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Project Budburst
Project BudBurst invites citizen scientists to join in a field campaign to study the timing of life cycle events of native tree and flower species across the country. This valuable information can be compared to historical records to illustrate the effects of climate change. Last year's inaugural event drew thousands of people of all ages taking careful observations of the phenological events. As a result of the pilot field campaign, data collected can be used by scientists to learn about the responses of individual plant speciesto climatic variation locally, regionally, and nationally. The 2007 campaign garnered enthusiastic response and robust participation.
Posted February, 2008
Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:42:19 MDT
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Data Sets and Inquiry in Geoscience Education
Fri, 11 Jan 2008
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DLESE Resources of Interest 2007
View the Resources of Interest highlighted by DLESE in 2007:
PolarTrec: Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating - The Habitable Planet - Alaska's Cold Desert - Adventures of the Agronauts - The Ever-Changing Beach - National Park Service - Encyclopedia of Earth at the Earth Portal - Project Budburst - The National Center for Case Study Reaching in Science - Understanding Climate Change - Cryosphere - Where the World is Frozen
Fri, 4 Feb 2008
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DLESE Resources of Interest 2006
View the Resources of Interest highlighted by DLESE in 2006:
Pulse of the Planet - Daylight Saving Time
- NCAR Online Education
- Earth Science Week: October 8-14, 2006: Be a citizen scientist!
- Stellarium
- Current Earth events provide learning opportunities
- Windows into Wonderland
- Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology
- Exploring Alternative Energy Sources: A Lesson Plan
- National Environmental Education Week - GLOBE at Night - MILAGRO (Megacity Initiative: Local And Global Research Observations) - Earth and Space Science for classrooms - New collection at Teachers' Domain
Fri, 4 Feb 2007 12:58:08 MST
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DLESE Resources of Interest 2005
View the Resources of Interest highlighted by DLESE in 2005:
Modeling the Reasons for Seasonal Change
- Exploring Maps
- USGS Earthquakes Hazards Program
- Ocean Planet
- Earth Science Week 2005
- Hurricane resources
- Space flights and explorations
- DLESE Teaching Boxes
- Earth Exploration Toolbook
- Journey North
- All About Snow
- Indian Ocean Tsunami
Fri, 4 Feb 2006 12:58:08 MST
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DLESE Resources of Interest 2004
View the Resources of Interest highlighted by DLESE in 2004:
Catch the SEACOOS Wave!
- Why Some Students Have Trouble with Maps & Spatial Representations: An On-line Tutorial for Geoscience Faculty
- Mt. St. Helens
- Earth Science Week 2004
- Tropical Prediction Center
- Classroom Antarctica
- American Field Guide
- NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab
- World Ocean Day
- Global Learning Observations to Benefit the Environment Program (GLOBE)
- World Wise Schools' global education materials
- Earth Day Network: Earth Day—April 22, 2004
- Mission Geography
- Understanding Evolution
- MarsQuest Online
Fri, 4 Feb 2005 12:46:01 MST
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DLESE Resources of Interest 2003
View the Resources of Interest highlighted by DLESE in 2003:
The Geological Society of America
- Solar Week 2003
- The Marine Realms Information Bank
- Solar Storm Update: October 28, 2003
- Earth Science week, October 12-18, 2003
- New Formulas for America's Workforce: Girls in Science and Engineering
- National Earthquake Information Center and Virtual Earthquake
- Tropical Prediction Center, Hurricane: Storm Science, and National Geographic Society's The Eye of the Hurricane
- VisionLearning
- Atmospheric Visualization Collection
- Global Fire Monitoring
- ExplorA-Pond
- Alabama earthquake registers at 4.9 and the USGS information center
- Earth Day Network
- PALS (Performance Assessment Links in Science)
- Exploring Earth
- Education for a Sustainable Future
- IRIS (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology) and EarthScope
- Stromboli On-line
Fri, 4 Feb 2004 12:45:43 MST
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DLESE Resources of interest 2002
View the Resources of Interest highlighted by DLESE in 2002:
BRIDGE's Ocean Science Teacher Resource Center
- Paleontological Research Institution
- Earth Science Week
- Wildlife Management Activity Guide for Teachers
- Environmental Protection Agency's AirData website
- Explores (EXPloring and Learning the Operations and Resources of Environmental Satellites)
- From the Top of the World...to the Bottom of the Food Web
- StarDate Online activities
- Exploring Our Dynamic Planet: Jules Verne Voyager, Jr.
- Exploring Estuaries
- Science Projects for ALL Students
Fri, 4 Feb 2003 12:45:24 MST
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DLESE Resources of Interest 2001
View the Resources of Interest highlighted by DLESE in 2001:
NASA's Learning Technologies Project, Athena
- The Virtual Geosciences Professor
- Bridge: Ocean Sciences Education Teacher Resource Center
- The Hydrologic Cycle: online meteorology guide
- Exploring Earthquakes in Space and Time Through the Internet and a Geographic Information System
- Historical Significant Events Imagery database (HSEI), by the National Climatic Data Center
- Project WET (Water Education for Teachers)
- An Animated Tectonic History of Western North America and Southern California
- Interactive Models for Geological Education Online (IMGEO)
- Water on the Web
Fri, 4 Feb 2002 12:43:53 MST
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DLESE Resources of Interest 2000
View the Resources of Interest highlighted by DLESE in 2000:
Global Warming Project
- Visit to an Ocean Planet
- One Sky, Many Voices
- TAPPED IN
- Virtual Earthquake
- Studying the Earth's Environment from Space
Fri, 4 Feb 2001 12:43:35 MST
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Selection process
The selection process for the Resource of interest considers the following factors, in order:
- Recent Earth events and availability of library resources to support teaching and learning about them
- Scheduled Earth events (such as Earth day, GIS day, etc.), and availability of supporting library resources
- New resources across all DLESE collections
- Variation of topic covering the suite of disciplines within Earth system science (ESS)
Data Sets and Inquiry in Geoscience Education (DIGS) recently completed and released two problem- and inquiry-based modules on Climate Change and Understanding Earthquake Activity Along Plate Boundaries. These modules offer educators materials that provide models for performance assessments in concert with inquiry-focused learning. They also offer models of how the interpretation and analysis of geoscientific data sets can be scaffolded through age-appropriate tasks that facilitate high-quality student inquiry. DLESE offers this list of additional resources that can support educators teaching and assessing students’ inquiry-based learning.
