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Design a data strategy 15 matches Design a field strategy to collect or select data in order to answer a geologic question.
Collect data 18 matches Collect accurate and sufficient data on field relationships and record these using disciplinary conventions (field notes, map symbols, etc.).
Synthesize geologic data 21 matches Synthesize geologic data and integrate with core concepts and skills into a cohesive spatial and temporal scientific interpretation.
Interpret systems and processes 17 matches Interpret earth systems and past/current/future processes using multiple lines of spatially distributed evidence.
Develop an argument 18 matches Develop an argument that is consistent with available evidence and uncertainty.
Communicate clearly 19 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 18 matches Work effectively independently and collaboratively (e.g., commitment, reliability, leadership, open for advice, channels of communication, supportive, inclusive).
Reflect on personal strengths/challenges 7 matches Reflect on personal strengths and challenges (e.g. in study design, safety, time management, independent and collaborative work).
Demonstrate professional behaviors 15 matches Demonstrate behaviors expected of professional geoscientists (e.g., time management, work preparation, collegiality, health and safety, ethics).

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Geology of Yosemite Valley
Nicolas Barth, University of California-Riverside
This is a four-part module designed to be flexible in duration and student grade-level. (1) Geology of Yosemite Valley Virtual Field Trip. A 43-stop web-based Google Earth tour with embedded views, hyperlinked ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:GIS/Mapping/Field Techniques, Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Writing Assignment, Lab Activity, Project
Learning Outcomes: Interpret systems and processes , Communicate clearly , Develop an argument, Collect data, Synthesize geologic data
Capstone Field Experience: Capstone (virtual)

Reconnaissance stratigraphy and mapping of the Frying Pan Gulch, MT
Sinan Akciz, California State University-Fullerton
Students are required to create a reconnaissance geologic map and report for a small area (approximately 0.5 sq. mile) Frying Pan Gulch just NW of Dillon, Montana. This project is designed to make students familiar ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Stratigraphy, Sedimentary Structures, Techniques of Sedimentary Geology, Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Sedimentary Geology:Sedimentary Textures , Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Folds/Faults/Ductile Shear Zones
Resource Type: Activities:Field Activity
Learning Outcomes: Communicate clearly , Work independently and collaboratively , Reflect on personal strengths/challenges , Demonstrate professional behaviors , Interpret systems and processes , Design a data strategy , Develop an argument, Collect data, Synthesize geologic data
Capstone Field Experience: Capstone (virtual)

Karst Hydrogeology and Geomorphology: A virtual field experience using Google Earth, GIS, and TAK
Rachel Bosch, Northern Kentucky University
Students will have the opportunity to select and virtually explore the hydrogeology and geomorphology of a karst landscape using Google Earth (or perhaps Google Mars or Google Moon if they so choose), lidar ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Karst, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Project, Lab Activity, Writing Assignment
Learning Outcomes: Communicate clearly , Work independently and collaboratively , Demonstrate professional behaviors , Reflect on personal strengths/challenges , Develop an argument, Interpret systems and processes , Collect data, Design a data strategy , Synthesize geologic data
Capstone Field Experience: Capstone (virtual)

Working with Point Clouds in CloudCompare and Classifying with CANUPO
Sharon Bywater-Reyes, University of Northern Colorado
This exercise will walk you through 1) basic operations and use in CloudCompare, and 2) use of an Open-Source plugin in CloudCompare called CANUPO (http://nicolas.brodu.net/en/recherche/canupo/) that allows for ...

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

Geological Mapping of Ghost Ranch, New Mexico
Joseph Meert, University of Florida
This is useful as a first field mapping exercise (virtual) in a traditional capstone field camp course. Students will map flat-lying, but faulted Mesozoic strata near Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. Skills required in ...

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

Mid-Atlantic Appalachian Orogen Traverse – Field Trip 1
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:Tectonics
Resource Type: Activities:Virtual Field Trip
Learning Outcomes: Work independently and collaboratively , Develop an argument, Demonstrate professional behaviors , Communicate clearly , Collect data, Synthesize geologic data
Capstone Field Experience: Capstone (virtual)

Mid-Atlantic Appalachian Orogen Traverse – Field Trip 4
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: Work independently and collaboratively , Demonstrate professional behaviors , Develop an argument, Communicate clearly , Interpret systems and processes , Collect data, Synthesize geologic data
Capstone Field Experience: Capstone (virtual)

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
Resource Type: Activities:Project
Learning Outcomes: Work independently and collaboratively , Demonstrate professional behaviors , Communicate clearly , Synthesize geologic data , Interpret systems and processes
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)

Remote Mapping and Analytical data integration: Coal Creek quartzite and Ralston shear zone, Colorado
Kevin Mahan, University of Colorado at Boulder
This is a combination of an online mapping project (igneous and metamorphic terrain) and a subsequent module for group collaboration with associated analytical datasets (e.g., geochronology and microstructure). ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Tectonics
Resource Type: Activities:Project, Virtual Field Trip
Learning Outcomes: Develop an argument, Work independently and collaboratively , Communicate clearly , Interpret systems and processes , Synthesize geologic data , Design a data strategy , Collect data
Capstone Field Experience: Capstone (virtual)

Virtual Geologic Mapping Exercise at Lough Fee
Steve Whitmeyer, James Madison University
The Virtual Geologic Mapping Exercise is designed to simulate an introductory field mapping exercise. Students load a KML file in Google Earth that includes real outcrop data in the form of dots and orientation ...

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

Quaternary mapping in Bells Canyon as an introduction to ArcGIS Pro
Karen Gran, University of Minnesota-Duluth
This lab is intended to take a GIS novice and introduce them to mapping in ArcGIS Pro by producing a Quaternary map of Bells Canyon in Utah. It can be used as a first GIS exercise to introduce select skills to the ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:GIS/Mapping/Field Techniques
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity
Learning Outcomes: Develop an argument, Work independently and collaboratively , Communicate clearly , Collect data, Synthesize geologic data
Capstone Field Experience: Capstone (virtual)

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)

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)

Geologic Mapping on Mars
J. Brian Balta, Texas A & M University
This activity consists of several mapping components exploring the JMARS software and completing detailed geologic maps and cross sections on Mars.

Subject: Geoscience:Lunar and Planetary Science:Mars:Sedimentary Processes, Volcanology/Petrology, Images/Maps/Visualizations
Resource Type: Activities:Project, Field Activity
Learning Outcomes: Communicate clearly , Work independently and collaboratively , Demonstrate professional behaviors , Develop an argument, Synthesize geologic data , Design a data strategy , Collect data
Capstone Field Experience: Capstone (virtual)

Sandy Hollow Virtual Field Geology Exercise
Andrew Laskowski, Montana State University-Bozeman
This is a Google Earth based virtual field exercise focused on Sandy Hollow, near Block Mountain and McCartney Mountain in southwest Montana. This is a classic field locality in the Montana portion of the Sevier ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Stratigraphy, Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology
Resource Type: Activities:Field Activity
Learning Outcomes: Work independently and collaboratively , Reflect on personal strengths/challenges , Demonstrate professional behaviors , Communicate clearly , Develop an argument, Synthesize geologic data , Collect data, Interpret systems and processes
Capstone Field Experience: Capstone (virtual)

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)

Ground Control Points for Structure from Motion
Sharon Bywater-Reyes, University of Northern Colorado; Beth Pratt-Sitaula, EarthScope
This assignment uses real-time kinematic GNSS methods to establish ground control points used in the Day 3 Part 2: Analysis of River Characteristics structure from motion (SfM) activity. Day 3 Part 1 - This ...

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

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