Scientists call the land along the edges of a river, stream, or lake a riparian zone. In this guide, riparian zone will be called the Green Zone. Riparian zones make up only a small part of land in the United States. But they are very important. They protect water quality and quantity, supply food and shelter for fish and wildlife, and provide…

The aims of this study were to examine self-efficacy and other motivation variables among high school science students (n = 502); to determine the degree to which each of the four hypothesized sources of self-efficacy makes an independent contribution to students' science self-efficacy beliefs; to examine possible differences between life,…

Earthlearningidea will use the opportunity of the International Year of Planet Earth (2008) to publish on the internet a new Earthlearningidea each week for use in classrooms that have few resources. The International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) was proclaimed by the United Nations for 2008, with the activities extending from 2007-2009. IYPE has a…

Earthquake, a natural disaster, is among the fundamental problems of many countries. If people know how to protect themselves from earthquake and arrange their life styles in compliance with this, damage they will suffer will reduce to that extent. In particular, a good training regarding earthquake to be received in primary schools is considered…

Constructing model hot air balloons is an activity that captures the imaginations of students, enabling teachers to present required content to minds that are open to receive it. Additionally, there are few activities that lend themselves to integrating so much content across subject areas. In this article, the authors describe how they have…

This book is a collection of 201 science experiments designed to be fun and to show that science is not just a list of facts, but a way of solving problems and discovering why things happen the way they do. The activities cover five different fields of science: astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth science, and physics. Each experiment contains the…

Ground Truth Studies is an interdisciplinary activity-based program that draws on the broad range of sciences that make up the study of global change and the complementary technology of remote sensing. It integrates local environmental issues with global change topics, such as the greenhouse effect, loss of biological diversity, and ozone…

This bilingual earth science handbook is one in a series designed to assist high school students who are literate in their native Lao, but are limited-English-proficient, in meeting graduation requirements. The handbook is essentially a glossary. The first part, in Lao, contains major concepts in earth science and definitions of important and…

Earth science is the subject of this bilingual glossary, one in a series developed to help high school students who are literate in their native Vietnamese, but limited-English-proficient, to meet their graduation requirements. Major earth science concepts and definitions of important and commonly used terms are presented in both Vietnamese and…

This bilingual earth science handbook is one in a series developed to help high school students who are literate in their native Spanish, but not in English, to meet graduation requirements. The first part of the handbook contains major earth science concepts and a glossary of important and commonly used terms, in Spanish. This is followed by an…

Presents the latest developments concerning the following topics: astrogeology, coal, deep sea drilling project, engineering geology; environmental geology, exploration geophysics, geochemistry, geodynamics project, hydrology, industrial minerals, international geology, mapping, mathematical geology, metals, mineralogy, oil and gas, invertebrate…

Provides an assessment chart that can be used in evaluating students in student-oriented, inquiry-oriented science courses. (BR)

Article describes how inservice instruction can make a field trip for primary grades a good learning experience for teachers and students. (BR)

Two instruments are described which were designed to provide beginning students with the tools for determining sun-time and the altitude of the sun. Both can be constructed by the student. A simple-to-construct scale is included. Activities are suggested to use with the instruments. (Author/EB)