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Design a data strategy 23 matches Design a field strategy to collect or select data in order to answer a geologic question.
Collect data 30 matches Collect accurate and sufficient data on field relationships and record these using disciplinary conventions (field notes, map symbols, etc.).
Synthesize geologic data 34 matches Synthesize geologic data and integrate with core concepts and skills into a cohesive spatial and temporal scientific interpretation.
Interpret systems and processes 26 matches Interpret earth systems and past/current/future processes using multiple lines of spatially distributed evidence.
Develop an argument 32 matches Develop an argument that is consistent with available evidence and uncertainty.
Communicate clearly 33 matches Communicate clearly using written, verbal, and/or visual media (e.g., maps, cross-sections, reports) with discipline-specific terminology appropriate to your audience.
Work independently and collaboratively 25 matches Work effectively independently and collaboratively (e.g., commitment, reliability, leadership, open for advice, channels of communication, supportive, inclusive).
Reflect on personal strengths/challenges 8 matches Reflect on personal strengths and challenges (e.g. in study design, safety, time management, independent and collaborative work).
Demonstrate professional behaviors 23 matches Demonstrate behaviors expected of professional geoscientists (e.g., time management, work preparation, collegiality, health and safety, ethics).

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Introduction to Terrestrial Laser Scanning
Sharon Bywater-Reyes, University of Northern Colorado; Beth Pratt-Sitaula, EarthScope
In this assignment, students analyze terrestrial laser scanner (TLS) data in a similar manner as done previously with structure from motion (SfM) data, earlier in the course. Students compare and contrast the SfM ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Field Activity, Virtual Field Trip
Learning Outcomes: Communicate clearly , Demonstrate professional behaviors , Work independently and collaboratively , Develop an argument, Interpret systems and processes , Synthesize geologic data

Using StraboSpot for Field Sedimentology & Stratigraphy
Casey J. Duncan, New Mexico State University
This module uses StraboSpot (free mobile app for iOS and Android devices and web API, backend database) and two Utah datasets to facilitate teaching field methods related to sedimentology and stratigraphy. The data ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks, Techniques of Sedimentary Geology, Stratigraphy
Resource Type: Activities:Virtual Field Trip, Lab Activity, Field Activity, Project
Learning Outcomes: Synthesize geologic data , Communicate clearly , Collect data, Design a data strategy
Capstone Field Experience: Not a Capstone

Magnetometry at home: a hands-on survey with your smartphone
Charly Bank, University of Toronto
Using a free app downloaded to their smartphone or tablet device students engage in collecting magnetic field data. Students have to design and document a survey, and are encouraged to do simple quality control. ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Magnetism/Paleomag
Resource Type: Activities:Virtual Field Trip, Field Activity, Lab Activity
Learning Outcomes: Develop an argument, Communicate clearly , Synthesize geologic data , Design a data strategy , Collect data

Landslide Mapping and Analysis
Alison Duvall, University of Washington-Seattle Campus
The purpose of this module is to familiarize students to empirical methods of mass movement hazard analysis, to provide them training in mapping and analyzing inventories of landslides from lidar datasets, and to ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Mass Movement, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy
Resource Type: Activities:Project, Virtual Field Trip
Learning Outcomes: Work independently and collaboratively , Demonstrate professional behaviors , Communicate clearly , Interpret systems and processes , Synthesize geologic data
Capstone Field Experience: Capstone (virtual)

Surviving Extinction, A Journey Through Time
Wendy Taylor, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus
Explore prehistoric environments over the past 350 million years, make good decisions to avoid deadly predators, and discover real expedition sites as you chart your own path through time. 99% of all species that ...

Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Virtual Field Trip
Capstone Field Experience: Not a Capstone

Birth of a River in Yellowstone National Park
Erika Elswick, Indiana University-Bloomington
The Madison River headwaters, in the northwest corner of Yellowstone National Park, are formed by the joining of the Firehole River and the Gibbon River. This location provides an opportunity for students to ...

Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water
Resource Type: Activities:Virtual Field Trip
Learning Outcomes: Reflect on personal strengths/challenges , Work independently and collaboratively , Communicate clearly , Design a data strategy , Interpret systems and processes
Capstone Field Experience: Capstone (virtual)

Mid-Atlantic Appalachian Orogen Traverse – Field Trip 3
Steve Whitmeyer, James Madison University
The Mid-Atlantic Appalachian Orogen Traverse is a series of 4 virtual field trips that cross the Blue Ridge and Valley and Ridge geologic provinces in northwestern Virginia and northeastern West Virginia. This ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology
Resource Type: Activities:Virtual Field Trip
Learning Outcomes: Communicate clearly , Demonstrate professional behaviors , Work independently and collaboratively , Collect data, Develop an argument, Synthesize geologic data , Interpret systems and processes
Capstone Field Experience: Capstone (virtual)

Virtual Field Trip to Mt. Vesuvius
Katherine Kelley, University of Rhode Island
This is a virtual field trip to Italy's Mt. Vesuvius, which explores the 79AD eruption of the volcano. Students explore the excavated cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, as well as the different types of ...

Subject: Geoscience:Lunar and Planetary Science:Mars:Volcanology/Petrology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Volcanism, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Volcanology, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Volcanoes
Resource Type: Activities:Virtual Field Trip

Tidepooling Field trip (online)
Katryn Wiese, City College of San Francisco
Tidepooling Field Trip online (developed for remote learning during COVID-19 pandemic); students will watch video and review photos to simulate a field experience as they explore Pillar Point tidepools (as they ...

Subject: Biology:Diversity:Censuses, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Geoscience:Oceanography:Biological
Resource Type: Activities:Virtual Field Trip, Lab Activity
Capstone Field Experience: Not a Capstone

Virtual Field Trip to Laki Fissure
Katherine Kelley, University of Rhode Island
This is a virtual field trip to Iceland's Laki Fissure, which explores the 1783 eruption as a type example of a large historical lava flow eruption that had a significant impact on the local human population ...

Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Volcanism, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Volcanoes, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Volcanology
Resource Type: Activities:Virtual Field Trip

Structure from Motion for Analysis of River Characteristics
Sharon Bywater-Reyes, University of Northern Colorado; Beth Pratt-Sitaula, EarthScope
In this assignment, students conduct a Structure from Motion (SfM) survey of the Sheep Draw field site along the Poudre River near Greely, CO. The end product is a point cloud used in additional assignments to ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy
Resource Type: Activities:Virtual Field Trip, Field Activity, Lab Activity, Project
Learning Outcomes: Interpret systems and processes , Develop an argument, Synthesize geologic data , Design a data strategy , Collect data
Capstone Field Experience: Capstone (virtual)

Sage Hen Flat fieldcamp/capstone activity
Basil Tikoff, University of Wisconsin-Madison
This activity attempts to simulate the process of field-based science investigation for the Sage Hen Flat area of the White Mountains, California. The Sage Hen Flat pluton is Jurassic in age and intrudes ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics
Resource Type: Activities:Virtual Field Trip, Field Activity, Writing Assignment
Learning Outcomes: Work independently and collaboratively , Demonstrate professional behaviors , Develop an argument, Reflect on personal strengths/challenges , Communicate clearly , Interpret systems and processes , Collect data, Design a data strategy , Synthesize geologic data
Capstone Field Experience: Capstone (virtual)

Post-processing GPS/GNSS Base Station Position
Sharon Bywater-Reyes, University of Northern Colorado; Beth Pratt-Sitaula, EarthScope
This assignment uses static GNSS methods to establish a base station used to establish a control point for a kinematic survey (establishing ground control points used in Structure from Motion for Analysis of River ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy
Resource Type: Activities:Field Activity, Virtual Field Trip
Learning Outcomes: Design a data strategy
Capstone Field Experience: Capstone (virtual)

Virtual Landscapes Geological Mapping
Jacqueline Houghton, University of Leeds
A virtual landscape is a virtual reality environment designed to develop geologic mapping and field skills. They include natural landscapes where the geology can be mapped, and interactive 3D block models of ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Virtual Field Trip, Lab Activity

Go with the Flow: A Virtual Field Experience on Groundwater Flow
Megan Brown, Northern Illinois University
This virtual field module will introduce students to water level data collection, a key skill in hydrology, hydrogeology, and environmental field work. Students will use site data to analyze and interpret ...

Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Groundwater flow
Resource Type: Activities:Virtual Field Trip
Learning Outcomes: Synthesize geologic data , Communicate clearly , Collect data, Design a data strategy
Capstone Field Experience: Capstone (virtual)

Exploring the Grand Canyon: Mystery of Blacktail Canyon
Wendy Taylor, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus
Nearly two billion years of the Earth's geological history has been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut their channels through layers of rock while the Colorado Plateau was uplifted. ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Virtual Field Trip, Field Activity
Capstone Field Experience: Not a Capstone

DEM of Difference (DoD)
Sharon Bywater-Reyes, University of Northern Colorado
This assignment builds on students' point cloud and raster differencing skills practiced on their SfM and TLS data in the previous assignment. In this assignment, the students use two lidar-derived raster ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity, Field Activity
Learning Outcomes: Develop an argument, Communicate clearly , Work independently and collaboratively , Demonstrate professional behaviors , Interpret systems and processes , Synthesize geologic data

Exploring the Grand Canyon: Layers and Superposition
Wendy Taylor, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus
Nearly two billion years of the Earth's geological history has been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut their channels through layers of rock while the Colorado Plateau was uplifted. ...

Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Virtual Field Trip

Mars Virtual Field Camp: Geologic Mapping of Jezero Crater
Casey J. Duncan, New Mexico State University; , University of Utah
This virtual capstone field mapping project is centered around geologic mapping of Jezero crater, Mars and is composed of six modules and four synchronous live online lectures. Students work in mapping groups (of ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Writing Assignment, Virtual Field Trip, Lab Activity, Project
Learning Outcomes: Develop an argument, Demonstrate professional behaviors , Work independently and collaboratively , Communicate clearly , Interpret systems and processes , Collect data, Design a data strategy , Synthesize geologic data
Capstone Field Experience: Capstone (virtual)

Seismology with smart phones and Raspberry Shake geophone systems
Robert Stewart, University of Houston-University Park
This activity introduces students to the concept of vibration recording and the monitoring of seismic shaking. The basic concept is to use motion-sensing devices to understand the character of vibrations and ...

Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes
Resource Type: Activities:Field Activity, Lab Activity
Learning Outcomes: Communicate clearly , Demonstrate professional behaviors , Collect data, Design a data strategy

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