WVSTA Share-a-thon Resources
Engineering Design posters are linked at the bottom.
After seeing all the wonderful resources at the WVSTA 2018 Share-a-thon you probably want to get your hands on them! Here are links to download those resources. They are organized into high and middle school and then by standard.
Plate Boundaries Activity
| Elementary School | |||
| CSO(s) | Title | Author | Files |
| HS-ESS1-5 | Meghan Hartwell | Plate Boundaries Activity | |
| 4-ESS2-1 | Weathering & Erosion | Cassandra Sisler | |
| Middle School | |||
| CSO(s) | Title | Author | Files |
| S.6.ESS.3 | Scale Model of the Solar System | Laura Bohrer | Scale Model of the Solar System |
| S.6.ESS.4 | Field Journal Fridays | Stephanie Walz | Field Journal Fridays |
| S.6.ESS.4 & S.6.ESS.5 | The Hydrologic Cycle | Danyelle Schoonmaker | The Hydrologic Cycle |
| S.7.ESS.5 & S.7.ESS.6 | Layers of Earth Play-doh Lab | Julie Gruber | Layer of Earth Play-doh Lab |
| S.7.ESS.1, S.7.ESS.2, S. 6-8.ETS.4 | Cloud in a Bottle | Denise Sharp | Cloud in a Bottle |
| S.8.ESS.1 | World Population Lab | Courtney Cremeans-Coleman | World Population Lab |
| MS-ESS1-1 | Phases of the Moon | Luke Tackett | Moon Phases Worksheet |
| MS-ESS2-2 | Bottle Model of Earth's Layers | Morgan Poling | Bottle Model of Earth's Layers |
| High School | |||
| CSO(s) | Title | Author | Files |
| S.9.ESS.2 | Exploring the Ultraviolet Light form the Sun | Erin Fultineer | Exploring the Ultraviolet Light from the Sun |
| S.9.ESS.5 | Nature of the Athenosphere | Catherine Carter | Lab - Nature of the Athenosphere |
| S.9.ESS.7 | Stream Table Lab | Mollie Craven | Stream Table Lab |
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S.9.ESS.13, S.9.ESS.14, S.9.ESS.15,
S.9.ESS.16, S.9.ESS.18 |
Choose Your Own Conservation Adventure | Kathryn Hottinger | Choose Your Own Conservation Adventure |
| HS-ESS1-5 | Mapping the Ocean Floor | Eric Canady | Mapping the Ocean Floor |
| HS-ESS2-3 | Slinky Lab - Earthquakes and Seismic Waves | Dareth Swentzel | Slinky Lab |
| HS-ESS2-D | Weather Station Lab | Bryan Schuerman | Weather Station Lab |
| HS-ESS3-1 | Water Water Anywhere | Karen Mauro | Water Water Anywhere |
Also take a look at these resources from the WVSTA 2017 Share-a-thon, you probably want to get your hands on them! Here are links to download those resources. They are organized into high and middle school and then by standard.
| Middle School | |||
| CSO(s) | Title | Author | Files |
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S.6.ESS.1, S.6.ESS.2, S.6.ESS.3 |
Grudgeball | Katie Ware | Grudgeball |
| S.6.ESS.3 | Solar System on the Field | Diana Boston | Solar System on the Field |
| S.7.ESS.1, S.9.ESS.10, S.9.ESS.13 | The Crayon Rock Cycle/Model of Three Faults | Debbie Robbins | |
| S.7.ESS.3, S.7.ESS.4 | Layers of Earth | Megan Bradfield | Layers of Earth Activity |
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S.7.ESS.4, S.7.ESS.6, S.6-8.L.16 |
Rock Laws with Legos | Alicen Adkins |
Rock Laws with Legos Standards |
| S.7.ESS.4, S.8.LS.6 | Stamper Record | Emily Helton | Stamper Record |
| S.7.ESS.4, S.9.ESS.6 | Dating Popcorn | Rhonda Wood | Dating Popcorn |
| S.7.ESS.5 | Making Waves Activity | Samantha Blair | Making Waves Activity |
| S.8.ESS.1 | Exploring Carbon in the Future | Catherine Waller |
Applet Instructions Student WS
Exploring Carbon in the Future |
| High School |
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| CSO(s) | Title | Author | Files |
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S.9.ESS.4 |
Planetary Orbits Lab | Robin Stout | Planetary Orbits Lab |
| S.9.ESS.6 | The Crayon Rock Cycle | Nikki Moriarty | The Crayon Rock Cycle |
| S.9.ESS.7, S.9.ESS.8 | How Much Water Do You Use | Samantha Rogers | |
| S.9.ESS.7 | Understanding Topographic Maps | Bill Dimsdale | Understanding Topographic Maps Activity |
| S.9.ESS.10 | Drip, Drop, Water is the Plot | Linda Wollaber | |
| S.9.ESS.10 | Frost Wedging | Holly Cain | Frost Wedging |
| S.9.ESS.13 | Solar Oven | Carla Snell | Solar Oven |
| S.9.ESS.15,S.HS.ETS.1,S.HS.ETS.2,S.HS.ETS.3 | Quick Spaghetti Earthquake Structure Lab | Marc Smith | Quick Spaghetti Earthquake Structure Lab |
| S.HS.ETS.2 | Blowing in the Wind | Mae Stevens | |
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S.9-10.L.2, S.9-10.L.4, S.9-10.L.5, S.9-10.L.6, S.9-10.L.9, S.9-10.L.13, S.9-10. L.14 |
Pull Apart Novel | Stacey Simons | Pull Apart Novel |
| S.9-10.L.19, S.9.ESS.5 | Ride the Rock Cycle Game | Rebecca Spicher | |
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Crash Landing | Amber Lafferty | Crash Landing |
Also take a look at these resources from the WVSTA 2016 Share-a-thon, you probably want to get your hands on them! Here are links to download those resources. They are organized into high and middle school and then by standard.
| Middle School | |||
| CSO | Title | Author | Files |
| S.5.GS.12 & S.5.GS.12 | Earth's place in the universe | Alicia Haugen | |
| S.6.LS.6 | Rocks & Minerals/Rock Cycle | Mary Dolan | |
| S.6.ESS.7 | Earthquakes and Volcanoes | Greg Page | Powerpoint Outline |
| S.7.ESS.1 & S.7.ESS.2 | Plate Tectonics | Christina Sterck | PT Lessons |
| S.7.ESS.1 | Water cycle | Daniel Hodges & Amanda Hevener | |
| S.7.ESS.5 | FOSS Earth History | Carolyn Hizer | Plate Models |
| S.8.PS.2, S.6-8.L.3, & S.8.ESS.1 | Interactive Science Notebooks | Jessie Butcher & Davita Melander | Notebooks Lesson |
| High School | |||
| CSO | Title | Author | Files |
| S.9.ESS.1 | Kinesthetic Evolution | Chloe Bland & Michael Stover | Kinesthetic Lesson |
| S.9.ESS.2 | Composition of the matter in the universe | Angela Hollida & Peggy Moore | Composition Lesson |
| S.9.ESS.5 | FOSS Earth History | Carolyn Hizer | Plate Models |
| S.9.ESS.7 | Mineral Identification | Lorrie Mottesheard | Mineral ID lab |
| S.9.ESS.8 | Topographic Map | Deb Martin | Topographic Map lab |
| S.9.ESS.9 | Thermal Convection | Mary Lou Houben | |
| S.9.ESS.10 | Properties of water | Melinda Carpenter & Teresa Cogar | Beaches |
| S.9.ESS.10 | Properties of water 2 | Rebecca Cooper | Watershed Lab |
| S.9.ESS.10 | Water Journal | Josh Revels | |
| S.9.ESS.11 | Carbon Cycle | James Bunner | |
| S.9.ESS.11 | Carbon Cycle | Kim Clark & Marjorie Boyd | |
| S.9.ESS.13 | Data Predictions | Ellen Johnson & Tamara Westfall | ESS LP |
| S.9.ESS.13 | Earth's atmosphere | Andrea Carr & Ashley Chouinard | |
| S.9.ESS.14 | Data Predictions | Ellen Johnson & Tamara Westfall | ESS LP |
| S.9.ESS.15 | GIS and GPS | Adam Hamrick | Lesson Plan |
| S.9.ESS.15 | Biomagnification | Jessica Russler | |
| S.9.ESS.17 | GIS and GPS | Adam Hamrick | Lesson Plan |
| S.HS.ETS.1, S.HS.ETS.2, & S.9-10.L | Interpreting maps | James Johnson | GPS Engineering |
| S.HS.ETS.3 | GPS Commercial | Elizabeth Wasiluk |
Engineering Design posters from WVSTA 2018.
| Middle School | |||
| CSO | Title | Author | Files |
| S.6-8.ETS.2, S.6-8.ETS.3, S.6-8.ETS.4 | Using Straw Rockets to Launch into Engineering Design | Alicen Adkins | Straw Rockets |
| S.6.ESS.7, S.6-8.ETS.2, & S.6-8.ETS.4 | Flood Barrier Boxes | Katie Ware | Flood Barrier Boxes |
| S.6-8.ETS.2, S.6-8.ETS.3, & S.HS.ETS.2 | Designing Seismometers | Nikki Moriarty | Designing Seisometers |
| S.6-8.ETS.2 | Airbags- Not just hot air | Catherine Waller | Airbags |
| S.6-8.ETS.2, S.7.ESS.1, & S.7.ESS.2 | The Water-Moving Olympics | Emily Helton | The Water-Moving Olympics |
| S.8.PS.2 | Engineering Bio-Plastics: Understanding Natural and Synthetic Materials Using a Hands-on Lab | Megan Bradfield | Engineering Bio-Plastics |
| High School | |||
| CSO | Title | Author | Files |
| S.9.ESS.14, S.9.ESS.15, S.HS. ETS.1, S.HS. ETS.2, S.HS. ETS.3 | Mitigating the Effects of Climate Change on Reservoir Evaporation | Rhonda Wood | Reservoir Evaporation |
| S.HS.ETS.2, S.6-8.ETS.2, S.6-8.ETS.4 | Just Like Kidneys: Semipermeable Membrane Prototypes | Stacey Markley | Just Like Kidneys |
| HS-ESS2-5, HS-ESS2-6, HS-ESS3-1, S.HS.ETS.3 | Flood Protection Structures | Samantha Blair | Flood Protection Structures |
| S.HS.ETS.2 & S.9-10.L.16 | Designing Lunar Habitats | Linda Wollaber | Designing Lunar Habitats |
| HS-ESS3-1 & HS-ETS1-3 | Helping Haiti: Earthquake Resistant Structures | Holly Cain | Helping Haiti |
| S.HS.ETS.1 & S.HS.ETS.3 | Reducing the Urban Heat Island Effect on Rooftops | Carla Snell | Reducing Urban Heat Island |
| S.HS.ETS.3 | Building a Model House to Withstand a Hurricane | Samantha Rogers | Hurricane |
| S.HS.ETS.3 | Water Washing: Creating Meaningful Engineering Connections in the Biology Classroom | Rebecca Spicher | Water Washing |