Week 9: Volcanic Eruption

Week Nine: Volcanic Eruption
Volcanoes and Global Cooling
Weeks 7, 8, and 9 make up a three-week cycle on volcanic eruptions. Currently, you are in the Classroom Application week of the cycle.

This week you will develop cooperative activities that engage your students in understanding Earth as a system through analyzing the causes and effects of a volcanic eruption. You also have the option of choosing a Local Event to focus your lesson. As usual you will use the resources listed below to develop your ideas, then submit them for your teammates to rate and for your instructor to grade.

Assignments:

Individual: (by midnight Sunday)

Review the Classroom Application Goal and Rubric
Read more about instructional strategies.
Create or adapt activities to help your students develop the concepts you have explored in your study of a volcanic eruption. You may choose to do a Local Event Analysis for extra credit this week and then base your Classroom Application on it. If you choose to do a local event analysis and then also develop it for your classroom application, you can satisfy this week's requirements and receive extra credit. Refer to the Local Event Goal and Rubric for more information.
After submitting your own classroom application, recruit a classmate to rate and make comments on your classroom application in the Portfolio in the Classroom. Refer to the Reflection Goal and Rubric.

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Submit to the Portfolio in the Classroom your classroom application with a description of its relevance to students, connection to the curriculum, instructional strategy and assessment methods. Include a reflection on what and how you have learned about Earth System Science and this event as a result of this module

Suggested Activities for Your Students

Global Change: Change and Cycles, Where Land, Air, and Water Meet.
Although this activity discusses atmospheric content--such as parts per million, it can help students understand concern over changes in carbon dioxide, methane and other trace gases.

"When the Sulfur Flows <->You Get Temperature Lows." Ground Truth Studies Teacher Handbook. pp. 35-39.

Use modules from Exploring the Environment to engage your students in problem solving about events and environments from an Earth Systems perspective.

You will want to locate other resources locally and on the Internet to supplement these. Post the resources you find in Resource Space in the Classroom.

Readings

Volcanoes and Global Cooling. Welcome to NASA's Earth Science Enterprise: Educational Activity Supplement. pp. 31-34.

"Earth Through Time." Forecasting the Future. pp. 127-133.

Web Sites

Women of NASA: Learn about the women who have launched a thousand space probes.

Bad Science Explores science concepts presented incorrectly by teachers, writers, and the media. Includes segments on Biology, Astronomy, Chemistry and Meteorology.

Aerosols and Climate Change Scientists have much to learn about the way aerosols affect climate. They are even unsure whether aerosols are warming or cooling the planet.