40 min in of and how making them class drives the costs of minerals (large classes fine) 3-Mining and Option 1 Muffin mining, 40 minutes Messy, probably better – Impacts costs associated with for lab, popular for Earth mining and restoration Science Week 4 Mineral #2 Mining Sand, focus on 40-50 In-class or lab, used in – – resources from titanium placer deposits in minutes classes of 65 students sedimentary Florida processes 5-Mineral resources Whole activity focus on 40-50 In-class or lab, used in – from igneous and sulfide mining outside minutes classes of 65 students metamorphic rocks Yellowstone and in Lake Superior area, also homework homework on black involved smokers 6-Mining, society, Option 1 Phosphorous, 30 minutes In-class or lab, lab would – decision making homework to read about (in-class) be a good place for this various aspects of homework because oral phosphorous usage and involved presentations/discussions mining followed by jig-saw could take place at end, activity used in classes of 65 students Climate of Change Unit Activity Approx. time Suited for: 1-Forecasting Reading (homework) 40-50 In-class, highly successful variability followed by gallery walk minutes in large classes focusing on how various societies (Inca, Maya, Vikings) coped with climate change 2-Short-term Case 2.1 on changes in 50-60 In-class with large classes variability temperature, wind minutes OK, but would be better direction, pressure of in lab, many color figures equatorial Pacific 2-Short-term Case Study 2.2 on North 50-60 In-class, large class OK, variability Atlantic and using minutes but lab might be better, Hovmöller diagrams many color figures 3-Anomalous Case study 3.1 on El Nino 50 minutes Very nice in large class, behavior not too much color
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