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1. NASA | A Week in the Life of Rain

   ... the global record of rainfall for one week, in addition to why these measurements are important and the impacts on humans. Students may ... The following PAESTA podcast can be played for students, How do scientists measure rainfall?     Submitted 7 ...

   Laura Guertin - May 31 2016 - 7:18pm - 0 comments

2. Subduction Zone Geometry in Three Dimensions: Using authentic data to explore relationships between earthquakes, volcanoes, and plates at convergent margins

   ... of this exercise are to use authentic data to discover (1) how earthquake locations define the shape of the downgoing plate at a ... long timescales, is a crucial skill for geoscientists. Here I present an exercise that is specifically designed to build geometrical ...

   Eliza Richardson - May 22 2015 - 10:57am - 2 comments

3. 2013 Teaching Controversial Issues 2: Evolution of Life and Earth

   ... taken separately or together. Questions addressed include: Why are certain issues controversial? How do controversial issues differ from one another? How can we help learners ...

   PAESTA Webmaster - Oct 18 2014 - 1:25am

4. Teaching Controversial Issues 2: Evolution of Life and Earth

   ... taken separately or together. Questions addressed include: Why are certain issues controversial? How do controversial issues differ from one another? How can we help learners ...

   PAESTA Webmaster - Jun 13 2017 - 3:13pm

5. Pale Blue Dot - By Carl Sagan

   ... series.  This audio clip from his book "Pale Blue Dot" is read by Carl himself, and is shown to my students every Earth Day. I ask my students to see how many epic movie clips they recognize.  The answer gets smaller every year! ...

   Dave Curry - Jan 31 2016 - 6:32pm - 0 comments

6. CO2 Concentration and the Keeling Curve from the Mauna Loa Observatory

   ... the carbon cycle driven by photosynthesis 3. Understand how important sampling interval can be when studying changes over time 4. ... exercise to have students generate the plot to the left, but I follow the Carbon Dioxide Exercise from the SERC website, where "Students ...

   Laura Guertin - May 22 2015 - 9:39am - 0 comments

7. Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change

   ... new afterword, Field Notes from a Catastrophe is the book to read on the defining issue and greatest challenge of our times. (from ...

   PAESTA - May 31 2016 - 4:27pm - 0 comments

8. Coriolis Effect

   Context for Use:  I typically ask kids to read their definition of coriolis from the book.  Then I ask them to put it in their own words. <silence>   It is really hard to explain!  I usually ...

   Dave Curry - Jun 28 2016 - 2:02pm - 0 comments

9. Is There Poop on the Moon? (Minute Physics)

   ... This is a great warm-up video to a unit on the moon.  I show both the minute physics video and the smarter every day video back to ... Attached PDF is useful read from Smithsonian about moon landing conspiracy theories and their origins. ... by popular media outlets, needs to be quashed.  Let me say it clearly: We went to the moon!  Heck, we even left our waste there.  This ...

   Dave Curry - Feb 2 2016 - 8:17am - 0 comments

10. Social Media

    ... Note that you do not need a Facebook account to access and read through their page! Twitter Follow @earthsciweek and use the ...

    PAESTA Webmaster - Aug 20 2016 - 2:34pm

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