Using physical observations to guess the interior of a globe part of Workshop 07: Activities
Devin Castendyk, SUNY College at Oneonta
This activity introduces students to the need for geophysics and the application of several geophysical methods commonly employed. Students are given a hollow globe that contains various objects and asked to infer ...

Estimating Valley Fill Thickness with a Gravity Survey part of Workshop 07: Activities
Bill Witte, University of Alaska Fairbanks
We will make a gravity traverse of the Goldstream valley to determine the thickness of the valley fill. The exercise will take ~ 4hrs, working in two teams all students will get to function in each of the survey ...

Sequenced writing assignment part of Workshop 07: Activities
Steven Jaume, College of Charleston
An iterative term paper where students include new geophysical data in each new version. This allows the instructor to work closely with the student and point out how different geophysical datasets constrain ...

Ray Paths part of Workshop 07: Activities
, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Students work in groups to "walk" through the ray paths of the direct wave, ground roll, reflected wave, and refracted wave. This exercise gives them a visual image of the ray paths as well as the ability ...

Wysocki Farm Refraction Project part of Workshop 07: Activities
Laurie Brown, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Wysocki Farm refraction project is a lab activity to determine depth to the water table and to bedrock using given seismic refraction data collected on the campus of the University of Massachusetts. Seven shots ...

Bac-Ho Consulting Project (Near-Surface Geophysics) part of Workshop 07: Activities
Gregory Baker, Colorado Mesa University
This objective of the lab is to have students think as much about sampling and survey design as the EM and GPR methods. Their goal of will be to design, execute, and report on a survey-using each technique-based on ...

Ground-penetrating and Space-born Radar part of Workshop 07: Activities
Susan Sakimoto, University of Notre Dame
This is a introductory lecture on ground-penetrating radar and space-born radar, a classroom data classifying activity, and descriptions of field and extended activities.

The Woodlark Basin as a Natural Laboratory for the Study of the Geological Sciences part of Workshop 07: Activities
Andrew Goodliffe, The University of Alabama
This activity is designed to show introductory physical geology students how geoscientists use many different types of data to solve a geological problem. In this exercise the students integrate basic geological ...

Laboratory on Reverse Time Migration part of Workshop 07: Activities
John Dunbar, Baylor University
Students use an finite element wave propagation program running on a PC to model the forward and reverse wave propagation steps in reverse time migration. Conceptual understanding is aided by watching the ...

Earthquake Magnitude - Linking Earthquake Magnitude and Intensity part of Workshop 07: Activities
Eric Baer, Highline Community College
An activity that helps students link earthquake magnitude and intensity.

Magnetometer Survey part of Workshop 07: Activities
Michael Harris, James Madison University
This activity collects two sets of magnetic data, using two different types of magnetometers, one which collects individual data points, and one that collects continuous readings. Both methods have pros and cons, ...

Measuring the Gravity Field: "The Stairwell Lab" part of Workshop 07: Activities
Samuel Peavy, Georgia Southwestern State University
This lab teaches the student how to use a gravimeter by measuring gravity in a stairwell. A plot of the data set will yield and estimate of the elevation correction.

Atlantic City Mapping Project part of Workshop 07: Activities
Peter Knoop, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
The Atlantic City project combines magnetic and gravimetric surveys with standard geological field mapping techniques. Lack of outcrops and Banded Iron Formations (BIFs) are a key features of the mapping area, and ...

The gravitational attractive force of the English Dept. part of Workshop 07: Activities
Bill Witte, University of Alaska Fairbanks
By measuring the gravitational force in the basement and on the roof of the Gruening Bldg. students will determine the gravitational attraction of the building and its contents and estimate the mass of the ...

Digital Analysis of Geophysical Signals and Waves/Digital Recording part of Workshop 07: Activities
George Jiracek, San Diego State University
Sampling (digitizing) of geophysical data is explained using animations by multiplications in the time or space domains by Dirac combs and boxcar functions. Pitfalls in this process can render digital data totally ...

Free-Air Gravity part of Workshop 07: Activities
, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Students use gravity measurements to estimate the height to the top of a platform in the Howe-Russell Attrium. This assignment is used to show the precision of gravity measurements and the Free-Air correction

Seismic Refraction part of Workshop 07: Activities
Robert Cicerone, Bridgewater State University
This lab allows the students to review the relevant formulas for the analysis of seismic refraction data and provides three different data sets to analyze three different geologic settings (three-layer model, ...

Seismology and Global Earth Structure part of Workshop 07: Activities
Robert Cicerone, Bridgewater State University
This laboratory exercise reviews the basic concepts of how seismic body waves travel through the Earth and how seismologists use these waves to determine global Earth structure. Also, the students analyze waveforms ...

Velocity analysis of the Viking Graben dataset part of Workshop 07: Activities
John Stockwell, Colorado School of Mines
Using the CWP/SU: Seismic Un*x package, perform velocity analysis on the Viking Graben data to create a representation of the velocity field (RMS and approximate interval velocities).

The Birth of the Earth System and the Convection Paradigm part of Workshop 07: Activities
Steve Dickman, SUNY at Binghamton
Convection is a major process operating throughout the Earth System. This combination lecture sequence / problem set activity sets the stage for the appearance and importance of convection within the Earth System, ...