Earth Sciences Pathfinder by https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny Based on a project for GSLIS 765 en-us 2020-04-20 14:11:17 UTC 2025-11-08 06:31:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f30d.png rachelaltvater https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517668163 Welcome to the Earth Sciences Pathfinder!

Here, you will find different kinds of resources that align with the topics that are taught in your class. These topics follow the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) ideas of:
  • Space Systems
  • History of the Earth
  • Earth's Systems
  • Weather and Climate
  • Human Sustainability
The resources included in the Pathfinder align with class materials and can be used by you (or your teachers) to get a new perspective on information. You can use these resources for research, projects, and presentations, as well as study help for exams and the Physical Setting/Earth Science Regents. Maybe there will be something in here that is interesting beyond class, too!

Everything is grouped by media type, and organized alphabetically within that type. Click on each item to view more information and links to digital resources.
]]> 2020-04-20 14:29:09 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517668163 Earth: A Primer rachelaltvater https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517671778 Earth: A Primer provides a textbook's wealth of information with stunning illustrations that can be manipulated as you play your way through the science that formed the Earth and its features.

Download here: http://www.earthprimer.com/
***This app costs $9.99 so your instructor or library will be the one to provide it.
]]> 2020-04-20 14:30:18 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517671778 HoloGlobe rachelaltvater https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517686063 HoloGlobe is an interactive 3D hologram of the Earth that projects onto a Merge Cube. View altitude maps, real-time weather and disaster data, satellite activity, and informational videos in the palm of your hand.

Download here: https://miniverse.io/experience?cr=4207&e=hologlobe-for-merge-cube
]]> 2020-04-20 14:34:44 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517686063 NASA App rachelaltvater https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517704408 The NASA App gives you access to information about launches and current missions, real-time viewing of high definition footage from space, a radio station with songs selected by NASA's very own DJs, and more. The app blends science and art and makes both accessible.

Download here: https://www.nasa.gov/nasaapp
]]> 2020-04-20 14:40:15 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517704408 Biointeractive rachelaltvater https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517704947 Biointeractive is an award-winning site that allows students and educators in high schools and colleges to search for science resources, including activities, videos, and interactive data visualizations.

Search here: https://www.biointeractive.org/classroom-resources]]> 2020-04-20 14:40:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517704947 CK-12 rachelaltvater https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517705437 Students can search for online interactive textbooks (or FlexBooks), articles, videos, and simulations (also called PLIX) that relate to earth science topics. The platform and resources are searchable by subject and grade level, and are entirely free to use.

Visit here: https://www.ck12.org/student/
]]> 2020-04-20 14:40:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517705437 Gale in Context rachelaltvater https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517706009 There are many Gale in Context databases, but two that will be important for this subject are the general Science and the more specific Environmental Studies databases. Each are searchable by standard Boolean operators and other common limiters like date and peer review, but users can also browse by resources related to current issues and popular topics directly from the homepage.

Gale in Context Science: https://go-gale-com.queens.ezproxy.cuny.edu/ps/start.do?p=SCIC&u=cuny_queens
Gale in Context Environmental Studies: https://go-gale-com.queens.ezproxy.cuny.edu/ps/start.do?p=GRNR&u=cuny_queens
]]> 2020-04-20 14:40:45 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517706009 Dragonfly.eco rachelaltvater https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517776118 This database contains an index of over 700 "eco-fiction" titles of different genres.

Learn more and search for books here: https://dragonfly.eco/
]]> 2020-04-20 15:02:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517776118 Carbon Calculator rachelaltvater https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517822304 Enter data about lifestyle into this calculator to find out what causes a carbon footprint to be high, and what variables may lower it. This particular carbon calculator also has a leaderboard for low carbon footprints.

Visit here: https://coolclimate.org/calculator
]]> 2020-04-20 15:17:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517822304 Environmental Protection Agency rachelaltvater https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517822807 The homepage for the Environmental Protection Agency documents legislation and projects that the United States government is undertaking with regard to the environment.

Visit here: https://www.epa.gov/
]]> 2020-04-20 15:17:14 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517822807 United States Geological Survey rachelaltvater https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517825858 The United States Geological Survey was created almost as a Census of the land within US jurisdiction and its changes. The data it collects is made into a variety of maps and other publications which are available on the organization's homepage.

Visit here: https://www.usgs.gov/
]]> 2020-04-20 15:18:13 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517825858 Google Arts & Culture - Carlsbad Caverns rachelaltvater https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517827051 Sites like the Carlsbad Caverns contain dazzling displays of geological phenomena. This page contains a video and a few photos, but the street view of the cavern brings you face-to-face with stalactites, striations, and maybe even a few bats.

Visit here: https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/carlsbad-caverns-national-park/m0281q55
]]> 2020-04-20 15:18:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517827051 Library of Congress: Images from USGS Rock Magnetics Laboratory rachelaltvater https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517828967 In the 1950s-1960s, scientists at the USGS Rock Magnetics Laboratory
researched plate tectonics and Earth's electromagnetic fields. The facilities and instruments used are depicted in this photo set.


View here: https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.ca2171.photos?st=gallery
]]> 2020-04-20 15:19:14 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517828967 Wearable Media - Ceres and Project Reefstone rachelaltvater https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517829447 Wearable Media appeals to engineers, fashionistas, and anyone who has an interest in data of all kinds. Ceres is a jumpsuit outfitted with haptic motors and lights that activate when data from NASA indicates the presence of a near earth object. Project Reefstone is made from die-cut material in wavy patterns which were determined by trends in global temperature data.

Ceres: https://www.wearablemedia.co/ceres
Project Reefstone: https://www.wearablemedia.co/project-reefstone
]]> 2020-04-20 15:19:23 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517829447 BrainPOP - Time Zone X rachelaltvater https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517835682 This BrainPOP game will give you a flashback to elementary school with its familiar characters (remember Moby the robot?), and even farther back to the formation of the Earth. Place events on a timeline to watch natural history unfold.

Play here: https://www.brainpop.com/games/timezonexearthscience/]]> 2020-04-20 15:21:20 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517835682 Disaster Detector rachelaltvater https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517837423 Are you ready for a disaster? Smithsonian's Disaster Detector lets you try your hand at disaster preparedness, and shows you how to predict an event based on clues from the Earth and its atmosphere.

Play here: https://ssec.si.edu/disaster-detector
]]> 2020-04-20 15:21:53 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517837423 PhET Earth Science Simulations rachelaltvater https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517837820 One of AASL's top resources in 2015, PhET houses a collection of simulations in all fields of science.

Visit here: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/earth-science
]]> 2020-04-20 15:22:01 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517837820 Dear Mother Nature rachelaltvater https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517845771 Photographer Wyn Wiley becomes Pattie Gonia, the world's first environmental advocate drag queen, to connect people across the world with ideas of sustainability and other ecological issues in this documentary.

Watch here: 
https://youtu.be/8Yfk0vvVIoU]]> 2020-04-20 15:24:35 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517845771 NOVA Treasures of the Earth: Gems rachelaltvater https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517846160 NOVA is a program that dives into historical and scientific concepts. This episode explores the stories that gems can tell us about their formation and about the Earth as a whole.

Watch here: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/treasures-of-the-earth-gems/
]]> 2020-04-20 15:24:43 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517846160 TED-Ed Earth and Space Science rachelaltvater https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517846908 A collection of TED talks that pertain to various earth science topics, some hosted by people, some animated. TED-Ed allows teachers to add questions to videos, which can be a great study tool.

Watch here: https://ed.ted.com/lessons?category=earth-and-space-science
]]> 2020-04-20 15:24:55 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517846908 Cosmos rachelaltvater https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517849054 Carl Sagan's Cosmos is a highly acclaimed book best known for bringing difficult science concepts into the public eye by using a more laid-back tone as opposed to writing in heavy academic jargon. It was adapted into two TV series - one called "Cosmos: A Personal Journey" featuring Sagan himself, and more recently, "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" starring Neil deGrasse Tyson.]]> 2020-04-20 15:25:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517849054 Dry City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans rachelaltvater https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517849150 Drowned City is Don Brown's illustrated recounting of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.]]> 2020-04-20 15:25:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517849150 Life on Surtsey: Iceland's Upstart Island rachelaltvater https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517850351 Life on Surtsey: Iceland's Upstart Island by Loree Griffin Burns follows the geological and ecological history of the volcanic island and the scientists who study it. Gorgeous pictures of the island illuminate the geological phenomena that brought it into being.]]> 2020-04-20 15:25:57 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517850351 The Carbon Diaries: 2015 rachelaltvater https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517851343 The Carbon Diaries: 2015 by Staci Lloyd follows the life of Laura, a sixteen year old girl living in England who just wants to play in her garage band, hang out with her friends, and keep warm during the first winter of the carbon ration, but her family and her planet are falling apart.]]> 2020-04-20 15:26:16 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517851343 Dry rachelaltvater https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517851828 Neal Shusterman's Dry takes place in a California ravaged by a drought called the Tap-Out (not too far from our own California, really). When the water runs out completely, a girl named Alyssa has to fight for her and her brother's survival.]]> 2020-04-20 15:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517851828 The Marrow Thieves rachelaltvater https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517851990 The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline follows Frenchie, a 15-year-old Anishnaabe boy who is on the run in a dystopian North America. Climate change and Indigenous issues are at the core of this brutal yet poetic novel.]]> 2020-04-20 15:26:28 UTC https://padlet.com/rachelaltvater/d5fgj7vxhvqqhiny/wish/517851990