Russell O. Colson
 Professor of Geology
Department of Anthropology and Earth Science
 Minnesota State University Moorhead

K-12 Education Support

Five Big Ideas of Earth Science (By Mary Colson, 8th Grade Earth Science teacher)

Notes for World of Change Workshop 2003:  Doing Chemistry While Exploring Earth Science
Includes notes for two unit activities:   Why do pollutants sometimes end up in the water and sometimes in the soil?
and
Condensation from the air notes:  How does rain come from thin air?

Notes for World of Change Workshop 2010:  Experimental Geology, It's more focused, and more useful, than you think

Includes notes for four experiments in sedimentology, petrology, geophysics, and meteorology.

Results of Workshop on Research-like Experiences in the 7-12 Classroom (with activity outlines)

On-line experimental petrology puzzles for elementary and high school students

A planetary experimental petrology puzzle that can be done as a 8-12 classroom experiment

Notes for a unit on reading stories in the Earth, I taught for 9-12 year-olds at the Science Center

Earth Science Today Class notes (includes puzzles, labs, and activities in Earth Science)

Are you Awake, Knowledgeable, Understanding? (under construction) (fun tests to take:   Are you awake to Earth Science?  Do you know key Earth Science information?  Do you understand how Earth Scientists read the stories of the Earth?

Archaeology puzzles for elementary and high school students

Stock Market Math (by Lisa Erpelding, Junior High Math Teacher)

Earth Science Activities written by teachers in a workshop at MSUM and programmed into HTML by local High School students (teacher Kirby Engen)

Other cool sites:
space and astronomy lesson plans
Nasa for educators
Frank Potters Science Gems

Discoveries in Planetary Science-DPS education

Adventures at Dry Creek

http://www.onlineschools.org/resources/space-science-for-kids/ 
http://www.highschooldiplomaonline.net/science_resource.html
 



 
 

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