GeoMapApp Learning Activity Collection

Hawaiian Islands: Volcano Ages, Hotspots and Plate Motion
A geoscience education page offering a classroom activity where students analyze volcanic rock ages along the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain to explore Pacific plate motion, hotspot theory, and the chain’s distinctive bend, with downloadable teaching materials, student handouts, and quizzes. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Hawaiian Islands: Erosion and Giant Landslides
This educational webpage from the GeoMapApp Learning Activities collection presents a geoscience minilesson where students use high-resolution elevation data to analyze erosion patterns and offshore giant landslides in the Hawaiian Islands, assessing their consistency with the hotspot model of island formation. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Vertical Exaggeration
A geoscience education resource page offering a classroom activity on vertical exaggeration using GeoMapApp’s profiling tool, with downloadable teacher and student materials focused on visualizing topographic features like the Grand Canyon for introductory college and high school earth science instruction. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Seafloor Spreading
This educational webpage hosts a geoscience learning activity where students use GeoMapApp to analyze seafloor crust age, calculate spreading rates globally, and explore their relationship to plate tectonics, featuring downloadable teaching materials, student handouts, assessments, and alignment with learning standards. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Great Circles and Straight Lines
A GeoMapApp learning activity page for educators and students explores the geographical concept of great circle distances versus straight-line paths on maps, using real-world examples like airline flight routes, and provides downloadable instructional materials including teacher guides, student handouts, and answer sheets. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Polar Sea Ice
This educational webpage hosts a GeoMapApp minilesson activity focused on polar sea ice, examining its seasonal variability and climate change impacts, with downloadable teacher and student resources for K-14 instruction. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Choosing the Best Contours
This educational webpage hosts a geoscience learning activity where students use GeoMapApp’s interactive elevation data to determine optimal contour intervals for accurately representing topography across diverse landscape regions, supporting instruction in geology, earth science, and cartographic principles. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Rules of Contouring
This educational webpage, part of the GeoMapApp Learning Activities collection, presents a geoscience teaching resource focused on the fundamental principles of contouring and topographic map interpretation, including downloadable instructor and student materials for classroom use. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Landscape Regions
This educational webpage hosts a geomorphology lab activity exploring relationships between landscape appearance, topography, and underlying geology, with a focus on the Adirondack Mountains, providing downloadable teacher and student resources as part of the GeoMapApp Learning Activities collection. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Introduction: Exploring Earth's Topography
This educational webpage hosts a geoscience learning activity where students use GeoMapApp to create and analyze topographic profiles across continental and marine landscapes, calculating gradients and visualizing relief, with downloadable instructor and student resources, quizzes, and alignment to learning standards. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Introduction: Latitude and Longitude
Educational module teaching geographic coordinates using GeoMapApp, covering latitude and longitude concepts, 2D vs. 3D representations, measurement units, coordinate changes across Earth's surface, and including downloadable instructional materials, student handouts, and quizzes for classroom use. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.