SELECTED LESSON PLANS CREATED BY E2C PARTICIPANTS AND OTHER EDUCATORS

Density and Other Observation/Measurement Activities

• Deena Bollinger: Experimental Design
• Greg G. Hofer: Understanding Density
• Linda Ruiz McCall: A Lesson on the Topic of Density
• Alice Kastens: Ice in Water

Elementary Science Activities

• Jill Tanner: Learning about Matter by Growing Crystals (Grade 1)
• Paul Nevergold: Boiling Water in a Paper Tray

Mapping:

• Linda Selvagio: Making a Topographic Map
• Bob Klein: Contour Matching
• Bob Klen: Drawing Isolines
• Bob Klein: Profile worksheet

Rocks and Minerals

• Jim Signorelli:  Model Volcano Project - related to Rocks and Minerals Workshop
• Brian Hugick: "Guide to ESRT p. 16 'Selected Properties of Minerals'"
• Thomas Rhinedress: "What Rock or Mineral Has Had the Greatest Influence on Human Society?"
• Eric Cohen: "Mining Made Simple"
• Deena Bollinger: Mineral and Rock Presentations (STANYS Intermediate Level SARs 2006)
          Word     pdf
• Mary Stallard: Sand Studies
• Mary Stallard: Telling the Story of a Rock

Seismology

• Clare Kennedy and Carol Zepatos: NJ Earthquakes
• Bonnie J. Keller (ES List-Server Participant and VA ES teacher):  Earthquake Simulator -- related to Living with Earthquakes Workshop
• Bonnie J. Keller: "The Core" study guide"
• Bonnie J. Keller: ESRT Inferred Properties of Earth's Interior
• Joyce Knox: Virtual Earthquake activity
• Corey Shalanski: "Assessing Local Earthquake Hazards"  (Student Worksheet)
• Cheryl Dodes: "Determining the Epicenter and Magnitude of an Earthquake"

• Cheryl Dodes: "Locating the Epicenter"

• Deena Bollinger: "Unlocking the Mysteries of Plate Tectonics"

• Maura Crowe: "Could a Tsunami Occur in New York City? How to Predict and Prepare for These Natural Disasters"

• Catherine Wooten: "125^th Street Fault Field Trip"

• Carol Richlin: Earthquake Project Rubric

Surface Processes

• Molly Shabica: "A Beginner's Geologic Exploration of Martha's Vineyard"
• Katherine M. Brown: "Coffee and Geo-Forensics"
• Michael Stark: "Chinese Restaurant Take-out Container Erosion/Deposition Model"
• Christina Pominville: "Rate of Chalk Weathering"

Weather and Climate

• Julie Ann Hugick: Understanding Isobars (ppt)
• Julie Ann Hugick: "El Nino-La Nina Activity with the AMS Slide Charts"
• Linda Ruiz McCall:  "Forecasting the Weather"  (Word) (Worksheet)
• Linda Ruiz McCall: "Forecasting the Weather" Webquest  (pdf)
• Linda Ruiz McCall: "Hurricane" Webquest 
• Linda Ruiz McCall: "Hurricane" worksheet
• Rachel Flading: "Lighthouse Debate" 
• Lori-Anne Stelmark: "Glaciers and Sea Level Rise"
• Dawn Sherwood: "Hurricane Strike!" Lesson Plans     Answers

Hydrology and Water Resources

• Linda Ruiz McCall  "Hudson River History through Harpers Weekly"  - related to Hudson River Studies
• Linda Ruiz McCall: "Hudson River Canyon" (powerpoint)
• Bonnie Keller: "Groundwater  - Water We Doing to Our Planet??"
• Jean Vitarius: "Exploring the Water Quality of Streams in a Local Wetland Region"

Oceanography

• Heather Renyck Oceanography Unit Curriculum
• Sandra Swenson Sea Floor Topography
• Kaycee Cherashore Tides (2nd grade)
• Carol Tichio Tides Patterns Using an Excel Spreadsheet
• Classroom of the Sea
       "Teaching science through marine science for middle and secondary school students": http://www.cos.uconn.edu/media_index.htm
       "Marine Science Pictionary": http://www.rit.edu/~comets/pages/cos/pictionary/
       "Sign Communication in Science and Math FAQs": http://www.rit.edu/~comets/pages/cos/pictionary/
       "RV Connecticut Interactive Map": http://www.rit.edu/~comets/pages/cos/maps/boatmap/#

Remote Sensing

• Deena Bollinger  Amazon River Plume Inquiry Activity
• Karen Cole What Can Phytoplankton Tell You About the Nitrate and Phosphate Levels of the Oceans?
• Stan Ogonowski Remote Sensing of Earth by Satellite

Astronomy

• "Earth In Space" Core Concepts
• "Sun and Moon Rise and Set Times and Phases" (Excel)
• Christine Girtain: Lunar Web Tool Lab  - related to Earth's Variable Climate Spectrum
• Linda Ruiz McCall: "Phases of the Moon" lesson plan  
• Virginia Seberg and George Potanovic: October 2004 Lunar Eclipse

• David King, Penfield H.S.: draft outline for a semester-long astronomy course

• Mike Osborn, Fayetteville-Manlius C.S.D. Observational Astronomy Course Curriculum

• Rich Pearson, Bloomfield H.S.: Space Exploration Project 2006

• Sheila Ornstein: The Sun's Path

Marine and Terrestrial Biology and Ecology

• Jennifer Grolemund: "Simulating a Sea Turtle Nest"  (target: 4th grade)
• Jennifer Grolemund: "Sea Turtle Study Unit" (target: 4th grade)
• Rachel Flading: "Extremophiles"  
• Diane Frank: "Learning from Tree Rings"
• Barbara Stonewall "Ocean Sound"
• Lisbeth Uribe: "Experiencing" the Forest
• Joyce Knox: "Urban Safari--Walk on the Wild Side in the City"

For Students with Special Needs

• Barbara Stonewall: "Deaf Science -- Science Education Links for Deaf Students"
• Barbara Stonewall: "Understanding Ocean Sound"

Hazards and Risk Management

• Bonnie Keller: Disaster Preparation Project

Flash Animations and other Files Created by Brian Hugick

• Clock Math
• Density
• Rotation and Revolution
• Mineral Identification

Rubrics:

• Melanie Wenger: Whirly-Gig Experiment (poster/presentation)
• Melanie Wenger: Important Astronomers in History