AGU Conversation Starters
1. Would a 1 m sea level rise flood the poster hall in Moscone South?
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Related teaching materials:
- Forecasting Climate Variability and Change: A Matter of Survival
- Hurricane Risks and Coastal Development
- Hazards, Vulnerability and Risk
2a. Were more or fewer than 20 mineral resources used in making your cell phone?
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2b. How might the increased demand for Lithium-ion rechargeable batteries (like those in your cell phone and some electric vehicles) effect the environment, and how do your habits play into this equation?
Do you teach about this topic? Get your students engaged with these InTeGrate teaching resources!
- Unit 1: People, Products, and Minerals
- Activity 2.2 Rare Earth Elements: Critical Elements of the Future
3a. Which is closer to the Moscone Center: the San Andreas fault, or the epicenter of the 1906 quake?
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3b. At the AGU fall meeting, what factors contribute to our risk of experiencing a damaging earthquake?
Want to teach your students about hazards, vulnerability and risk? Check out the following teaching materials:
4. El Niño... or not? As of December 8, NOAA reported a 65% chance that El Niño conditions will be present in our winter and spring this year. How might an El Niño year impact your morning coffee?
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Have your students explore climate and short-term climate variability:
- Climate of Change: Interactions and Feedbacks between Water, Air, and Ice
- Unit 2: Deciphering Short-Term Climate Variability
5. The amount of soil eroded from 1 hectare of North American farm land in 1 year is enough to fill how many bathtubs?
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- 1/2 a bathtub
- 10 bathtubs
- 70 bathtubs
- 280 bathtubs
Do you teach about soil erosion?
- A Growing Concern: Sustaining Soil Resources through Local Decision Making
- Unit 3: Natural and Agricultural Erosion Rates
6. Which of the following do you consider "a method of geoscience"?
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a. Having to help everyone figure out what this or that rock is (working with incomplete data)
b. Using your rock hammer (observation)
c. Getting lost in the field and having to stay out past dark (spatial and temporal thinking)
d. All of the above
Related teaching materials:
- Unit 1: How Do the Methods of Geoscience Compare with THE Scientific Method? - Teaching materials for teacher preparation programs
- Teach Geoscientific Thinking - background information on how to incorporate geoscientific thinking into your course