Volcanoes Around the Globe part of Visualization:Examples
Mark Abolins, Middle Tennessee State University
Undergraduate non-majors use the Arcview geographic information system (GIS) to explore volcanic hazards and the geochemistry of volcanic rocks. Students explore geochemical data from the GEOROC global database and ...

What is Google Earth? part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with Google Earth
Google Earth Pro with the Volcanoes layer visible, and tectonic plate boundary data from USGS displayed Google Earth is a geobrowser that accesses satellite and aerial imagery, topography, ocean bathymetry, and ...

GeoMapApp part of Data, Simulations and Models:Tool Sheets
Submitted by Andrew Goodwillie, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory General description GeoMapApp , a free Java(tm)-based tool which works on any type of computer, allows a broad range of geoscience data sets ...

Plate Motion Calculator part of Geodesy:Resources
EarthScope Consortium
The Plate Motion Calculator calculates tectonic plate motion at any location on Earth using one or more plate motion models.

GPS Velocity Viewer part of Geodesy:Resources
EarthScope Consortium
This interactive tool allows users to see GPS/GNSS-measured crustal motions around the globe in a wide range of reference frames. The default view shows horizontal motions in the North American reference frame but users can choose to add vertical motions, earthquakes epicenters, plate boundaries, volcanic centers, or other reference frames. The tool can also be used as an interface to learn GPS/GNSS station names and download time series data.

Earthquakes part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Achim Herrmann, Louisiana State University
This activity uses geoinformatics to understand the world around us with an emphasis on earthquakes.

Geoid Height Calculator part of Geodesy:Resources
EarthScope Consortium
The Geoid Height Calculator returns the geoid height at the latitude and longitude specified by the user. The geoid is one approximation of Earth's shape due to gravity, roughly coinciding with mean sea level. Because the inside of our planet is non-uniform, gravity is not constant at the surface. If Earth were completely covered in an ocean, the water would swell over gravity highs (where there is more mass below the surface) and depress in areas of gravity lows (where there is less mass below the surface). The geoid approximates this hypothetical ocean surface, representing a geopotential surface. To think of it another way, if we were able to walk on the geoid, we would experience a constant value of gravity.

Time Scales of Climate Change part of Rates and Time:Teaching Activities
Erika Grundstrom, Vanderbilt University; Cara Thompson, Arizona State University at the West Campus; Maya Elrick, University of New Mexico-Main Campus
This activity introduces students to the fact that climate change occurs at timescales of 1 year to 108 years and there are various drivers to explain these changes. It addresses how scientists detect these scales ...

Calculating Pressures and Temperatures of Petrologic Events: Geothermobarometry part of Petrology:Teaching Examples
Donna Whitney, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
In this lab exercise, students examine one or more metamorphic rocks and use various approaches to estimating and calculating the pressure-temperature conditions at which the rocks equilibrated. The exercise ...

Binary eutectic in-class exercise (Di-An) part of Petrology:Teaching Examples
Allen Glazner
In this activity students work through a binary eutectic phase diagram in small groups and try to determine a set of generalizations that explain the behavior of such systems (e.g., "the first liquid produced ...