SSBW - Linux Tutorial 1: Basics part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Mike Brudzinski, Miami University-Oxford
In this interactive tutorial built for a learning management system, students will 1) use a virtual machine to interact with a Linux command line environment, 2) navigate directories and pathnames in Linux, 3) ...

SSBW - Python Tutorial 6: ObsPy and Cross Correlation part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Mike Brudzinski, Miami University-Oxford
In this interactive tutorial built for a learning management system, students 1) practice using basic Python syntax, 2) use the ObsPy library to load, plot, and analyze data or metadata 3) use ObsPy to create ...

SSBW - Python Tutorial 1: Introduction and Aftershock Rates part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Mike Brudzinski, Miami University-Oxford
In this interactive tutorial built for a learning management system, students 1) are introduced to the basic syntax of Python command line and scripts, 2) perform calculations regarding earthquake energy and time ...

Finite difference modeling of hillslope diffusion part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Teaching Activities
Dylan Mikesell, Boise State University
This activity introduces students to the finite difference solution of the hill-slope diffusion PDE. The students derive partial derivatives from Taylor Series expansions of the 2D topography function z(x,t). After ...

SSBW - Python Tutorial 5: ObsPy and the 2018 Kilauea Eruption part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Mike Brudzinski, Miami University-Oxford
In this interactive tutorial built for a learning management system, students 1) practice using the basic syntax of Python commands, 2) use the functionality of the ObsPy library to load, plot, and analyze data or ...

SSBW - Network Tutorial 4: Earthquake Location Principles part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Mike Brudzinski, Miami University-Oxford
In this interactive tutorial built for a learning management system, students 1) conduct a quality check on waveforms and identify first arrivals in seismograms, 2) practice locating an earthquake using a simple ...

SSBW - Python Tutorial 2: NumPy and Matplotlib modules part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Mike Brudzinski, Miami University-Oxford
In this interactive tutorial built for a learning management system, students 1) practice using the basic syntax of Python command line and scripts, 2) use the functionality of the NumPy module to create arrays and ...

Unit 2: How Seismic Waves Travel Through the Ground part of Measuring Depth to Bedrock Using Seismic Refraction
Basic concepts in refraction seismology. Andy Parsekian, University of Wyoming, aparseki@uwyo.edu Download a ZIP file of this Unit
This unit presents core underlying principles needed to understand refraction seismology concepts including refraction of rays, types of seismic waves, interpreting information about subsurface materials from ...

SSBW - Jupyter Tutorial 4: GitHub and Removing the Instrument Response part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Mike Brudzinski, Miami University-Oxford
In this interactive tutorial built for a learning management system, students 1) download a Jupyter notebook from GitHub, 2) practice using basic Python syntax, 3) use the ObsPy library to retrieve a large number ...

SSBW - IRIS DMC Tutorial 5: Surface Wave Seismograms and Speeds part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Mike Brudzinski, Miami University-Oxford
In this interactive tutorial built for a learning management system, students 1) generate and interpret IRIS web service requests for metadata, earthquake information, and seismogram data (event, station, ...

SSBW - Jupyter Tutorial 3: Spectrograms part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Mike Brudzinski, Miami University-Oxford
In this interactive tutorial built for a learning management system, students 1) create a Jupyter notebook on a Linux system, 2) practice using basic Python syntax, 3) use the ObsPy library to retrieve seismograms ...

SSBW - Network Tutorial 2: Global Seismogram Viewer and Forward Modeling part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Mike Brudzinski, Miami University-Oxford
In this interactive tutorial built for a learning management system, students will 1) use the IRIS Global Seismogram Viewer to view a record section of global recordings from the 2010 M7 earthquake in Haiti, 2) ...

Getting inside the black box part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Teaching Activities
Phil Resor, Wesleyan University
In this problem set students apply the finite difference method to develop a simple box model and then explore the impact of anthropogenic changes to the modeled system.

Three-Point Problem by Simultaneous Linear Equations part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
William Frangos, James Madison University
Students are introduced to the use of linear algebra in an intuitive and accessible way, through classroom activity and homework set. The familiar three-point problem is cast in terms of three dimensional analytic geometry, fostering understanding of mathematical models for simple geometric forms.

Using Data to Teach Earth ProcessesAn Illustrated Community Discussion at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America part of Data, Simulations and Models:Workshop 03:Activities
Robert Ridky, U.S. Geological Survey
Robert Ridky U.S. Geological Survey - This is one activity in a series of web-based modules that encourages introductory college students to use the abundant real-time and archived geoscience data available ...

SSBW - Jupyter Tutorial 2: Creating Your Own Jupyter Notebook part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Mike Brudzinski, Miami University-Oxford
In this interactive tutorial built for a learning management system, students 1) create a Jupyter notebook on a Linux system, 2) practice using basic Python syntax, 3) use the ObsPy library to retrieve an ...

Earthquake Shaking and Damage part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
Eric Baer, Highline Community College
This student homework and problem set has students quantitatively earthquake hazard, shaking and damage.

A short lecture on evaluation of Complex integrations for Geophysics part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Avradip Ghosh, University of Houston-University Park
In Geophysics, we heavily use Fourier/Laplace, or inverse Fourier/Laplace transforms in all branches. Anyone who has tried to evaluate them using pen and paper (especially an inverse Fourier/Laplace transform) ...

SSBW - Linux Tutorial 3: Text Editing and Shell Scripts part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Mike Brudzinski, Miami University-Oxford
In this interactive tutorial built for a learning management system, students will 1) use a virtual machine to interact with a Linux command line environment, 2) create and edit text files using a graphic user ...

SSBW - IRIS DMC Tutorial 4: dataselect Web Service and Filtering Seismograms part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Mike Brudzinski, Miami University-Oxford
In this interactive tutorial built for a learning management system, students 1) generate and interpret IRIS web service requests for metadata, earthquake information, and seismogram data (event, station, ...