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Teaching Tip on 'Puzzling Planets'
No full textThis lesson plan supports Minnesota Science standards in the Earth and Space Science strand for the Benchmark (3) The student will compare and contrast the planets, taking into account their composition, mass and distance from the sun and recognize the conditions that have allowed life to flourish on Earth.
Teaching Tip on 'The Severity of an Earthquake'
No full textOK for a review, but this material is presented much more effectively in other resources.
Teaching Tip on 'MarsQuest Online'
No full textIn the area "The Red Planet" go to the Find the
Features" link. Set the option for altitude for both Earth and Mars (lower left part of screen), then exaggerate the stretch of the vertical component (lover right part of the screen). Then ask students to compare how the surface relief of the two planets are similar and different. There are very interesting things to be observed when the scale is modified.
Teaching Tip on 'The Earth and the Moon: The Tides'
No full textThis resource may trigger a good lesson plan to be developed by an experienced teacher or even a motivated student. As it is written, there is very little to use here except the link to the Tides applet.
Teaching Tip on 'Fundamentals of Physical Geography'
No full textGet the students to explore this site as a resource for understanding basic concepts required for the different aspects of physical geography. Useful to use the explanations to beef up one's lessons.
Teaching Tip on 'The Global Sun Temperature Project'
No full textPrior to commencing the project, visit all pertinent links and print out lesson plans that are grade-level appropriate. Make sure you have all necessary project tools available prior to committing to the project. Encourage student-generated discussions of concepts and findings. Give students ample opportunities to observe, record, summarize, and predict.
Teaching Tip on 'Introduction to the Atmosphere'
No full textToday's kids have short attention spans; pictures and animations in these materials will help them to absorb and understand the subject.
Teaching Tip on 'The Earth's Atmosphere'
No full textI would recommend going through and reading the pages carefully, and looking at the images! They are very helpful in explaining the terms. The activities are a lot of fun to do, and might even inspire you to think up your own ideas for your own games.
Teaching Tip on 'Virtual Earthquake'
No full textI would have liked to see conclusions that could be drawn from the various mathematical operations, along the lines of "... so you can see that an increase in the amount of insolation in the same amount that it was DECREASED during the last ice age will cause the temperature to increase by ..."
Teaching Tip on 'Take a Dip'
No full textI found it difficult to keep 20+ students actively involved while taking the water tests. A solution I am going to try is to split the class in half. I friend from the local DNR will take the 10+ students out to do the testing and I will keep the other half in the classroom. We will then switch the next month.