Welcome to the Teaching Resources in Earth Systems for Noyce Scholars!

Below you’ll find a select set of teaching resources and guidance on using virtual labs for teaching Earth Systems. With the lack of quality laboratory equipment, time, safety, etc, in your classroom, virtual labs let you and your students become scientists, learning Earth Systems through engaging in Science rather than listen about Science

Framework for Recommended Virtual Labs

Name	Earthquake For more information
Learning Objectives	Determination epicenter and Richter magnitude
CA Standards (question of formal alignment/matching/ approved with state standards)	High School: Dynamic Earth Processes 3d; California Geology 9b; Investigation and Experimentation 1a-l. Grade 6: Plate Tectonics and Earth's Structure 1d-g; Investigation and Experimentation 7b,c.
Grade levels	High School, Middle School; College
Overview of what you and your students can do	Earthquake is a web-based simulation where students analyze seismograms of simulated earthquakes to determine their epicenters and Richter magnitudes.
Recommended Lesson Plan	Click Here!
Classroom Management Strategies	(nothing yet)
Engaging students where English is a second language	Terremoto is a Spanish translation of Earthquake
Assessment Rubrics	Earthquake has a built-in assessment tool. See Student Assessment for more information.
Getting Advice from Experts	Robert Desharnais –author of Earthquake and Professor of Biology at Cal State LA. Gary Novak – coauthor of Earthquake and Professor of Geology at Cal State LA.
What are your fellow teacher’s comments and lesson plans?	Click here for comments Click here for lesson plans
Want to add your comments on its use and rate it?	It's EASY! Click here – The "Add a comment" is in a box on the right hand side of the page
Want to add your lesson plan to the collection?	It's EASY! Click here – The "Add a comment" is in a box on the right hand side of the page
Where do I get Training using this lab	Go to an animated Tour of Earthquake
Case studies with ePortfolios	(nothing yet)

Check out the online teaching materials organized by your Earth Systems Noyce Scholars Colleagues

Gerry Hanley's SAMPLE Personal Collection

Looking for other Noyce Scholars in Earth Systems?

Click Here.It produces a hit list from MERLOT’s member directory that is an advanced search of Earth Systems (in skill areas) and Noyce (in associations).

Want to Join the Noyce Scholars in Earth Systems Community?

It’s simple and FREE

We are using MERLOT’s free services which will allow you to create a free professional webpage that lets you connect to many other educators – it’s like My Space for educators.
As you are registering with MERLOT, first select Science and Technology as your primary discipline THEN select Physics on the next line (and you can add any other subdisciplines) as your primary skill areas.
Once you’ve registered in MERLOT, your Member Profile will show up for you to review and edit. Simply click on the “Edit” button by ASSOCIATIONS Section and type in “CSU Noyce Scholars Program” in the space asking you to list the “Societies”. For step by step instructions, print out this document.
Click here to get started. It will take about 2 minutes to complete.

Want to share what’s working (or not working) in teaching Earth Science in middle and high school for Noyce Scholars? Click here link opens new window .

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MERLOT and Earth Systems

MERLOT has teaching resources in a number of areas that might be useful in teaching Earth systems including:

Geology
Astronomy
Agriculture

Classroom Management, Teacher Education, and MERLOT

The MERLOT collection contains a variety of resources that can help you learn about different classroom management and other teaching strategies that help you succeed in your classroom. You can find these resources by clicking on the appropriate links:

Classroom Management
Diversity and Multicultural Ed
Educational Foundations
Educational Psychology
Educational Research
Instructional Technology
Special Education
Student Assessment
Teaching Methods
  Arts
  English
  Foreign Language
  Mathematics
  Physical Education
  Reading and Language Arts
  Science
  Social Science
  Vocational Education

CSU Science Education Community for California Teachers

The CSU Science Education Community for California Teachers (SEC) is a teaching commons website that provides guidance on: (pages open in new window)

Free Virtual CourseWare:

Under the direction of Dr. Bob Desharnais, the Virtual Courseware Project at California State University, Los Angles has developed an exciting array of award winning simulations to support teachers and students investigating topics in Earth Systems Science and Earth Systems. At http://www.Sciencecourseware.org/ you will find a collection of exciting simulations These materials will let your students do Science not just listen or read about Science.

Digital Library for Earth System Education
The Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) is a distributed community effort involving educators, students, and scientists working together to improve the quality, quantity, and efficiency of teaching and learning about the Earth system at all levels.

DLESE supports Earth system Science education by providing: access to high-quality collections of educational resources, access to Earth data sets and imagery including the tools and interfaces that enable their effective use in educational settings, support services to help educators and learners effectively create, use, and share educational resources, communication networks to facilitate interactions and collaborations across all dimensions of earth system education.

DLESE resources include electronic materials for both teachers and learners, such as lesson plans, maps, images, data sets, visualizations, assessment activities, curriculum, online courses, and much more. The National Science Foundation provided funding for the development of DLESE which is now operated by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Computational and Information Systems Laboratory and the NCAR Library on behalf of the education community.

Starting Point
Learn about instructional methods that work with entry-level geoscience students. This site is designed for faculty and graduate students teaching undergraduate entry-level geoscience, environmental Science, or related courses. Each section describes a teaching method, why/when it is useful, how it can be implemented, and a set of examples spanning the Earth system that can be used in your class.

Pathway to Multimedia Resources for the Classroom Provided by Teachers' Domain at WGBH Teachers' Domain offers multimedia resources incorporating sound educational practices and provides teachers with media-rich resources that go beyond static textbook presentations. Classroom-ready resources include video clips, interactive activities, and images from educational public television shows such as NOVA, ZOOM, and A Science Odyssey. Curricula are aligned and referenced online to state standards in Science content. Registration is required.

Middle School Portal Provided by Digital Library Projects at The Ohio State University The NSDL Middle School Portal provides access to selected online resources for instruction and professional development from the National Science Digital Library. Subject pathways in Mathematics, Science, and Technology present topic lists that take an in-depth look at teachable concepts in Science, Math, or Technology. Features include lively text and graphics along with background for teachers, interactive online activities, data analyses, and links to related topics.