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Dinosaur Extinction: Causal Loop Diagram of Earth Feedback System
Dewey M. McLeanThis site features a causal loop diagram from system dynamics methodology showing the solar-earth-space energy flow system (the dominant flow system driving earth's surficial systems, including the ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Education
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Activities
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Activities
South Dakota State University
This presents a virtual geology field trip of the Black Hills. The topics that are covered include the general geology of the area, engineering and environmental issues, economic uses such as gold ...
This presents a virtual geology field trip of the Black Hills. The topics that are covered include the general geology of the area, engineering and environmental issues, economic uses such as gold ...
Subject: Environmental Science, Geoscience:Paleontology, Geology
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Maps, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Activities:Field Activity:Field trip
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Maps, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Activities:Field Activity:Field trip
Global Warming Facts and Our Future
Marian Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of the SciencesThis virtual museum website provides easily understood scientific information that helps both policy makers and the public answer important questions about the changing global climate in order to ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Public policy, Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Decision-Making, US National Policy, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Public policy
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Activities
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Activities
Justice Learning
This website examines the issues related to balancing America's energy needs with concerns about safety and the environment. This site features articles and teaching materials from the New York Times ...
This website examines the issues related to balancing America's energy needs with concerns about safety and the environment. This site features articles and teaching materials from the New York Times ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Policy:US National Policy, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Public policy, Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Decision-Making, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Public policy , Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources, Energy
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Audio, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Collection, Activities
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Audio, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Collection, Activities
Ever wondered how much "nature" your lifestyle requires? Global Footprint Network's quiz will tell you. The user answers questions about their lifestyle in order to ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture:Food Production and Distribution, Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Decision-Making, Biology, Environmental Science:Waste:Waste Solid :Waste Reduction/Recycling, Education:Assessment:Knowledge Survey, Environmental Science:Energy:Efficiency and Energy Conservation
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity
Eric M. D. Baer
This activity is designed to teach students with little or no experience with vectors, free-body diagrams, or the like to apply vectors to slope stability problems. Students first learn the basic ...
This activity is designed to teach students with little or no experience with vectors, free-body diagrams, or the like to apply vectors to slope stability problems. Students first learn the basic ...
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Mass Wasting, Physics
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity
Two streams, two stories: How Humans Alter Floods and Streams
Eric M. D. BaerIn this class activity, students determine the discharge of a 100-year flood for two human-impacted streams. This activity supports the quantitative concepts of recurrence intervals, floods and ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Floods/Fluvial Processes, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water
Resource Type: Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Teaching Activities, Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Resource Type: Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Teaching Activities, Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
What is the fate of CO2 produced by fossil fuel combustion?
Paul QuayStudents consider why the observed atmospheric CO2 increase rate is only ~60% of the CO2 loading rate due to fossil fuel combustion. They develop a box-model to simulate the atmospheric CO2 increase ...
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Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Global change modeling, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Anthropogenic causes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Greenhouse gas emissions, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Climate Change:Global change modeling
Resource Type: Activities
Resource Type: Activities
Science 1101: Interdisciplinary Science: Laboratory Modules
Gail Schiffer, John PratteThis class page holds online modules for undergraduates in environmental science. Basic Skills and Principles starts with experimental analysis, statistics and graphing, and measurement. Energy and ...
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science, Environmental Science:Energy, Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Environmental Science, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Biology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Activities, Course Information:Course Site
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Activities, Course Information:Course Site
The Southern California Integrated GPS Network Education Module
Maggi Glasscoe, Anne Mikolajcik, Andrea Donnellan, Michael Watkins, Mark SmithThis educational module was designed to allow students to interactively explore the use of SCIGN (Southern California Integrated GPS Network) and its data in earthquake studies. It is divided into ...
Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Geography:Geospatial
Resource Type: Activities, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Resource Type: Activities, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
