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Just How Faithful is Old Faithful? Finding Order in Random Behavior part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
Module by: Tom Juster, University of South Florida Cover Page by: Len Vacher and Denise Davis, University of South Florida
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum/Geology of National Parks Collection. Students create a histogram to examine the time between geyser eruptions of Old Faithful, Yellowstone National Park.

Quantitative Concepts: Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability:Visual display of data :Bar graphs; column graphs; stacked bar graphs, Basic arithmetic; Number sense:Rates, Basic arithmetic; Number sense, Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability:Visual display of data , Probability, Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability
Excel Skills: Statistical Functions:One array:COUNT, COUNTA, MAX, MIN, etc, Statistical Functions, Graphs and Charts, Statistical Functions:One array
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy, Environmental Science, Earth & Space Science, Geology:Earthquakes & Volcanoes, Earth & Space Science:Processes that Shape Earth's Surface, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards, Earth & Space Science:Geology, Environmental Science:Resource Use & Consequences, Resource Use & Consequences:Land Use & Planning

Glacier (?) National Park part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
Judy McIlrath, University of South Florida
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum/Geology of National Parks module. Students examine data about the disappearing glaciers in the park; after calculating percentage change in the number of glaciers from 1850 to 2000, they interpolate to estimate when Grinnell glacier will be gone.

Quantitative Concepts: Basic arithmetic; Number sense:Ratio and proportion; percentage; interpolation, Unit conversions, Estimation, Units and Dimensions:Unit Conversions, Basic arithmetic; Number sense:Units and Dimensions
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic:Simple Formulas
Subject: Earth & Space Science:Atmospheric & Climate Science, Environmental Science, Earth & Space Science:Geology, Atmospheric & Climate Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change & Climate, Earth & Space Science
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Nitrate Levels in the Rock Creek Park Watershed, Washington DC, 1: Measures of Central Tendency part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
Module by: Mark C. Rains and Len Vacher, University of South Florida Marian Norris, National Parks Service, Center for Urban Ecology Cover Page by: Len Vacher and Denise Davis, University of South Florida
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module/Geology of National Parks course. Students examine the histogram of a positively skewed data set and calculate its mean, median and mode.

Quantitative Concepts: Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability:Descriptive statistics; trend lines , Visual display of data :XY scatter plots, Basic arithmetic; Number sense, Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability:Visual display of data , Descriptive statistics; trend lines :Mean, Median; mode, Basic arithmetic; Number sense:Average; weighted average
Excel Skills: Statistical Functions:One array:MODE, Graphs and Charts:XY Scatterplot:Multiple Plots, Graphs and Charts:XY Scatterplot, Statistical Functions, One array, One array:AVERAGE, MEDIAN, Graphs and Charts
Subject: Earth & Space Science, Ground & Surface Water, Environmental Science:Ecosystem Monitoring, Resource Use & Consequences:Water Quality & Quantity, Environmental Science, Human Populations, Resource Use & Consequences

Yellowstone! A National Park on a Hot Spot part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
Module by: Judy McIlrath, University of South Florida Cover Page by: Len Vacher and Denise Davis, University of South Florida
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module/Geology of National Parks course. Students use foundational math to study the velocity of the North American Plate over the hot spot, the volume of eruptive materials from it, and the recurrence interval of the cataclysmic eruptions.

Quantitative Concepts: Basic arithmetic; Number sense:Ratio and proportion; percentage; interpolation, Unit conversions, Geometry; Trigonometry :Squares and rectangles, Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability:Probability
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic:Simple Formulas
Subject: Earth & Space Science:Geology:Earthquakes & Volcanoes, Environmental Science:Ecosystem Monitoring, Earth & Space Science, Geology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards, Environmental Science, Earth & Space Science:Geology:Plate Tectonics

Mapping Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise at Point Reyes National Seashore part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
, University of South Florida
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum/Geology of National Parks module. Students work with a color-coded conditional-formatted spreadsheet map to work through a USGS report applying a coastal vulnerability index.

Quantitative Concepts: Basic arithmetic; Number sense:Average; weighted average, Basic arithmetic; Number sense, Rates, Number operations:Number operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic, Other Manipulations and Functions:Data/Sort, Statistical Functions, One array:AVERAGE, Other Manipulations and Functions
Subject: Earth & Space Science:Atmospheric & Climate Science, Oceanography, Atmospheric & Climate Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science, Global Change & Climate, Earth & Space Science

Mined-Over Matter: Remembering Copper Mining at Keweenaw National Historic Park, Upper Peninsula Michigan part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
Judy McIlrath, University of South Florida
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum/Geology of National Parks module. Students calculate the amount of rock removed and the value of copper produced at the great Keweenaw District up to 1925.

Quantitative Concepts: Basic arithmetic; Number sense:Units and Dimensions, Ratio and proportion; percentage; interpolation, Unit conversions, Units and Dimensions:Unit Conversions, Basic arithmetic; Number sense
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic, Simple Formulas, Percent (format)
Subject: Environmental Science:Resource Use & Consequences, Earth & Space Science:Geology, Earth & Space Science, Geology:Rocks & Minerals, Environmental Science

How Much Water Is In Crater Lake? part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
Heather Lehto, Department of Geology, University of South Florida
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module/Geology of National Parks course. Students calculate an answer from a bathymetric map by summing volumes of vertical prisms.

Quantitative Concepts: Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability:Uncertainty, Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability, Calculus; Numerical methods, Basic arithmetic; Number sense, Unit conversions, Units and Dimensions:Unit Conversions, Basic arithmetic; Number sense:Estimation, Calculus; Numerical methods:Derivatives and integrals (analytical), Basic arithmetic; Number sense:Units and Dimensions, Geometry; Trigonometry , Squares and rectangles, Basic arithmetic; Number sense:Number operations:Number operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic:Simple Formulas, Other Elementary Math Functions, Basic Arithmetic, Arithmetic Functions:SUM, Basic Arithmetic:Arithmetic Functions, Other Elementary Math Functions:ABS
Subject: Earth & Space Science:Geology:Earthquakes & Volcanoes, Earth & Space Science, Ground & Surface Water, Geology, Environmental Science, Resource Use & Consequences:Water Quality & Quantity, Earth & Space Science:Processes that Shape Earth's Surface

Spreadsheet Warm Up for SSAC Geology of National Parks Modules, 2: Elementary Spreadsheet Manipulations and Graphing Tasks part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
Module by: Dorien McGee, Meghan Lindsay, Len Vacher, University of South Florida Cover Page by: Len Vacher and Denise Davis, University of South Florida
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum/Geology of National Parks module. The second of two tutorials. Focuses on modifying spreadsheets (e.g., copy/paste, insert, sort) and creating and modifying graphs.

Quantitative Concepts: Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability:Visual display of data :Pie charts, Bar graphs; column graphs; stacked bar graphs, XY scatter plots, Line graphs, Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability:Visual display of data
Excel Skills: Graphs and Charts:Pie Chart, Other Manipulations and Functions:Data/Sort, Graphs and Charts:Bar Graph, Line Graph, XY Scatterplot
Subject: Earth & Space Science

What is the Discharge of the Congaree River at Congaree National Park? part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
Denise Davis, University of South Florida-St. Petersburg
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module/Geology of National Parks course. Students use a rating curve to determine discharge at various stage heights.

Quantitative Concepts: Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability, Descriptive statistics; trend lines , Descriptive statistics; trend lines :Line- and curve-fitting, Geometry; Trigonometry :Squares and rectangles, Algebra; Modeling; Functions:Modeling:Forward modeling, Basic arithmetic; Number sense:Logarithms; orders of magnitude; scientific notation, Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability:Gathering data , Visual display of data :XY scatter plots, Logarithmic scale, Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability:Descriptive statistics; trend lines :Goodness of fit (R2), Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability:Visual display of data
Excel Skills: Graphs and Charts:XY Scatterplot, XY Scatterplot:Trendlines, Log Scale, Basic Arithmetic, Other Elementary Math Functions:LOG, LOG10
Subject: Environmental Science:Ecosystem Monitoring, Earth & Space Science:Geology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards, Earth & Space Science:Ground & Surface Water, Environmental Science:Resource Use & Consequences:Land Use & Planning, Environmental Science

Something is Askew at Mammoth Cave National Park part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
Module by: Amie O. West, University of South Florida Cover Page by: Amie O. West, University of South Florida
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum/Geology of National Parks module. Students use the geometric mean and multiplicative standard deviation to examine the right-skewed distribution of nutrient concentrations in water-quality data at Mammoth Cave National Park.

Quantitative Concepts: Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability, Descriptive statistics; trend lines :Median; mode, Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability:Normal distribution, Visual display of data :Logarithmic scale, Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability:Visual display of data , Basic arithmetic; Number sense, Logarithms; orders of magnitude; scientific notation, Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability:Descriptive statistics; trend lines , Descriptive statistics; trend lines :Mean, Measurement; Data presentation and analysis; Probability:Visual display of data :Reading graphs
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic, Statistical Functions:One array:AVERAGE, Other Elementary Math Functions:LOG, LOG10, Statistical Functions:One array:MEDIAN, GEOMEAN, HARMEAN, STDEV, STDEVP, etc, Statistical Functions, Logic Functions, IF
Subject: Earth & Space Science:Ground & Surface Water, Environmental Science:Resource Use & Consequences:Water Quality & Quantity, Earth & Space Science


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