Teaching earth science to middle school students is challenging for a variety of reasons, so these lesson plans and resources around Energy, Tectonics, Climate Change, Land Use Change should be useful.
The Tectonics module also includes Web GIS investigations and is further discussed in A Curriculum-Linked Professional Development Approach to Support Teachers’ Adoption of Web GIS Tectonics Investigations (Bodzin et al.).
As usual, the authors argue that a) Web GIS is a much better pedagogical tool than 'old' maps or printed worksheets and that b) Web GIS provides an active learning environment as students are able to query and explore hazards near them (as opposed to hazards that they will never experience).
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