Educational Services » K-12 http://wosu.org/2012/education Educational Resources from WOSU Public Media Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:43:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Educational Resources from WOSU Public Media Educational Services no Educational Resources from WOSU Public Media Educational Services » K-12 http://wosu.org/2012/education/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://wosu.org/2012/education/category/k-12/ Climate and Ice http://wosu.org/2012/education/climate-and-ice/ http://wosu.org/2012/education/climate-and-ice/#comments Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:38:24 +0000 Scott Gowans http://beta.wosu.org/education/?p=201 Download teacher's guide (PDF, 132K)]]> Part I of this lesson begins with a video that explains the difference between weather and climate, describes glacier formation, and identifies the types of information that can be found in the glacial record.

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]]> http://wosu.org/2012/education/climate-and-ice/feed/ 0 Recovering Ice Cores http://wosu.org/2012/education/recovering-ice-cores/ http://wosu.org/2012/education/recovering-ice-cores/#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:24:38 +0000 Scott Gowans http://beta.wosu.org/education/?p=309 Download teacher's guide (PDF, 114K)]]> How scientists look at samples of ice to determine past climates/atmospheric conditions.

Technological design is a critical component of many scientific ventures. This lesson challenges students to design a device that keeps an ice core frozen for 24 hours. After watching the video, students design and test an ice storage unit that keeps the ice frozen for 24 hours. Throughout the design process student teams share and critique their plans.
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]]> http://wosu.org/2012/education/recovering-ice-cores/feed/ 0 Calendar in Ice http://wosu.org/2012/education/calendar-in-ice/ http://wosu.org/2012/education/calendar-in-ice/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:42:13 +0000 Scott Gowans http://beta.wosu.org/education/?p=315 Download teacher's guide (PDF, 116K)]]> The ways tree rings and glaciers reveal past events and record time.

In this lesson students will learn how an ice core provides a record of past climates. Students will create a timeline of their life experiences, analyze model glacier data, and create an ice core diagram of the Dust Bowl years.

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]]> http://wosu.org/2012/education/calendar-in-ice/feed/ 0 The Bakery Shop http://wosu.org/2012/education/the-bakery-shop-2/ http://wosu.org/2012/education/the-bakery-shop-2/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:45:54 +0000 Scott Gowans http://beta.wosu.org/education/?p=1181 The Bakery Shop is an educational game collaboratively developed by WOSU Public Media, the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD) at The Ohio State University and the Ohio Council on Economic Education. Targeted to second graders, the game is designed to immerse the user in concepts of economics in a visually engaging way using an entertaining game context.

Streams of hungry customers arrive at a bakery with a specific craving. Ingredients, cooks, and ovens must be carefully managed to produce the right food at the right time to keep customers happy. The goods produced by the bakery share similar ingredients, so choice is important and is always a trade-off between recipes.

The Bakery Shop leads users to recognize that people have many wants, that wants are unlimited and resources are scarce. The goal is to enable students to explain how resources can be used in various ways, identify goods and services, and recognize money as the generally accepted medium of exchange for goods and services.

]]> http://wosu.org/2012/education/the-bakery-shop-2/feed/ 0 Animal Structure and Survival Functions http://wosu.org/2012/education/animal-structure-and-survival-functions/ http://wosu.org/2012/education/animal-structure-and-survival-functions/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 23:34:45 +0000 Scott Gowans http://beta.wosu.org/education/?p=1065 Examining the skulls of carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores to understand different bone structures

]]> http://wosu.org/2012/education/animal-structure-and-survival-functions/feed/ 0 Animal Structure and Survival Functions – Instructor’s Guide http://wosu.org/2012/education/animal-structure-and-survival-functions-%e2%80%93-instructors-guide/ http://wosu.org/2012/education/animal-structure-and-survival-functions-%e2%80%93-instructors-guide/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 23:28:13 +0000 Scott Gowans http://beta.wosu.org/education/?p=1059 Examining the skulls of carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores to understand different bone structures

Students can explore how form follows function

]]> http://wosu.org/2012/education/animal-structure-and-survival-functions-%e2%80%93-instructors-guide/feed/ 0 Effects of Disturbance on Biodiversity – Instructor’s Guide http://wosu.org/2012/education/effects-of-disturbance-on-biodiversity-instructors-guide/ http://wosu.org/2012/education/effects-of-disturbance-on-biodiversity-instructors-guide/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 23:18:23 +0000 Scott Gowans http://beta.wosu.org/education/?p=1053 The effects of fire, climate change, and logging.

One forest shown had a fire 12 years ago, and isn’t particularly diverse. Another had a fire 60 years ago, and is becoming more biodiverse. Another forest is 300-400 years old, and is extremely diverse.

For 12th grade
- Anticipation guide
- Writing assignment: effects of a fire on an ecosystem

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One forest had a fire 12 years ago, and isn’t particularly diverse. Another had a fire 60 years ago, and is becoming more biodiverse. Another forest is 300-400 years old, and is extremely diverse.

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- Fire can regenerate a forest, turning an old forest into a young one

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- Fire can regenerate a forest, turning an old forest into a young one


Life Sciences – 11th Grade

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