Teaching Activities
The GET Spatial Learning project teaching activities are based on the science of learning as it applies to spatial thinking in the geosciences.
Subject: Geoscience Show all
- Depositional environments 1 match Continental, Marginal-Marine, Shelf-slope Environment, Deep Marine Environment
- Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks 2 matches
- Sedimentary Structures 1 match
- Sedimentary Textures 1 match
- Sediment Transport and Deposition 2 matches
- Stratigraphy 2 matches Lithostratigraphy, Biostratigraphy,Sequence Stratigraphy, Seismic Stratigraphy
- Weathering 2 matches
Geoscience > Geology > Sedimentary Geology
1 match General/OtherResource Type: Activities
Subject: GeoscienceResults 1 - 6 of 6 matches
Erosion in a River
Nicole LaDue, Northern Illinois University
× Formative assessment questions using a classroom response system ("clickers") can be used to reveal students' spatial understanding. Students are shown these diagrams and instructed to ...
Grand Canyon Cross Section Lab
Doug Lombardi, University of Maryland-College Park
× Students examine a geologic map of the Grand Canyon and two imaginary vertical cores through canyon stratigraphy. They use these data to construct a cross-section across the canyon and to answer questions ...
Weathering and Sedimentary Processes in Google Streetview
Nicole LaDue, Northern Illinois University
This exercise uses Google Streetview, in combination with 360 degree immersive photographs, to show students real-world examples of the sedimentary rocks, sedimentary structures, and weathering processes that they ...
Lateral Continuity
Nicole LaDue, Northern Illinois University
Formative assessment questions using a classroom response system ("clickers") can be used to reveal students' spatial understanding. Students are shown this diagram and instructed to click in the ...
Resistance to Weathering
Nicole LaDue, Northern Illinois University
Formative assessment questions using a classroom response system ("clickers") can be used to reveal students' spatial understanding. Students are shown this diagram and instructed to "Click on ...
Isopach Maps
Basil Tikoff, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Students complete several short, in-class exercises related to understanding isopach maps. We use Play-Doh models to illustrate features revealed in the isopach maps and to support student understanding of the ...