Learning Modules

Adventures in Virtual Reality
Tour the Edwards aquifer and El Paso, Texas, without leaving your desktop!

Aquifer Model in a Tank
This simple model is intended for student inquiry into ground-water systems.

Catastrophes and Cataclysms Classroom
Inquiry-based learning activities on Tsunamis, Asteroid Impacts, Earthquakes, Hurricanes, Plate Tectonics, and Coastal Zones. (Grade 8th-12th)

CO2 Outreach
Audience-pleasing physical models to support CO2 outreach. Interesting and engaging physical models.

Environmental Science Lesson Plans
The Environmental Science Institute’s website has 50 K-12 lesson plans on environmental science.

Floods
An experiment with a stream table to observe rivers forming and see what happens during a flood.
(Grade 6)

From Texas to Antarctica
Activities on Geologic Time, Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, Coral Reefs, The Lost Continent, Sea Level History, and the search for Black Gold

Hydrogeology Experiments
Using hydrogeology models, students will learn how our actions influence water quantity and quality.

Is Dirt Just Dirt?
Four Experiments that look closely at several types of dirt.

Polar Studies
Inquiry activities on comparing and contrasting Antarctica and the Arctic.

Soil Erosion Experiments
Students learn what factors affect erosion and what methods can be used to prevent erosion.

Texas Rock Cycle
An exercise demonstrating rock transformation. Students will make observations, do analyses, and draw conclusions as they use rocks as clues to what happened in the past.

Uncovering Madagascar from the Ground Up
Module topics include primate classification, correlations of animal size and behavior, and reconstructing the fossil record.

Wired Antarctica
Lessons on glaciers, erosion and deposition, and climate change; science; iced life; images and videos; FAQ; news; and games!