North-Central Section - 42nd Annual Meeting (24–25 April 2008)

Paper No. 2
Presentation Time: 8:20 AM

HANDS-ON LESSONS AND DEMONSTRATIONS FOR THE CLASSROOM


NOWAK, Jeffrey Andrew, Education, Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd, Neff Hall, Room 240E, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, nowakj@ipfw.edu

This presentation will involve demonstrating how to complete practical earth science activities in the classroom to teach a series of earth science concepts. The activities can be done by upper elementary through high school students in a lab setting. The topics include chemical and mechanical weathering, mass movement, pH, acid rain, fossil formation, stratigraphy, allotropic crystals, formation of sedimentary limestone, and mapping. These labs have either been completed by high school sophomore Earth/Space Science students or upper elementary grade students attending a university program for children (Kid Kollege) at Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW).