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Getting started with Structure from Motion (SfM) photogrammetry
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 ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Field Activity
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
EarthScope Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data:Structure from Motion
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Unit 2: Kilauea Hawai'i - Monday Morning Meeting at the USGS Hawai'i Volcano Observatory
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 ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Seismology
Resource Type: Activities, Course Module
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
Collection Source: GETSI
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Unit 1-TLS: Introduction to TLS
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 ...

Subject: Geography:Physical, Geospatial, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:GIS/Mapping/Field Techniques, Physics:Optics:Lasers
Resource Type: Activities:Virtual Field Trip, Activities, Course Module
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Collection Source: GETSI
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Unit 4: Measuring Ice Mass Changes: Vertical Bedrock GPS
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 ...

Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change
Resource Type: Activities, Course Module
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Quantitative Skills: Algebra, Probability and Statistics:Data Trends:Curve Fitting/Regression, Problem Solving:Equations, Spreadsheets, Graphs
EarthScope Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data: Data:GPS/GNSS, Geophysics GPS/GNSS
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Unit 1: Climate Change and Sea Level: Who Are the Stakeholders?
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 ...

Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geoscience:Hydrology, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Sustainability, Natural Hazards, Global Change and Climate:Sea Level Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Environmental Science
Resource Type: Activities, Course Module
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Quantitative Skills: Estimation
Collection Source: GETSI
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Plate Tectonics: GPS Data, Boundary Zones, and Earthquake Hazards
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 ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Structural Geology:Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards
Resource Type: Activities
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
Collection Source: EarthScope
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Karst Hydrogeology: A virtual field introduction using Google Earth and GIS
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) ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:GIS/Mapping/Field Techniques, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity, Project, Field Activity, Writing Assignment, Virtual Field Trip
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
EarthScope Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data:Lidar
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Unit 3: Global Sea-Level Response to Ice Mass Loss: GRACE and InSAR data
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 ...

Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Gravity, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Environmental Geology, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Natural Hazards, Global Change and Climate:Sea Level Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change
Resource Type: Activities, Course Module
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
EarthScope Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data: Data:GPS/GNSS, Geophysics GPS/GNSS, Gravity
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Unit 5: Societal Implications of Climate Change: Stakeholder Report
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 ...

Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Gravity, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Environmental Geology, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Natural Hazards, Global Change and Climate:Sea Level Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science
Resource Type: Activities, Course Module
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Quantitative Skills: Probability and Statistics:Data Trends, Estimation, Graphs
EarthScope Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data: Data:GPS/GNSS, Geophysics GPS/GNSS, Gravity, InSAR, Altimetry
Collection Source: GETSI
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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
Learners use the GPS Velocity Viewer, or the included map packet to visualize relationships between earthquakes, volcanoes, and plate boundaries as a jigsaw activity.

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Geoscience, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Activities
Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Quantitative Skills: Models and Modeling, Vectors and Matrices, Estimation
EarthScope Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data: Data:GPS/GNSS, Geophysics GPS/GNSS
Collection Source: EarthScope
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