Earthquake Analysis Paper part of Student Learning: Observing and Assessing:Activities
Kaatje van der Hoeven Kraft, Whatcom Community College
This activity requires students to link what they have learned in class to current earthquakes around the world. They are required to analyze two different earthquakes, and then compare the two for similarities and differences.

Knowledge Survey Questions - Physical Geology part of Student Learning: Observing and Assessing:Knowledge Surveys:Knowledge Survey Questions
Bloom's Taxonomy Level - 1 What variables are important to soil formation? What factors determine the location of deserts? Bloom's Taxonomy Level - 2 Explain the effect of water on the eruption style of ...

Lab using Volcano Scenarios: Hazard Maps and Communicating Risk part of Student Learning: Observing and Assessing:Activities
LeeAnn Srogi, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
This is a lab activity in which small groups of students work with maps, rocks, photographs of volcanic deposits, and textual data to construct a hazard map and a risk communication plan for a specific volcano. Each group is assigned a "volcano scenario," which is based on real volcanoes.

Concept Sketch Based Assessment part of Rates and Time:Assessments
Joann Labs, The Lone Star College System
This is Exam 2 for my Physical Geology course. It covers chapters that pertain to geologic time, the Earth's interior, earthquakes, and deformation of rocks.

Examples of student posters part of Early Career:Developing a Research Program
Here are a few examples of posters created by students in Greg Hancock's Surface Processes class, along with Greg's descriptions of the projects they summarize. Clicking on a picture of a poster will ...

The Tragedy of the Commons Homework part of Complex Systems:Assessments
Andy Johnson, Black Hills State University
This is actually a homework assignment that we talk about in class. But when we talk about it I discover how my students are thinking. So it also serves as a formative assessment that I use to find out whether ...

Rubric for maps and cross-sections part of Geoscience in the Field:Assessment Tools
Eric Pyle, James Madison University
This is a scoring rubric for assessing student geologic maps and cross-sections, as used by the JMU Field Course.

On-line Earth System Science Cooperative Learning Rubric part of Student Learning: Observing and Assessing:Activities
Bill Slattery, Wright State University-Main Campus
Cooperative learning groups of K-12 teachers use a scoring rubric for development of a group report on the impact of an event on the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere.

Earth, Wind, and Fire Quiz part of Student Learning: Observing and Assessing:Activities
Vanessa Svihla, The University of Texas at Austin
This is an example of one of the formative assessments I used while teaching labs for a geology class for non-science majors. Such quizzes were given at the start of each lab session.

An Integrated Hazard Management Approach part of Student Learning: Observing and Assessing:Activities
Sue Heard, University of Aberdeen
In the first hour each group of students were given a volcano to 'manage' in a classroom environment. In the second hour the Groups gave a presentation to show how they 'managed' their hazard.