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Core Idea ESS3: Earth and Human Activity
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Of all the fields of scientific study, the Earth sciences are one of the most interdisciplinary. This is particularly true for this disciplinary core idea (DCI), which focuses on society’s interactions with the planet’s…
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Where Do You Find the Earth’s Plates?
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about Earth’s plates. The probe is designed to find out where students think tectonic plates are located. Earth is composed of several major, large…
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There's No Such Thing as Gravity--The Earth Sucks
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What happens when you drop an object on the ground? Though it might not be obvious, the object speeds up as it falls. That means it's accelerating and there must be a force acting on it. The force that's acting on it is…
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Environments of Our Earth: I Wonder Why sample
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In this sample from Environments of Our Earth: I Wonder Why, come learn about the desert environment.
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Uncovering Earth’s History, One Sample at a Time
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Teaching Through Trade Books
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Models for Developing Explanations of Earth’s Dynamic Plate System
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Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
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Using Big Data to Understand the History of Planet Earth
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Expanding Earth Science Learning Through International Collaboration
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Inspiring Earth’s Future Stewards
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Earth Day and Environmental Justice
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Nano2Earth Curriculum and the National Science Education Standards
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With the Nano2Earth curriculum, students learn about nanotechnology and nanoscience by using inquiry to study groundwater pollution. The curriculum is designed to meet the National Science Education Standards (NSES) for…
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The Sun, the Moon, and the Earth Together: Phases, Eclipses, and More
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This chapter adds a third cycle of importance in astronomy (and human culture): the revolution of the Moon around the Earth. The chapter starts with a simple challenge for the students: putting a series of lunar…
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Geology from a Beaker: Student Activities in Earth Science
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Student activities based on deposition in a beaker introduce Walther’s Law, which states that, if uninterrupted, vertical deposition is duplicated in the horizontal. When gravel, sand, and clay (mud) are stirred in a…
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Eliciting Students’ Initial Ideas About the Sun–Earth System
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