Sara Harris

Testing the Fixed-hotspot-moving-plate model part of Cutting Edge:Introductory Courses:Activities
Students examine hot spot tracks, magnetic inclination data, and coral data from the Hawaii-Emperor Seamount Chain to test the hypothesis that hotspots are fixed. Most students have learned somewhere that hotspots are fixed, period. These data give them an opportunity to challenge that hypothesis.

Relative Dating on Earth and Mars part of Cutting Edge:Introductory Courses:Activities
Students apply principles of relative dating to a cross-section, then to the surface of Mars.

Where was that earthquake? part of NAGT:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection

Is it a Mineral? part of NAGT:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection

What are THESE rocks (and how did they form)? part of NAGT:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection

Quantifying Biodiversity part of NAGT:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection

Absorption by atmospheric gases of incoming and outgoing radiation part of CLEAN:Community:Teaching Materials
Absorption by atmospheric gases of incoming and outgoing radiation This activity is part of the community collection of teaching materials on climate and energy topics. These materials were submitted by faculty as ...

How Does The Greenhouse Effect Influence Global Temperature? part of CLEAN:Community:Teaching Materials
This activity is part of the community collection of teaching materials on climate and energy topics. These materials were submitted by faculty as part of the CLEAN Climate Workshop, held in June, 2011 and are not ...

What makes a greenhouse gas a greenhouse gas? part of CLEAN:Community:Teaching Materials
This activity is part of the community collection of teaching materials on climate and energy topics. These materials were submitted by faculty as part of the CLEAN Climate Workshop, held in June, 2011 and are not ...

Earth and the Solar System part of Cutting Edge:Introductory Courses:Courses
This is high enrollment science course for non-science students in which we examine the evidence for how geological, biological, atmospheric, oceanic, and climatic processes work and interact here on Earth. We then attempt to apply those processes to other planets in our solar system. The course structure includes pre-class student preparation and in-class small group activities to require students to engage with the material regularly throughout the term.

Earth and the Solar System part of Cutting Edge:Introductory Courses:Courses
This is high enrollment science course for non-science students in which we examine the evidence for how geological, biological, atmospheric, oceanic, and climatic processes work and interact here on Earth. We then attempt to apply those processes to other planets in our solar system. The course structure includes pre-class student preparation and in-class small group activities to require students to engage with the material regularly throughout the term.