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EES TEACHER RESOURCES – Earth Processes
Teacher resources are intended to be used in the classroom as support for the meriSTEM course
Earth Processes
. Videos from the course can be viewed in the YouTube playlist below.
EES: Earth Processes
Topic
Content
Classroom Activities
Checks for Understanding
Energy and Earth’s Systems
Transfers or transformations of energy
Kahoot: Energy and Earth's Systems
How the Sun’s energy enters Earth
Thermal energy as a mechanism for the Sun’s energy to enter Earth
Latent heat of evaporation as a mechanism for the Sun’s energy to enter Earth
Photosynthesis as a mechanism for the Sun’s energy to enter Earth
The energy exchange in photosynthesis
An introduction to energy and Earth’s systems
Energy for Geological Processes
Gravity and heat from inner Earth
Colin Price: Data based plate tectonics activity
Kahoot: Energy for Geological Processes
Mantle plumes and the Moho boundary
Convection and slab sinking
Summary of energy for geological processes
Introduction to buoyancy
How magma rises
Mantle plumes and the Deccan Traps
What drives mantle plumes
Original mantle plume experiment
Energy and Earth’s atmosphere
Profile of the Scientist: Margi Böhm
Kahoot: Energy and Earth's atmosphere
Weather vs climate
Pre-human temperature anomalies
How energy drives climate
Energy radiation and refraction
How the Sun’s energy interacts with Earth & the atmosphere
Human activity on climate change
Water as a buffer
Solar radiation
Greenhouse gases
The Greenhouse Effect Practical
Albedo explained
The greenhouse effect
Oceans and Atmosphere
Earth’s oceans as a heat sink
Kahoot: Oceans and Atmosphere
Earth’s oceans act as a conveyor belt
Modelling Ocean Currents Practical
Interactions between the oceans and atmosphere
The El Niño Southern Oscillation
A Quick Tour of the Global Ocean
Energy and Biogeochemical Processes
Photosynthesis and productivity
Kahoot: Energy and Biogeochemical Processes
Ecosystem carrying capacity
Carrying Capacity Practical
Deeper look at ecosystem carrying capacity
Intro to biogeochemical cycling
Nitrogen cycling
Phosphorus cycling
Nutrients and soil in the environment
Transfer and transformation of energy between Earth’s spheres
The Carbon cycle
Carbon cycle reservoirs
Little plants make big waves
A view to the future
Residence time
Ocean response to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide
