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What Does the Mean Mean? Describing Eruptions at Riverside Geyser, Yellowstone National Park 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 module. Students study measures of central tendency in a bimodal dataset of eruption intervals.
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic:Simple Formulas, Basic Arithmetic, Statistical Functions:One array:COUNT, COUNTA, AVERAGE, MEDIAN, MAX, MIN, etc, MODE, Statistical Functions:One array, Statistical Functions, Graphs and Charts
Subject: Earth & Space Science:Geology:Earthquakes & Volcanoes, Earth & Space Science:Geology, Earth & Space Science, Environmental Science
Deciviews from Look Rock, Great Smoky Mountains National Park: How Hazy is it? part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
, University of South Florida
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum/Geology of National Parks module. Students calculate the haze index and standard visual range from concentrations of particulate matter.
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic:Simple Formulas, Basic Arithmetic, Other Elementary Math Functions:EXP, LOG, LOG10, LN, Other Elementary Math Functions
Subject: Earth & Space Science:Atmospheric & Climate Science, Earth & Space Science, Environmental Science:Resource Use & Consequences:Air Quality, Environmental Science:Resource Use & Consequences, Sustainability, Environmental Science
Comparing Stream Discharge in Two Watersheds in Glacier National Park part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
Module by: Mark Rains, 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 study how discharge per unit area varies with elevation in the high country of Glacier National Park from USGS hydrograph data from Swiftcurrent Creek and its tributary Grinnell Creek..
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic:Percent (format), Simple Formulas, Basic Arithmetic, Statistical Functions:One array:AVERAGE, Statistical Functions:One array, Statistical Functions
Subject: Earth & Space Science:Ground & Surface Water, Earth & Space Science, Environmental Science:Resource Use & Consequences:Water Quality & Quantity, Environmental Science:Resource Use & Consequences, Environmental Science
Dunes, Boxcars, and Ball Jars: Mining the Great Lakes Shores part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
Module by: Tiffany Roberts, 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 estimate the volume of sand in Hoosier Slide, a large dome-shaped dune quarried away in the 1920s from what is now Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. They also estimate the number of boxcars to carry the sand, and the number of Ball jars produced from it.
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic:Simple Formulas, Nested Formulas, Basic Arithmetic, Angles and Trig Functions:PI, Angles and Trig Functions
Subject: Earth & Space Science:Geology:Rocks & Minerals, Earth & Space Science:Geology, Earth & Space Science, Environmental Science:Resource Use & Consequences:Mineral Resources, Oceans & Coastal Resources, Environmental Science:Resource Use & Consequences, Environmental Science
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.
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic:Simple Formulas
Subject: Earth & Space Science:Geology:Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes & Volcanoes, Earth & Space Science:Geology, Earth & Space Science, Environmental Science:Ecosystem Monitoring, Natural Hazards, Environmental 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.
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic:Percent (format), Simple Formulas, Basic Arithmetic
Subject: Earth & Space Science:Geology:Rocks & Minerals, Earth & Space Science:Geology, Earth & Space Science, Environmental Science:Resource Use & Consequences, Environmental Science
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.
Excel Skills: Graphs and Charts:XY Scatterplot, Pie Chart, Bar Graph, Line Graph, Other Manipulations and Functions:Data/Sort
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.
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic, Other Elementary Math Functions:LOG, LOG10, Graphs and Charts:XY Scatterplot:Trendlines, Log Scale, Graphs and Charts:XY Scatterplot
Subject: Earth & Space Science:Ground & Surface Water, Geology, Environmental Science:Ecosystem Monitoring, Natural Hazards, Resource Use & Consequences:Land Use & Planning, Environmental Science
Flood Days and Good Canoeing Days at Congaree National Park part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
Mark C. Rains (University of South Florida), David C. Shelley (National Parks Service) and Len Vacher (University of South Florida)
Cover page by Len Vacher, University of South Florida
SSAC Geology of National Parks module/Geology of National Parks course. Students calculate probabilities using USGS hydrograph data, a spreadsheet of daily stage heights, and the COUNTIF function.
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic:Simple Formulas, Basic Arithmetic, Logic Functions:COUNTIF, Logic Functions
Subject: Earth & Space Science:Ground & Surface Water, Earth & Space Science, Environmental Science:Resource Use & Consequences:Water Quality & Quantity, Environmental Science:Resource Use & Consequences, Environmental Science
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.
Excel Skills: Statistical Functions:One array:AVERAGE, MEDIAN, MODE, Statistical Functions:One array, Statistical Functions, Graphs and Charts:XY Scatterplot:Multiple Plots, Graphs and Charts:XY Scatterplot, Graphs and Charts
Subject: Earth & Space Science:Ground & Surface Water, Earth & Space Science, Environmental Science:Ecosystem Monitoring, Resource Use & Consequences:Water Quality & Quantity, Environmental Science:Resource Use & Consequences, Human Populations, Environmental Science

