EDC Earth Science at #NSTA16
LAB-AIDS led two workshops at this year's National Science Teacher Association's Minneapolis Area Conference on October 27th to share EDC Earth Science activities and generate interest in the inquiry-based, hands-on curriculum.
Calling All Carbons
Thursday, October 27 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Minneapolis Convention Center, 101G
The element of carbon is critical to life on Earth. All living organisms contain different and essential carbon-based molecules. Several Earth processes work together to cycle carbon from one carbon reservoir to another and to keep the amount in each reservoir stable. Join us to learn about and model different carbon transfer processes.
Climate Proxies
Thursday, October 27 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Minneapolis Convention Center, 101G
How can scientists tell what Earth’s climate was like thousands of years before human measurements? This activity simulates the use of fossil ocean foraminifera, tiny organisms whose growth patterns are different in warm or cold water. We will analyze and graph samples of replicas of these organisms, and then determine relative warm and cold periods in the past 200,000 years. This activity is from EDC Earth Science, a new NSF-supported program from LAB-AIDS.