Classroom Activities for Teaching Public Policy in the Earth Sciences
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Subject: Policy
Resource Type: Activities
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Western water law project part of Cutting Edge:Hydrogeology:Activities
This activity allows students to use role-playing to learn about the connection between surface water and ground water.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Writing Assignment
Superfund Case Study part of Cutting Edge:Introductory Courses:Activities
This exercise is meant to reinforce concepts covered in the whole course. It helps students integrate concepts from risk and toxicology, air, water and soil pollution, regulation and remediation technology.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment
A "Jigsaw" Activity for Teaching about Uranium Mining on the Navajo Nation part of Activities
This activity takes an Earth system approach to teach about uranium mining on the Navajo Nation, and can be modified to teach a variety of case studies.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Jigsaw, Activities:Classroom Activity
A "Role-play" Activity for Teaching about Uranium Mining on the Navajo Nation part of Activities
This activity uses an Earth system approach and role playing to teach students about uranium mining on the Navajo Nation. Students first use a website to find information for their assigned roles, and then they ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Election Project part of Activities
Students research and report on candidates positions on issues relevant to the course. Students get to apply what they have covered in class to real events relevant to their current and future lives.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Writing Assignment, Project
Brownfields part of Activities
I split the class into small groups and assign them a list of properties that are suspected of being brownfields. Their job is to do a phase 1 (dig up background information) assessment and do a site visit to take ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity:Field laboratories, Activities:Writing Assignment
Making Sustainable Business Decisions In Four Different Industries and Their Effect on People (Social), Planet (Environment), and Profit (Economics) part of SISL:Activities
The student will gain a better understanding of "Global Warming" and the "Triple Bottom Line" by viewing the first two videos. Further the CEO2 game will introduce many new ideas/options that specific industries have to select from in achieving their desired corporate/company goals.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Discussion, Project, Activities, :Project:Independent Research, Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity, Activities:Writing Assignment, Supplement:Activity, Activities:Project:Investigative Case Studies, Supplement
Yellowstone Fires part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Role Playing:Examples
This module enables students to take a problem-based learning approach to wildfires, in particular whether a "let-it-burn" policy makes sense in Yellowstone National Park. -
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Activities
The Grand Canyon part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Role Playing:Examples
This interdisciplinary lesson plan deals with the consequences of damming in the Grand Canyon area. The students, role-playing as scientists, write a proposal to try experimental flooding. -
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Activities
