Computer Science – Learning
Scientific paper
Dec 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006agufmed11a1183m&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2006, abstract #ED11A-1183
Computer Science
Learning
0820 Curriculum And Laboratory Design, 0825 Teaching Methods, 0845 Instructional Tools
Scientific paper
When the weather is nice, I like to take my students on a walk to the center of the earth. Earthwalk is a hands-on and feet-on activity that gets students outdoors, having fun, moving and learning about the structures of the earth. Earthwalk is a lesson to help students visualize our planets size and scale. This activity has students calculate the ratio of a scaled 100m cross-sectional earth, mark the boundaries between major planetary layers, walk from the center of the earth to the surface and draw proportional manmade and natural surface features (mountains, building, mine shafts, etc). This lesson effectively integrates content and pedagogy while touching on skills and topics such as math, measurement, science, writing skills (they have to take notes), reading, listening and group dynamics. This activity fits well into the earth science curriculum by introducing basic seismology; tectonic, geochemistry and heat transfer concepts. Besides showcasing this lesson, a limited number of Earth Anatomy posters will be distributed.
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