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    Climate of Change (Unit 5: Systems@Play) in nonmajors Environmental Science
    I implemented Unit 5 of the "Climate of Change" module into two weeks of my nonmajors Environmental Science course to cover the concepts of atmospheric science, climate change, and data...
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    The Stomata Lab. What the past can tell us about our future - using fossil and modern plants to model atmospheric carbon dioxide
    Students will develop a mathematical model of the relationship between atmospheric CO2 and the number of stomata on a leaf (Stomata Index). They will evaluate the model graphically, statistically,...

    Keywords: introductory biologyQuantitative reasoninginterdisciplinaryclimate changeregressionEcology and EvolutionStomataNIQBC2. Data and GraphsC4. mathematical modelsC3. Statistical AnalysisSmithsonian

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    The intersection of research and operations in Meteorology with Dr. Katie Wilson
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientist Dr. Katie Wilson discusses with us the intersection of research and operations in the field of Meteorology.

    Keywords: climatenoaameteorologyweather

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    A discussion about tornado epidemiology with Dr. Kim Klockow McClain
    Are you ever curious about how tornados impact communities, which communities are most at risk, what are the determinants of fatality from tornados, and other related questions? Dr. Kim Klockow...

    Keywords: epidemiologyweathertornados

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    Natural Hazards and Risks: Hurricanes
    Making the difficult decision to evacuate before a hurricane makes landfall can save lives and property. This two week module explores how hurricanes connect the ocean-atmosphere-terrestrial...

    Keywords: sustainabilityearth scienceOceanographyenvironmental scienceglobal changenatural hazardsatmospheric scienceResources @ InTeGrate

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    Human Population Growth and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
    Humans alter the climate by emitting greenhouse gases, by changing planetary albedo, and by altering atmospheric chemistry. Between 1900 and 2000, humans' emissions of carbon into the atmosphere...

    Keywords: demographyhuman populationgreenhouse gas emissions

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    Environmental Pollution & Public Health (Project EDDIE)
    Environmental health is a field of study within public health that is concerned with human-environment interactions, and specifically, how the environment influences public well-being. In this...

    Keywords: public healthProject EDDIEpollution

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    Investigating Evidence for Climate Change (Project EDDIE) with CO2 and 13CO2 data: adapted for R
    This is an adaptation to work in R of Investigating Evidence for Climate Change (Project) by Hage, M. 2020. Students will investigate geologic and modern evidence for global temperature and...

    Keywords: climate changeGlobal Temperature Changeco2ice core datastable isotopesR software

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    Environmental Pollution & Public Health (Project EDDIE) used in an introductory Environmental Challenges course
    Environmental health is a field of study within public health that is concerned with human-environment interactions, and specifically, how the environment influences public well-being. In this...

    Keywords: public healthProject EDDIEpollution

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    Using the Project Eddie Module “Paleoclimate and Ocean Biogeochemistry” in the Upper-Division Undergraduate Course “Climate and the Earth System”
    Students explore and compare datasets on modern nutrient concentrations and productivity, as well as paleo datasets to try to answer the question: “How does primary productivity influence global...

    Keywords: BiogeochemistryPaleoclimatepleoceanographygeochemistry

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    Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Data Analysis - Draft (1)
    Students will be able to analyze real data to review basic statistics. Students will be able to work as a group to determine the best way to present their data.
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    Wind and Ocean Ecosystems (Project EDDIE)- adapted to provide greater autonomy for students in an upper level class
    This module adaption focuses on the interplay between winds, ocean upwelling, and marine productivity. Students are able to select and download their own data and compare results among different...
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    Wind and Ocean Ecosystems (Project EDDIE)
    This module introduces students to the concepts of Ekman transport, eastern boundary currents, and upwelling, while learning how to find a location on a map using latitude and longitude, how to...
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    How does increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide disrupt ecological systems? Results from FACE experiments across the globe.
    This module synthesizes key findings from forested CO2 enrichment experiments over the last 3 decades. Students should have a basic working knowledge of climate change, ecosystem nutrient cycles...
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    Learning Journal Assignment and Instructor Guide on Citizen Science
    Citizen science is a term which gain attention in 1990s which involved research conducted with participation between public and scientist. Citizen Science approach has diversified into multi and...

    Keywords: stemcitizen sciencefaculty developmentscienceFaculty

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    Have fish assemblages recovered from the legacy of acid rain?
    This module provides a framework for upper-level ecology students to learn about limiting factors for stream fish diversity, using data from Shenandoah National Park and gaining skills in...

    Keywords: Problem based learningdiversitycooperative learninglimiting factorsaquatic ecosystemspyramid examlab reports

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    What is Science?
    This video has a philosophical focus and explores the nature of science. We’ll hear about how science is both a body of knowledge and a process. Peer review and confirmation bias will also be covered.

    Keywords: videosStudent misconceptionsScience Forwardscience basics

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    What is Data Science - Introduction to Data Science
    Data Science is the technology that goes behind handling and working with data in the 21st century. Data Science concepts have proved to be the pinnacle in the last couple of years with the onset...
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    Introduction to Earth Data Science Textbook
    Introduction to Earth Data Science is an online textbook for anyone new to open reproducible science and the Python programming language. There are no prerequisites for this material, and no prior...

    Keywords: data analysisdatadata typesdata visualizationdata scienceearth sciencepythonremote sensingGeographic Information System (GIS)data science educationcomputer programmingwildfireearth analytics

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    Introduction to Python for Data Science Course
    Free Introduction to Python for Data Science Course at DataCamp

    Keywords: data scienceonline learningcoursepythonfree

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