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Teaching in a prison helped reveal the challenges of urban teaching.
(photo by Ann Williams/Sacramento Bee)
Students werelargely minoritylow socioeconomic backgroundgrew up almost entirely in URBAN settings.
Teaching in a prison helped reveal the challenges of urban teaching.
(photo by Ann Williams/Sacramento Bee)
Students werelargely minoritylow socioeconomic backgroundgrew up almost entirely in URBAN settings.
“I bet you couldn’t take field trips...”
Teaching in a prison helped reveal the challenges of urban teaching.
(photo by Ann Williams/Sacramento Bee)
Students werelargely minoritylow socioeconomic backgroundgrew up almost entirely in URBAN settings.
“I bet you couldn’t take field trips...” We did!
FIELD TRIP TO THE PRISON YARD
(photo by Ann Williams/Sacramento Bee)
Air photo mapping of the prison yard reveals a “dike”
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Air photo mapping of the prison yard reveals a “dike”
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Air photo mapping of the prison yard reveals a “dike”
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Air photo mapping of the prison yard reveals a “dike”
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GEO-SLEUTH MURDER MYSTERY
M. d’Alessio, 2004
For Students: What was sequence of events? Who did it?
For Geologists: Can you identify the following geologic concepts in this murder mystery?:
• Principle of Superposition • Principle of Cross-cutting Relations• Principle of Original Horizontality• Relative Timing• Absolute Dating• Unconformity• Using the laws of physics to explain past events• Common Sense!
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http://education.usgs.gov/schoolyard
New USGS web site introduces geologic processes through short schoolyard “field trips”
Paleontology in the schoolyard.
Paleontology in the schoolyard.
Natural hazards in the schoolyard.
Natural hazards in the schoolyard.
Natural hazards in the schoolyard.
Absolute age dating in the schoolyard.
Glaciers in the schoolyard.
Glaciers in the schoolyard.
Glaciers in the schoolyard.
Glaciers in the schoolyard.
Glaciers in the schoolyard.
Mapping your schoolyard
A better way to teach map scale!
Do analogies work?
Does the urban understanding translate into better “scientific” understanding?
A big difference between urban and natural processes is time scale. How can we help students grasp “deep time”?
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