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Web Seminar Archive |
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Online Archive |
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Held on Dec 20, 2007 |
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Elementary School, Middle School, Informal Education |
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Description
This Web Seminar, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, NOAA, and NASA, took place on December 20, 2007, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m., Eastern Time. Presenting was Dr. Brendan Kelly, Director for Arctic Biology in the Office of Polar Programs at the National Science Foundation. Dr. Kelly is also Associate Vice President for Research and Associate Professor of Marine Biology at the University of Alaska. The program focused on how climate change is affecting living systems in the Polar Regions. For more information about this web seminar, its presenter(s), read what participants said about it, and to see and download its PowerPoint slides go here.
Ideas For Use
This event can be used by new teachers of Earth science or by those who have not taught the topic in a long time. The presenters provide content update for understanding as well as examples of how to teach the material to students.
Additional Info
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Science Discipline:
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Global climate change
Water cycle
Air
Water
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Oceans
Earth system evolution
Geologic time
Temperature
Adaptations
Environmental change
Animals
Plants
Information and communications technology
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| Intended User Role: | Elementary-Level Educator, Informal Educator, Middle-Level Educator, New Teacher, Professional Development Provider, Teacher |
| Educational Issues: | Classroom management, Curriculum, Inquiry learning, Instructional materials, Professional development, Teacher content knowledge, Teacher preparation, Teaching strategies |
Technical
| Resource Format: | image/jpeg, video/quicktime |
National Standards Correlation
This resource has 14 correlations with the National Standards.
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- Life Science
- Diversity and adaptations of organisms
- Millions of species of animals, plants, and microorganisms are alive today.
- Species acquire many of their unique characteristics through biological adaptation, which involves the selection of naturally occurring variations in populations.
- Earth Science
- Properties of earth materials
- Earth materials are solid rocks and soils, water, and the gases of the atmosphere.
- Changes in earth and sky
- Weather can be described by measurable quantities, such as temperature, wind direction and speed, and precipitation.
- Structure of the earth system
- Water, which covers the majority of the earth's surface, circulates through the crust, oceans, and atmosphere in what is known as the "water cycle."
- Water evaporates from the earth's surface, rises and cools as it moves to higher elevations, condenses as rain or snow, and falls to the surface where it collects in lakes, oceans, soil, and in rocks underground.
- Water is a solvent. As it passes through the water cycle it dissolves minerals and gases and carries them to the oceans.
- The atmosphere is a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and trace gases that include water vapor.
- Global patterns of atmospheric movement influence local weather.
- Oceans have a major effect on climate, because water in the oceans holds a large amount of heat.
- Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
- Changes in environments
- Changes in environments can be natural or influenced by humans. Some changes are good, some are bad, and some are neither good nor bad.
- Process Standards for Professional Development
- Research-Based
- Address teachers' needs as learners and build on their current knowledge of science content, teaching, and learning. (NSES)
- Design
- Introduce teachers to scientific literature, media, and technological resources that expand their science knowledge and their ability to access further knowledge. (NSES)
- Learning
- Incorporate ongoing reflection on the process and outcomes of understanding science through inquiry. (NSES)
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