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Geologic Puzzles: Morrison Formation part of Examples
Images of faulted strata, tilted turbidites, and beach rocks bring the field into the classroom, giving students practice in doing what geoscientists do. These images are examples of geologic ...

Topics: Time/Earth History, Solid Earth, Earth surface
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Think-Pair-Share

Quicksand Questions: Short In-class Activity part of Examples
Student learning on quicksand is assessed during lecture with questions posed by the instructor and responses given with classroom response systems. -

Topics: Earth surface
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity

Ocean Stratigraphy Challenge part of Examples
A 15-20 minute think-pair-share activity interpreting a deep-sea sediment core combining concepts from oceanography, sedimentology, and plate tectonics. -

Topics: Earth surface:Sedimentary Geology, Time/Earth History, Solid Earth, Ocean:Marine Geology and Geophysics
Resource Type: Datasets and Tools:Datasets, Activities:Classroom Activity

Weathering Rates part of Examples
A think-pair-share activity in which students calculate weathering rates from tombstone weathering data. -

Topics: Earth surface:Sedimentary Geology:Weathering, Human Dimensions/Resources
Resource Type: Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Teaching Activities, Activities:Classroom Activity

Question of the Day: Writing an Abstract part of Question of the Day
The purpose of this activity is to help you identify key components of a science paper, and clarify the purpose and content of an abstract. A good abstract is just a brief description of the contents ...

Topics: Solid Earth
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity

Question of the Day: Efficiency of Food Production part of Question of the Day
The figure below shows a simple food chain for land production. How much solar energy does a vegetarian utilize when eating 1,000 calories of plant material? Use the information from the figure to ...

Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity

Question of the Day: Plate Boundary Characteristics part of Question of the Day
What kind of plate tectonic process or boundary would you expect if you find a seafloor region with: 1. A long, narrow linear or gently curving deep valley, earthquakes to depths of several hundred ...

Topics: Solid Earth, Earth surface
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity

Question of the Day: Flow of Winds and Moisture part of Question of the Day
This activity addresses the flow of surface winds and moisture. On the figure below, draw a)direction of air flow (winds), b) locations with highest evaporation from the sea surface, and zone(s) of ...

Topics: Ocean:Physical Oceanography, Climate
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity

Question of the Day: Weather part of Question of the Day
To answer the questions, refer to the map below and the wind belt map. The question refers to an imaginary continent named "Xeyna," which is populated by a fierce band of female warriors, ...

Topics: Climate
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity

Carbon Dioxide Exercise part of Examples
Students work in groups, plotting carbon dioxide concentrations over time on overheads and estimating the rate of change over five years. -

Topics: Climate, Atmosphere
Resource Type: Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Teaching Activities, Activities:Classroom Activity

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