Amanda Schmidt
Geology
Oberlin College
I am a geomorphologist who studies human effects on erosion and how we measure those effects. I have been teaching at Oberlin College since 2011. https://www2.oberlin.edu/faculty/aschmidt
Website Content Contributions
Activities (8)
Lag to peak with a stream table part of Sedimentary Geology:Sedimentology, Geomorphology, and Paleontology 2014:Activities
Students use a small stream table in groups to investigate how channel form determines the shape of the hydrograph (including lag to peak). They use three channels: no channel (just sediment filling the table), a ...
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Course (1)
Applied GIS part of Teach the Earth:Courses
This is an introductory GIS course that consists almost entirely of in-class exercises using the ArcGIS software to solve various earth science problems. Students gain experience with finding, downloading and ...
Other Contributions (4)
Differences and Similarities Between Mean Local Relief and Slope part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
In this lab students investigate the effect of raster scale on calculations of mean local relief and slope. Students learn about the differences and similarities between mean local relief and slope, and how to ...
Communities
Workshop Participant (6 workshops)
June 2014 CE Problem Solving Journal Club 2012
January 2012 Early Career Workshop 2011
June 2011