Teaching Activities

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Collect data 1 match Collect accurate and sufficient data on field relationships and record these using disciplinary conventions (field notes, map symbols, etc.).
Synthesize geologic data 1 match Synthesize geologic data and integrate with core concepts and skills into a cohesive spatial and temporal scientific interpretation.

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Fold Analysis Challenge
Declan De Paor, Old Dominion University; Mladen Dorevic, Old Dominion University; Paul Karabinos, Williams College; Barb Tewksbury, Hamilton College; Steve Whitmeyer, James Madison University
The Fold Analysis Challenge (FAC) uses Google Earth and a customized Google Earth interface to help students visualize the orientations of eroded dipping sedimentary layers and to visualize the geometries of folds ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Folds/Faults/Ductile Shear Zones
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Activities, Lab Activity
Learning Outcomes: Synthesize geologic data , Collect data
Capstone Field Experience: Not a Capstone

The geomorphology of home
Michael Loso, Alaska Pacific University
In this lab, students read and interpret 1) peer-reviewed literature, 2) LIDAR-derived hillshade maps, and 3) the landscape itself to better understand the geomorphology of their local urban/suburban environment ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Mass Movement, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Climate/Paleoclimate, Landforms/Processes:Glacial/Periglacial, Fluvial, Coastal-zone, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landscape Evolution
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity, Field Activity, Virtual Field Trip, Activities

Virtual Field Trip (VFT) to the USGS Earthquake Hazard Program - Connection between Plate Boundaries and Threats to Life
Carlos Nunez, Nova

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geoscience:Geology, Geology:Tectonics, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes
Resource Type: Activities:Virtual Field Trip, Activities

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