The Ocean World site has a wide variety of information regarding the ocean. Established by Texas A and M University's Jason Project, Ocean World provides a wealth of information on weather, forams, icebergs, fisheries, coral reefs, waves, El Nino, currents and more. The site contains information for both students and teachers. The teacher section of the site contains background information on all ... Full description.

This PDF document discusses a field activity for K-12 students. The purpose of the activity is to observe type and cover of clouds including contrails. Students will observe ten types of clouds and how many of three types of contrails are visible, how much of the sky is covered with clouds, and how much is covered by contrails. The PDF is an instructor guide with detailed advice for administering ... Full description.

This Starting Point webpage is a summary of a role-playing resource called Worldwatcher Project: Global Warming Project. In this exercise, students role-play advisors to various heads of state on the subject of global warming. The web site offers a short curriculum to help the students become experts on global warming. It offers lab activities, computer visualizations (using free WorldWatcher software), ... Full description.

This website describes a geologic walking tour of Baltimore Maryland. The tour has a map, lots of photos and descriptions of twelve structures built from a variety of rocks. The tour provides a unique way of studying rocks in the 'field' for urban students. Full description.

This site contains a series of visualizations of the sun, moon and Earth System and how they relate to the changing face of the moon. Animations are in the form of Java applets, forms for field observation of the moon, and a collection of exercises and PDF versions of background material. There are practice questions and quizzes that discuss the animations. Full description.

This description of warmups offers the rationale and producures behind some exercises in an introductory oceanography course at Winona State University. Warmups are based on the reading for the next class period and are to be answered via email the morning before class. The instructor can then review the questions and be able to address misconceptions in class. Full description.

This site from SERC's Starting Point presents sample Gallery Walk questions about time and earth history. Topics that students are asked to write about include the manner in which geologic, climatic, and floral events shaped the evolution of animals through the PreCambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic Eras. The questions are organized according to the cognitive level at which students are engaged, ... Full description.

This Starting Point module discusses the use of visualizations in teaching geoscience at the college level. The resources provides information on why visualizations are useful in geoscience instruction as well as providing links to visualization software packages and tips on how to determine which one is right for a particular use. There are also examples of how to use visualizations in class. Full description.

In this Plank's Radiation exercise, students use an existing Excel workbook to investigate how spectral irradiance from a blackbody radiator depends on temperature, and to clearly see the connection between Planck's Radiation law, and the Stefan-Boltzman and Wien Radiation laws. Students adjust the solar temperature to get the best fit between observations and the spectral irradiance calculated from ... Full description.

This website contains class notes from a 100 level Calculus course at University of British Columbia. The site outlines the use of differential equations and solutions in the context of population growth. The lecture notes contain questions for consideration, detailed explanation of necessary equations and additional resources on the topic. Full description.