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Teacher Resources
- Quake-Catcher Network: Turn your classroom computer into a seismometer
- The Quake-Catcher Network is a collaborative initiative for developing the world's largest, low-cost seismic network by utilizing sensors in and attached to internet-connected computers. With your help, the Quake-Catcher Network can provide better understanding of earthquakes, give early warning to schools, emergency response systems, and others. The Quake-Catcher Network also provides educational software designed to help teach about earthquakes and earthquake hazards. Sensors are only $5 for teachers. To join the network and learn more about earthquake science,
go to the Quake-Catcher Network website
- Environmental Curricula from the Woods Institute for the Environment
- Providing educators with resources to increase the number of environmental topics being taught in the classroom, based on current environmental research at Stanford. The curricula were developed in collaboration between the Woods Institute for the Environment and the Stanford University School of Education. The project was started as a way to connect classroom teachers with environmental research at Stanford. Curricula at http://woods.stanford.edu/k12/about.html
- 'Climate Change' unit based on the research of Steve Schneider and Mike Mastrandrea
- 'Contaminated Sediments' unit based on the research of Professor Richard Luthy
- 'Hawaiian Ecosystems in Flux' unit based on the research of Professor Peter Vitousek
- Resource Kits:
- For 4-6th grade classrooms, we have developed and lend out teaching kits on oceanography and plate tectonics. These kits were field tested in classes at the Almond School in Los Altos. Working with the science resource teacher there, we aligned the kits to the state standards and local curriculum in Los Altos School District.
- List of kits:
- Plate Tectonics
- Stratigraphy and Faulting
- Volcanoes and Viscosity
- and more!
- Contact: Jennifer Saltzman, Outreach Coordinator
- Public Lectures:
- To learn more about the research and issues in Earth Sciences, we offer a public lecture series. You can view the video and the slide presentations from this series and use these resources to enhance your teaching.
- 1906 Earthquake Walking Tour of Stanford Campus:
- We have designed a self-guided walking tour for students to learn about the basics of earthquakes and how both the 1906 and 1989 earthquakes impacted the University buildings. The walking tour includes some interactive activities as well as quotes from community members after the earthquakes and many photographs. This tour was desinged for third grade students and could easily be used with older students. Please contact us if you have questions about leading the walking tour on your own.
- Walking tour script (200 kb pdf)
- Walking tour photos (we are working on these now)
- 1906 Earthquake Centennial Commemoration Website - online exhibit, photo gallery, general walking tour, and resources
- Understanding the Earth System:
- Here are a few links to get you started on your quest to understand Earth's complex systems.
- Digital Library for Earth System Education
http://www.dlese.org/dds/index.jsp
- US Geological Survey – From water resources to natural hazards to Earth characteristics.
http://www.usgs.gov/science/
- Paleontology Portal
http://www.paleoportal.org/
- GeologyLink from Houghton Mifflin
http://college.hmco.com/geology/resources/geologylink/toc.html
- Earth Science Primer
http://teach.fcps.net/trt20/projects/EKU/Default.htm
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