the future needs of the science community supported by UNAVCO. During the past year, UNAVCO developed a Strategic Plan to guide it through the next five years.
K-12 Teaching and Learning - from the UNC School of Education
LEARN NC’s lesson plans span the wide range of curriculum areas for every grade from K to 12. Our collection includes the best instructional plans created by North Carolina educators as well as high-quality materials from state and national partners.
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What are Teaching Boxes?
Teaching boxes are classroom-ready instructional units created by collaboration between teachers, scientists, and designers. Each box helps to bridge the gap between educational resources and how to implement them in the classroom. The Teaching Boxes contain materials that model scientific inquiry, allowing teachers to build classroom experiences around data collection and analysis from multiple lines of evidence, and engaging students in the process of science. - focusing on gathering and analyzing scientific evidence. All educators may use DLESE Teaching Boxes free of charge.
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