Teaching Activities and Materials
- Consequences of Modern Energy Use: A Remote Sensing Analysis of the Gulf Oil Spill using ArcGIS Software - Students download satellite imagery and conduct a remote sensing analysis of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill using ArcGIS software. From On the Cutting Edge: Teaching about Energy.
- Water Quality Assessment: Computer Analysis - Use computer software to generate diagrams that facilitate the examination of ion concentrations in ground-water and the chemical evolution of organic compounds in an oil spill. From Teaching Quantitative Skills in the Geoscience.
- Avoiding Hopeless paralysis - This teaching dilemma deals with how to move students beyond feeling helpless when faced with large and seemingly insurmountable environmental issues. From On the Cutting Edge: The Affective Domain in Teaching.
- Oil-Spill Cleanup (more info) -This hands-on experiment from TeachEngineering provides students with an understanding of the issues that surround environmental cleanup. The activity is designed for students in grades 6-8 and allows teachers in different states to see how the activity meets the math and science standards for their state.
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Consequences of Modern Energy Use: A Remote Sensing analysis of the gulf oil spill using ArcGIS software.
Jared Beeton, Adams State University
Students download satellite imagery and conduct a remote sensing analysis of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill using ArcGIS software.
Swimming in Oil: The Impact, Aftermath and Alternatives to Oil Spills
MICHELLE KINZEL, Southwestern College
Michelle Kinzel, San Diego Mesa College Summary This activity introduces students to basic functions and features of ArcGIS software and explores principles of a GIS and data set manipulations, using observational ...
Water Quality Assessment: Computer Analysis
Ming-Kuo Lee
Students use computer software to generate diagrams that facilitate the examination of ion concentrations in ground-water and the chemical evolution of organic compounds in an oil spill.
Use of GNOME to model oil spills
Tim Walsh, Wayland Baptist University
Tim Walsh, Wayland Baptist University Summary Using GNOME software (freely available from NOAA) students model various oil spill scenarios in the Galveston Bay area. Students adjust a variety of parameters ...
Exploring oil spills
Kevin Theissen, University of St. Thomas (MN)
This activity combines a hands-on demonstration and a follow-up homework assignment designed for students to investigate oil spill clean-up.