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Bringing Writing and Reading into Your Earth Science Classroom – Innovative Assessment Ideas

Welcome to the online resources for our ever-popular NSTA presentation! This web portal is intended to provide the web links and additional information to those who attended our presentation at a recent NSTA convention.

Workshop Resources

Presentation (slideshow)

Members download PowerPoint Presentation

 

Activities:

Snapshot Exercise

Scientist Project

Dante's Peak Movie Review

Roger the Rock Storybook

Current Event Articles in the Classroom

Great Planetary Debate

Additional Resources
Classroom Activities from Windows to the Universe

Windows to the Universe Journals

National Science Standards Web Site

Benchmarks for Science Literacy

Presenter Information

Jennifer Bergman (contact)
Lisa Gardiner
Randy Russell
Roberta Johnson
David Mastie
Marina LaGrave
Julia Genyuk
Last modified November 6, 2006 by Jennifer Bergman.

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Windows to the Universe, a project of the National Earth Science Teachers Association, is sponsored in part is sponsored in part through grants from federal agencies (NASA and NOAA), and partnerships with affiliated organizations, including the American Geophysical Union, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Earth System Information Partnership, the American Meteorological Society, the National Center for Science Education, and TERC. The American Geophysical Union and the American Geosciences Institute are Windows to the Universe Founding Partners. NESTA welcomes new Institutional Affiliates in support of our ongoing programs, as well as collaborations on new projects. Contact NESTA for more information. NASA ESIP NCSE HHMI AGU AGI AMS NOAA