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Bad Greenhouse
No full textProvides pedagogical insight concerning learners' pre-conceptions and misconceptions about the greenhouse effect The resource being annotated is: http://www.dlese.org/dds/catalog_DLESE-000-000-008-759.htm
Strategies to Help Students Change Naive Alternative Conceptions about Evolution and Natural Selection
No full textProvides pedagogical insight concerning learners' pre-conceptions and misconceptions about evolution The resource being annotated is: http://www.dlese.org/dds/catalog_DLESE-000-000-004-799.htm
Selecting Tasks for Performance Assessments
No full textProvides pedagogical insight concerning the assessment strategy using performance assessment The resource being annotated is: DLESE-000-000-005-439
Students' Conceptions of Scale Regarding Groundwater
Get PDFProvides pedagogical insight concerning learners' pre-conceptions and misconceptions about groundwater The resource being annotated is: http://www.dlese.org/dds/catalog_DLESE-000-000-000-419.htm
Strategies to Help Students Change Naive Alternative Conceptions about Evolution and Natural Selection
No full textProvides pedagogical insight concerning learners' pre-conceptions and misconceptions about evolution The resource being annotated is: http://www.dlese.org/dds/catalog_DLESE-000-000-004-791.htm
A Private Universe Project
No full textProvides pedagogical insight concerning learners' pre-conceptions and misconceptions about the moon's phases and the seasons The resource being annotated is: http://www.dlese.org/dds/catalog_DLESE-000-000-001-880.htm
Star Witness News: Birthday Wishes for Hubble
No full textThis story celebrates the 17th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope. The anniversary image of the Carina Nebula is described and Hubble’s most significant scientific discoveries are identified. The article is from the Amazing Space science newspaper, The Star Witness, which can be used as a science content reading. Educational levels: Intermediate elementary, Middle school
Buried Water Ice on Mars
No full textThis product includes five classroom activities related to the discovery of water ice on Mars. In 2001, the Mars Odyssey spacecraft discovered significant amounts of water ice buried in the high latitude regions of Mars. This discovery, based upon data from the Mars Gamma Ray Spectrometer, helped motivate the development of the Mars Phoenix Lander mission, which arrived in the Martian arctic in 2008 to investigate this buried water ice. These classroom activities involve both guided and open inquiry approaches, using real data to allow students to investigate and learn about processes occurring on Mars. Each lesson includes a teacher guide and student guide. In addition, some of the lessons are accompanied by PowerPoint presentations and one extension activity uses an educational Flash animation. Educational levels: Middle school, High school
Getting Dirty on Mars (Student Guide and Teacher Guide)
No full textThis activity is an interactive way to introduce students to the basics of soil science. Based on NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, students will simulate what it is like to collect soil samples on another planet. By measuring for themselves many of the properties scientists use to characterize soil samples, students will be better prepared to interpret those properties as used in actual applications. The Teaching Tips describes goals, materials needed, objectives, time frame, standards addressed, and several tips on conducting this activity in the classroom. Educational levels: Middle school, High school
ICESat: Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite
Get PDFThis brochure describes NASA's ICESat mission ((Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite), which was launched January 12, 2003. ICESat is the benchmark Earth Observing System mission for measuring ice sheet mass balance, cloud and aerosol heights, as well as land topography and vegetation characteristics. Educational levels: Undergraduate upper division, Graduate or professional, Informal education, Undergraduate lower division