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This unit builds on what students have learned about transform fault hazards to introduce the idea of risk. Students examine earthquake risk along the San Andreas Fault in San Francisco by examining public school ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Geophysics:Geodesy, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes
Resource Type: Course Module, Activities
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Quantitative Skills: Arithmetic/Computation, Problem Solving:Equations, Algebra, Probability and Statistics:Data Trends, Spreadsheets
EarthScope Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data:Lidar
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Unit 4: Analyze and Prescribe a Risk Assessment and Hazard Mitigation Plan
How can community stakeholders use the landslide susceptibility model to inform planning and infrastructure decisions? Students will create a landslide risk analysis report and assessment plan for a specific ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy
Resource Type: Course Module, Activities
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Quantitative Skills: Problem Solving:Equations, Probability and Statistics:Correlation, Algebra, Probability and Statistics:Data Trends:Curve Fitting/Regression, Models and Modeling
EarthScope Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data:Lidar
Collection Source: GETSI
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Unit 6 Hazards and Risk at Convergent Plate Boundaries (Day 2 of activity)
In this two-day activity, students monitor a simulated evolving volcanic crisis at a convergent plate boundary (Cascadia). Using monitoring data and geologic hazard maps, students make a series of forecasts for the ...

Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Volcanism, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology
Resource Type: Course Module, Activities
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Introductory
Quantitative Skills: Arithmetic/Computation, Probability and Statistics:Data Trends, Graphs
EarthScope Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data:Lidar
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Unit 3: Develop and Test Models of Landslide Susceptibility
How do geoscientists confidently create landslide susceptibility maps based on empirical data? Together with Unit 2: Examining the Distribution of Mass Wasting Events, this exercise helps students use GIS to gain ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy
Resource Type: Course Module, Activities
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Quantitative Skills: Probability and Statistics:Correlation, Graphs, Models and Modeling, Problem Solving:Equations, Probability and Statistics:Data Trends:Curve Fitting/Regression, Algebra
EarthScope Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data:Lidar
Collection Source: GETSI