Emriver Teaching Activities
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Lane's Stable Balance Demo and Activity
Sharon Bywater-Reyes, University of Northern Colorado
This activity links to a 3D model of Lane's Balance that can be printed on a 3D printer and used in a demonstration and hands-on activity considering how channels respond to changes in driving and resisting ...
Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Stream Table: Bank Stabilization and Armoring
James King, Emriver; Emriver
This lab uses a stream table (moveable bed model) to introduce students to various techniques for protecting stream banks from erosion, including rigid armoring, rip rap, vegetation, groynes and other methods. ...
Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Lag to peak with a stream table
Amanda Schmidt, Oberlin College
Students use a small stream table in groups to investigate how channel form determines the shape of the hydrograph (including lag to peak). They use three channels: no channel (just sediment filling the table), a ...
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Deltas and coastal sediment transport
Sarah McSweeney, University of Canterbury
Coastal deltas form at the mouths of big rivers with constant high fluvial discharge and sediment supply. They prograde (i.e. build out) into ocean basins. Deltas respond to changes in sea level, fluvial flow, and ...
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)