Tree rings can be used as proxy data to determine the past climate in a local area. Tree rings show evidence of droughts, wet seasons, forest fires, and even earthquakes. Tree rings can not be used alone as evidence for past climate. Students need to understand that no one object holds the key to the debate. It is the correlation of all these key pieces of evidence that builds our understanding of past climate events. This has been an evolving lesson I have been developing f

One of my favorite concepts to teach is the Earth and Human Impact. As a geologist and former environmental consultant, expanding students' knowledge of the earth and related environment cycles and processes is a passion. I added a mini-unit on The Year Without Summer to my Earth and Human Impact unit two years ago. I shared this lesson recently at #NSTAHouston during the High School Share a Thon. I recently began working with one of our High School English and History teache