EDC Earth Science at NSTA 2020!

Learn about EDC Earth Science at two sessions at the 68th Annual NSTA National Conference on Science Education in Boston this April.

SATURDAY, APRIL 4

• Using Climate Proxies to Learn about Earth’s Climate History (Lab-Aids, Inc.)
  8:00 AM - 9:30 AM | Room: 153A, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
  How can scientists tell what Earth’s climate was like thousands of years before human measurements? This activity simulates the use of fossil ocean foraminifera, tiny organisms whose growth patterns are different in warm or cold water. Analyze and graph samples of replicas of these organisms to determine relative warm and cold periods in the past 200,000 years. This activity is from EDC Earth Science, a new NSF-supported high school program from Lab-Aids.
  Speaker: Mark Koker, Director of Curriculum, Lab-Aids, Inc.

• Prospecting for Mineral Ore (Lab-Aids, Inc.)
  10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Room: 153A, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
  How do geologists look for mineral ore? In this activity from EDC Earth Science, participants search for a layer of rock containing a valuable mineral called molybdenum by testing sediments collected in strategic spots along river systems—gathering data to decide where the deposit is located. This is no “cookie mining” activity!
  Speaker: Mark Koker, Director of Curriculum, Lab-Aids, Inc.