SELECTED RESOURCES CREATED BY DR. MICHAEL J. PASSOW
- Earth Science slideshows, lesson plans, and other resources
- Chemistry slideshows, lesson plans, and other resources
- Intermediate Level Science (ILS) resources
Courses and Conference Presentations -
Helping Students Understand Changing Climates and their potential socioeconomic impacts
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Teaching about Climate and Climate Change in Bergen County pdf pptx
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“CREATING CHALLENGES FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE: OCEAN ACIDIFICATION” (NSTA STEM SF 2019)
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“MAKING THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE: IMPROVE YOUR TEACHING ABOUT WEATHER AND CLIMATE” (NSTA STEM SF 2019)
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“SO YOU ARE TEACHING EARTH SCIENCE NOW–WHAT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW?”
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“EARTH SYSTEMS: KEEPING IT RELEVANT THROUGH STABILITY AND CHANGE”
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“HOW WEATHERWISE ARE YOU and YOUR STUDENTS?”
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“ARE YOU READY TO TEACH ABOUT CLIMATE AND CLIMATE CHANGE?”
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“TEACHING ABOUT WEATHER AND CLIMATE”
“TEACHING ABOUT ASTRONOMY”
“TEACHING ABOUT MINERALS, ROCKS, AND RESOURCES” -
“FROM THE ICE AGE TO SEA LEVEL RISE–CONNECTING THE HACKENSACK RIVER’S PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE”
Look at the Sky and Tell the Weather: The Art of Eric Sloane
Understanding and Teaching Climate Change
Special Activities and Lesson Plans
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“Look at the Sky” — The Weather Art of Eric Sloane”
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“Teaching Earth Science with 70,000 Years of Art” https://earth2class.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Teaching-Earth-Science-Using-70000-Years-of-Art.pptx
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“Seeking Patterns in Ground-Level Ozone Pollution and Temperature through an Exploratory Data Analysis”
“Ozone-Temperature Activity Data Sets” (.xlsx)
Example of the data tables and graphs that can be created in this activity (.xlsx) -
“Tales of the Resolution” Reading Activities
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“Brief Geologic History of Bergen County and the Flat Rock Brook Nature Center”
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“Dox Rox Time Travel: Geologic History of the Hackensack River Basin”
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“The Dwarskill Mastodon Dig and the 6 Great Extinctions“
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“Phenology and Climate Patterns”
“Hudson River Ice Closings and Openings 1789 – 1856”
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“Let There Be Water — In Israel and New Jersey”
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Circle Line Virtual Field Trip
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Teaching about Weather, Climate and Climate Change in Bergen County