Activities submitted for the 2006 Infusing Quantitative Literacy into Introductory Geoscience Courses Workshop
These activities are currently under development by workshop participants. Tested versions will be available soon.
- Prework for Rivers and Streams Lab (Intro Geology) from Rachel Teasdale, California State University Chico
- Weathering of Minerals from Wendy Van Norden, Harvard-Westlake School
- My Special Place from Sadredin Moosavi, Walden University.
- Using Excel to Interpret Darcy's Law from Yongli Gao, East Tennessee State University
- Genetic and Empirical Approaches to Classifying Climates from Charles Dodd, Shoreline Community College
- Calculation of the Magnitude of Lunar and Solar Tidal Forces on the Earth from Randal L. N. Mandock, Clark Atlanta University
- Time Calculations from Thomas Rossbach, Elizabeth City State University
- Geologic Time Calculations from Francisco C. San Juan, Elizabeth City State University
- Class discussions and field trips from Jiang Li, Department of Civil Engineering,
Morgan State University
- Laboratory Activity: The Sun and Climate from Peter Selkin, San Diego City college
- Floods over time: death vs. destruction from Anna Tary
- Flooding in the Finger Lakes Region, NY from Tara M. Curtin, Hobart & William Smith Colleges
- Quantitative Classroom Exercises from Steven Schafersman
- Reading Topographic Maps and Calculating Map Scale from Leslie Kanat, Johnson State College
- Gulf Anoxia Course Project from Sadredin C. Moosavi, Walden University.
- Stream Characteristics Lab from Wendy Van Norden, Harvard-Westlake School.
- Investigating an ore deposit: from metal reserve to waste disposal from
Mona Sirbescu, Central Michigan University.
- Environmental Footprint from Christina Gallup, University of Minnesota Duluth.
- Here we see it, but what's beneath? Effective geologic cross-section problem solving from Rob Benson, Adams State College, based on experiences delivering lab exercises from an in-house lab manual by Rob Benson and D. C. Stewart, feedback from SERC QL workshop colleagues, and excellent class website materials developed by Jimm Myers (www.gg.uwyo.edu).
- Investigation dimensions of the solar system from Leslie Kanat, Johnson State College; Francisco San Juan, Elizabeth City State University; Steven Schafersman, CyberComputing Scientific Services; Michael Stewart, University of Illinois—Urbana Champaign.
- Prospecting for Gold from Jimm Myers, Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Wyoming .
- Understanding Radioactivity in Geology: The Basics of Decay from Christina Stringer—University of South Florida, Tampa FL 33620.
To submit an activity for the workshop, please use the activities submission page. 
