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About YouYour Name:
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Your Institution/Organization:
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Your Activity or AssignmentActivity/Assignment Title:
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Type of Activity
Problem Set
Classroom Activity
Lab Activity
Project
Field Activity
Writing Assignment
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Brief three-line description of the activity or assignment and its strengths (you will have an opportunity to expand on this description later in this form).
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Affective Domain ComponentsWhat type of affective domain challenges does this activity seek to address? Examples include increasing student motivation, creating positive learning environments, overcoming the "I can't do science" attitude, or engaging in a potentially controversial topic.
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Please describe the strategies used in your activity that address the challenges listed above.
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Do you have results or evidence that the strategies used in this activity have been successful in addressing the affective challenges listed above? If so, please describe them here.
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ContextTo help your colleagues understand when or how they might successfully use your activity with their own students, please provide the following information on context.

Briefly describe the type and level of course in which you use this activity or assignment (e.g., undergraduate required course in structural geology, introductory physical geology course for non-majors, graduate level seminar on geochemistry):
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Briefly describe or list the skills and concepts that students must have mastered before beginning the activity:
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Briefly describe how the activity is situated in your course (e.g., as a culminating project, as a stand-alone exercise, as part of a sequence of exercises):
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Goals of the Activity or AssignmentTo help your colleagues understand the role of this activity or assignment in your course, please provide a statement of the goals that you have for students in the following three areas:

Briefly describe the content/concepts goals for this activity (e.g., the crystal symmetries, the legislative process, or the principles of climate change):
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Briefly describe the higher order thinking skills goals for this activity (e.g., those involving analysis of data, formulation of hypotheses, synthesis of ideas, critical evaluation of competing models, development of computer or analog models):
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Briefly describe any other skills goals for this activity (e.g., those involving writing, operating analytical equipment, searching the WWW, oral presentation, working in groups):
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Description

Please provide a short description of your activity or assignment and its outcomes. Be sure to include essential key words or index terms to help users find resources using our search/browse functions. You will find a sample description below.

Sample Description

To prepare for this case study, students do background reading on landslides and rock avalanches and read the introductory portion of Hermanns and Strecker�s 1999 article on rock avalanches in Argentina. In class, students receive data (assembled from figures in the article) on bedrock geology and physiography, as well as stereonets showing orientations of prominent joint sets, bedding, and foliations in the bedrock. Their task is to answer the question of why gigantic rock avalanches occur is some places but not others in this part of Argentina. The activity gives students practice in interpreting geologic maps, using stereonets, and peer teaching. Each student receives one of four possible data sets and must ultimately explain his/her analysis to others. The activity also connects structural geology to another geoscience discipline.

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EvaluationDescribe briefly how you determine whether students have met the goals of this assignment or activity.
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Supporting references and/or URLsPlease list any supporting references or URLs for this activity:
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Upload files

We encourage you to upload files with the full activity description or actual assignment, instructor�s notes, and a solution set. You may also upload additional supporting materials such as grading rubrics, data files, images, and sample student work. Please be sure that your files are smaller than 20 Mb. We hope that your files will, in fact, be much smaller than this!

Please be sure to assign titles to your documents that clearly identify their contents and purposes. Please note that your files will be uploaded when you submit this form.

Activity Description/Assignment

A single file containing a complete description of the activity or the actual assignment given to students. Please be sure to include a cover page with at least a title, author(s), affiliation, and contact information. We encourage you to provide relevant background information, context, and goals on the same cover sheet.

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Instructor's Notes

A single file with additional background information for the instructor. This might include a discussion of the background knowledge and skills needed to complete the activity, lecture notes, instructions on how to run the activity, tips for success, etc.

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Solution Set

A single file with the solutions to the activity.

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Images

(Optional) If you have an image that is relevant to this activity, such as students performing the activity, a photo of the lab setup, or other topical image, please upload it here. Image files should be less than 5MB.

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Supporting Materials

You may upload up to five additional files to accompany your submission. If you have more than five additional files, please combine them (e.g., a .zip archive) for uploading.

Short description of 1st file (e.g., assignment handout, instructor�s notes, Excel spreadsheet of raw data, bibliography of related resources):
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Short description of 4th File:
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