3-Component Seismogram Records Seismic-Wave Motion
(View Complete Item Description)This animation illustrates the movement of the three basic waves associated with an earthquake and the effect of these waves on a building.
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4-Station Seismograph Network Records a Single Earthquake
(View Complete Item Description)This animation illustrates the movement of the three basic waves associated with an earthquake and the effects of these waves on various locations. By measuring the travel time of the P and S waves, distances from the epicenter can be calculated.
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AMS/COMET/MSC Mountain Weather Workshop, August 2008, Whistler, BC
(View Complete Item Description)In August 2008, the "Mountain Weather Workshop: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Forecasting" was held in Whistler, BC, Canada. It was sponsored by the American Meteorological Society, UCAR/COMET, and the Meteorological Service of Canada. The workshop brought together researchers, faculty, students, and operational forecasters. Its primary goals were to help provide a better understanding of the state of the science of mountain meteorology from both a research and an operational perspective, and to discuss ways of improving interaction between the research and forecasting communities. The workshop consisted of lectures by distinguished speakers covering numerous topics related to weather in complex terrain. This webcast collection contains recordings of the presentations from the workshop.
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AP Environmental Science Course Syllabus
(View Complete Item Description)This AP Environmental Science class is intended to meet the same objectives as a first-year college-based course. However, the method of instruction for this course is unique compared to similar courses because we have adopted a project-based learning (PBL) approach. Although PBL may take many forms, our approach involves student investigations and simulations that require students to think like scientists, policymakers, farmers, and other adults in real-world settings. Teachers engage students in collaborative problem solving, argumentation, and deep exploration of the concepts and principles of the discipline. The goal for student learning is understanding rather than relying on rote memory to create meaningful learning and knowledge that is actionable, adaptive, and transferable.
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About Aquaculture
(View Complete Item Description)This website explains aquaculture, provides examples, and explains NOAA's role in regulation.
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Absorption & Radiation by Land & Water
(View Complete Item Description)Students describe the comparative rates at which water and land surfaces heat and cool.
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Activity 10: The Incredible Carbon Journey
(View Complete Item Description)In this activity, students play a game that simulates the carbon cycle. During the activity students will compare the carbon cycle before and after the industrial revolution.
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Activity #1: Should We Build On the Estuary?
(View Complete Item Description)In this activity, students will work in collaborative groups to develop an advertisement for a political candidate in support of one side of an issue - should we build low-cost housing on part of the land presently occupied by an estuary? Each group will decide which side they want to support - either for or against building the housing - and write an ad that will be run in a local paper, or that will be viewed on local TV, to support their argument.
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Activity: Geologic Maps & Earthquakes
(View Complete Item Description)Students will examine geologic maps in order to assess the likelihood and location of earthquakes in California.
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Activity: Geologic Maps and Groundwater
(View Complete Item Description)Students will examine geologic maps in order to understand how water shapes the land and is stored within the land - in part of the Grand Canyon.
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Activity: How Much Water Do You Need?
(View Complete Item Description)Students will examine the choices people make regarding the use of water.
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Activity: Marginal Analysis - Would You Swim There?
(View Complete Item Description)In this simulation activity, students play the roles of community members wrestling with the problem of cleaning up a polluted pond on their common property. They quickly discover that because of their different values and interests, the important question is not whether to clean up the pond, but how much clean-up they are willing to pay for.
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The Activity That Fails
(View Complete Item Description)This brief classroom activity can be used to informally assess students ability to apply the principles of economic reasoning to environmental issues.
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Activity: What is My Carbon Footprint?
(View Complete Item Description)Students will use an online calculator to estimate their household's carbon footprint and explore various actions to reduce it.
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AirData: Access to Air Pollution Data
(View Complete Item Description)The AirData website provides access to air pollution data for the entire United States. Users have the ability to produce reports and maps of air pollution data based on criteria that they specify.
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Air Masses
(View Complete Item Description)Students learn about air masses and the role they play in weather and climate.
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Air Masses Activity
(View Complete Item Description)The purpose of this online tutorial activity is to introduce air masses that commonly influence the weather in the United States, characteristics of these air masses, and how to identify air masses on weather maps. Key words throughout this activity link directly to helper resources that provide useful information for answering the questions.
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Air Movement
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The Building Blocks of Life Lab: Examining the Importance of Enzyme Shape
(View Complete Item Description)This resource is a lab in which students are given a hypothetical DNA sequence for part of an enzyme. Using the universal genetic code, they will then determine the amino acid sequence coded for by the DNA. Differently shaped lego blocks will represent different amino acids. Students will construct the enzyme using legos.
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DNA Mutations
(View Complete Item Description)Students will complete a virtual lab on DNA mutations. Mutations involve a physical change to genetic material that results in the abnormal encoding of protein sequences. The students will complete mRNA and protein sequences based on the information provided. The students will identify the number of amino acids changed and how they think this mutation will impact the organism.
Material Type: Lesson Plan