AP Environmental Science Online Course

Offered up as part of The Encyclopedia of Earth project, this fine set of materials provides students and educators with items to be used with an AP Environmental Science course. However, the quality of the materials makes them useful to a range of science educators. Visitors can dive right into the Table of Contents, which consists of six units, including Environmental Quality, Global Changes, and Natural Resources. Each area includes a set of objectives, complemented with meaningful explanations of each concept, accompanied by graphs, charts, and other illustrative materials. Interested parties can also take advantage of a range of external websites which are offered here as source material for more detailed exploration. 

 

http://www.eoearth.org/article/AP_Environmental_Science_Online_Course

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Guided Discovery Problems

The folks at the Science Education Research Center (SERC) at Carleton College have worked with a team of colleagues to create these "Guided Discovery Problems." The materials here help students learn about the world of geology via intriguing puzzles, structured hands-on activities, carefully worded leading questions, and crucial hints. The problems were developed by Ann Bykerk-Kauffman of the Department of Geological and Environmental Science at California State University, Chico. On the site, visitors can take advantage of six problems. Their number includes "Phases and Eclipses of the Moon," "Advanced Study of the Moon," and "Density, Buoyancy and Convection." Each one contains a set of learning goals, a context section, and a full description and related teaching materials. Overall, these are tremendously helpful and they can be used in a variety of college classroom settings. 

http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/guided_discovery/index.html

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Teaching Geology

This rather remarkable website contains a great collection of resources for web-based instruction and demonstrations of geology concepts. The collection includes, under Classroom demonstration, the very useful SeisMac 3.0, which is an application for Mac OS X that turns a laptop computer into a " low-resolution strong-motion accelerometer," or a basic seismograph. It works by accessing the computer's Sudden Motion Sensor in order to display real-time, three axis accelerations graphs. Visitors can use the application to watch the seismic waves go up and down just by tapping their feet on the floor nearby. Other resources include Virtual Earth (an "interactive minicourse on thermal convection") and a link to Geology in the news, which collates important news stories with a geological theme. 

http://www.colorado.edu/geolsci/Resources/

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AGRIS: International Information Systems for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology

 "The AGRIS Network is an international initiative based on a collaborative network of institutions, whose aim is to promote free access to information on science and technology in agriculture and related subjects...
 The AGRIS open archives and bibliographical databases cover the many aspects of agriculture, including forestry, animal husbandry, aquatic sciences and fisheries, and human nutrition, extension literature from over 100 participating countries. Material includes unique grey literature such as unpublished scientific and technical reports, theses, conference papers, government publications, and more."

http://agris.fao.org/