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Your Activity or AssignmentActivity/Assignment Title:

Type of Activity
Problem Set
Classroom Activity
Lab Activity
Project
Field Activity
Writing Assignment
Other Activity Type

Brief three-line description of the activity or assignment and its strengths (you will have an opportunity to expand on this description later in this form).

ContextTo help your colleagues understand when or how they might successfully use your activity with their own students, please provide the following information on context.

Briefly describe the type and level of course in which you use this activity or assignment (e.g., undergraduate required course in structural geology, introductory physical geology course for non-majors, graduate level seminar on low-temperature geochemistry):

Briefly describe or list the skills and concepts that students must have mastered before beginning the activity:

Briefly describe how the activity is situated in your course (e.g., as a culminating project, as a stand-alone exercise, as part of a sequence of exercises):

Goals of the Activity or AssignmentTo help your colleagues understand the role of this activity or assignment in your course, please provide a statement of the goals that you have for students in the following three areas:

Briefly describe the content/concepts goals for this activity (e.g., geology of groundwater occurrence, fluid flow in fractured media, methods for groundwater sampling, water resource evaluation):

Briefly describe the higher order thinking skills goals for this activity (e.g., those involving analysis of data, formulation of hypotheses, synthesis of ideas, critical evaluation of competing models, development of computer or analog models):

Briefly describe any other skills goals for this activity (e.g., those involving writing, operating analytical equipment, searching the WWW, oral presentation, working in groups):

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EvaluationDescribe briefly how you determine whether students have met the goals of this assignment or activity.

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Activity Description/Assignment

A single file containing a complete description of the activity or the actual assignment given to students. Please be sure to include a cover page with at least a title, author(s), affiliation, and contact information. We encourage you to provide relevant background information, context, and goals on the same cover sheet.

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Instructor's Notes

A single file with additional background information for the instructor. This might include a discussion of the background knowledge and skills needed to complete the activity, lecture notes, instructions on how to run the activity, tips for success, etc.

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Solution Set

A single file with the solutions to the activity.

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Supporting Materials

You may upload up to five additional files to accompany your submission. If you have more than five additional files, please combine them (e.g., a .zip archive) for uploading.

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