Geodesy Teaching Activities
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Grade Level
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- Algebra 24 matches
- Arithmetic/Computation 15 matches
- Differential Equations and Integrals 3 matches
- Estimation 7 matches
- Gathering Data 5 matches
- Geometry and Trigonometry 13 matches
- Graphs 31 matches
- Logarithms/Exponential Functions 5 matches
- Models and Modeling 14 matches
- Probability and Statistics 20 matches
- Problem Solving 24 matches
- Units and Unit Conversions 4 matches
- Vectors and Matrices 18 matches
- Spreadsheets 21 matches
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Getting started with Structure from Motion (SfM) photogrammetry part of Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Teaching with Online Field Experiences:Activities
Structure from Motion (SfM) photogrammetry method uses overlapping images to create a 3D point cloud of an object or landscape. It can be applied to everything from fault scarps to landslides to topography. This ...
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
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Unit 1: Introduction to the hydrologic cycle and stakeholder analysis part of Measuring Water Resources
This unit introduces the hydrological cycle to provide context for the module as a whole. It particularly focuses on those portions of the hydrological cycle that take place on land and that form the basis for ...
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
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Unit 2: Kilauea Hawai'i - Monday Morning Meeting at the USGS Hawai'i Volcano Observatory part of Monitoring Volcanoes and Communicating Risks
How do volcanologists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory monitor volcanoes? In a jigsaw format, students first work in teams to learn one of the four volcano monitoring data sets (GPS, Tilt, Seismic and InSAR) and ...
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)
Quantitative Skills: Graphs
EarthScope Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data: Data:GPS/GNSS, Seismic, Tiltmeters/strainmeters, Geophysics GPS/GNSS, InSAR, Seismic, Tiltmeter/strainmeter
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Working with Point Clouds in CloudCompare and Classifying with CANUPO part of Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Teaching with Online Field Experiences:Activities
This exercise will walk you through 1) basic operations and use in CloudCompare, and 2) use of an Open-Source plugin in CloudCompare called CANUPO (http://nicolas.brodu.net/en/recherche/canupo/) that allows for ...
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
EarthScope Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data:Lidar, Structure from Motion
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Unit 1-TLS: Introduction to TLS part of Analyzing High Resolution Topography with TLS and SfM
Field experience using geodetic and geophysical tools provides a unique opportunity for upper-level undergraduates to learn research skills applicable to their future graduate research or career path. This unit ...
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
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Unit 4: Measuring Ice Mass Changes: Vertical Bedrock GPS part of Understanding Our Changing Climate
This unit shows how GPS records of bedrock surface elevation may be used to monitor snow and ice loading/unloading on decadal and annual time scales. Students calculate secular trends in the GPS time series and ...
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Quantitative Skills: Algebra, Probability and Statistics:Data Trends:Curve Fitting/Regression, Problem Solving:Equations, Spreadsheets, Graphs
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Unit 1: Climate Change and Sea Level: Who Are the Stakeholders? part of Understanding Our Changing Climate
How are rising sea levels already influencing different regions? This unit offers case study examples for a coastal developing country (Bangladesh), a major coastal urban area (southern California), and an island ...
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Quantitative Skills: Estimation
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Plate Tectonics: GPS Data, Boundary Zones, and Earthquake Hazards part of Project EDDIE:Teaching Materials:Modules
Students work with high precision GPS data to explore how motion near a plate boundary is distributed over a larger region than the boundary line on the map. This allows them to investigate how earthquake hazard ...
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)
Quantitative Skills: Spreadsheets, Graphs
EarthScope Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data: Data:GPS/GNSS, Geophysics GPS/GNSS
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Karst Hydrogeology: A virtual field introduction using Google Earth and GIS part of Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Teaching with Online Field Experiences:Activities
Students will have the opportunity to select and virtually explore the hydrogeology and geomorphology of a karst landscape using Google Earth, lidar data-sourced DEM(s) and geologic maps, and GIS software (QGIS) ...
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
EarthScope Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data:Lidar
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Topographic differencing: Earthquake along the Wasatch fault part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
After a big earthquake happens people ask, 'Where did the earthquake occur? How big was it? What type of fault was activated?' We designed an undergraduate laboratory exercise in which students learn how ...
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
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Unit 3: Global Sea-Level Response to Ice Mass Loss: GRACE and InSAR data part of Understanding Our Changing Climate
What is the contribution of melting ice sheets compared to other sources of sea-level rise? How much is the sea level projected to increase during the twenty-first century? In this unit, students will use Gravity ...
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Quantitative Skills: Algebra, Probability and Statistics:Data Trends, Units and Unit Conversions, Problem Solving:Equations, Estimation, Spreadsheets, Geometry and Trigonometry:Cubes and Rectangular Solids, Graphs
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Unit 5: Societal Implications of Climate Change: Stakeholder Report part of Understanding Our Changing Climate
Sea-level rise due to the melting of glaciers and ice sheets and ocean thermal expansion has significant societal and economic consequences. In this final unit, students prepare a summary of the impacts of sea ...
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Quantitative Skills: Probability and Statistics:Data Trends, Estimation, Graphs
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Visualizing Relationships with Data: Exploring plate boundaries with Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and GPS Data in the Western U.S. & Alaska | Lessons on Plate Tectonics part of Activities
Learners use the GPS Velocity Viewer, or the included map packet to visualize relationships between earthquakes, volcanoes, and plate boundaries as a jigsaw activity.
Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Quantitative Skills: Models and Modeling, Vectors and Matrices, Estimation
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Unit 2: Examining the Distribution of Mass Wasting Events part of Planning for Failure: Landslide Analysis
What factors contribute to the distribution patterns of mass wasting events? In this unit, students will use a frequency-ratio method, one of the most common quantitative methods used in the statistical analysis of ...
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Quantitative Skills: Algebra, Models and Modeling, Probability and Statistics:Correlation, Problem Solving:Equations, Logarithms/Exponential Functions:Logarithms
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Unit 3: What's in YOUR watershed? part of Eyes on the Hydrosphere: Tracking Water Resources
In this unit, students investigate water resources of their own area or another area of personal interest, which typically gets them very excited. They apply their knowledge from Units 1 and 2 to identify the water ...
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)
Quantitative Skills: Spreadsheets, Graphs
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Unit 4: Groundwater, GPS, and Water Resources part of Measuring the Earth with GPS
GPS data can measure ground elevation change in response to the changing amount of groundwater in valleys and snow cover in mountains. In this module, students will learn how to read GPS data to interpret how the ...
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Quantitative Skills: Probability and Statistics:Data Trends, Units and Unit Conversions, Problem Solving, Arithmetic/Computation, Spreadsheets, Graphs
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Unit 1: Monitoring Volcanic Activity at Mount St. Helens part of Monitoring Volcanoes and Communicating Risks
How can data from an impending volcanic dome-building event be used to forecast the hazard to a surrounding community? In this activity, students will examine geodetic data (GPS and lidar) and seismic data in a ...
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)
Quantitative Skills: Graphs
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Measuring Plate Motion with GPS: Iceland | Lessons on Plate Tectonics part of Activities
This lesson teaches middle and high school students to understand the architecture of GPS—from satellites to research quality stations on the ground. This is done with physical models and a presentation. Then students learn to interpret data for the station's position through time ("time series plots"). Students represent time series data as velocity vectors and add the vectors to create a total horizontal velocity vector. They apply their skills to discover that the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is rifting Iceland. They cement and expand their understanding of GPS data with an abstraction using cars and maps. Finally, they explore GPS vectors in the context of global plate tectonics.
Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Quantitative Skills: Vectors and Matrices
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Unit 2: Earthquakes, GPS, and Plate Movement part of Measuring the Earth with GPS
GPS data can measure bedrock motion in response to deformation of the ground near plate boundaries because of plate tectonics. In this module, students will learn how to read GPS data to interpret how the bedrock ...
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Quantitative Skills: Algebra, Probability and Statistics:Data Trends, Vectors and Matrices, Problem Solving:Equations, Spreadsheets, Geometry and Trigonometry:Triangles, Graphs
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Converging Tectonic Plates Demonstration part of Activities
During this demo, participants use springs and a map of the Pacific Northwest with GPS vectors to investigate the stresses and surface expression of subduction zones, specifically the Juan de Fuca plate diving beneath the North American plate.
Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Quantitative Skills: Models and Modeling
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