Teaching about Risk and Resilience Activities
These activities have been submitted by faculty from a range of disciplines as part of the 2014 workshop: Teaching about Risk and Resilience. The activities use a wide array of pedagogic approaches to address teaching about risk and resilience.
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Field Trip to Explore Local Natural Disasters
Robert Clayton, Brigham Young University-Idaho
All on-campus Natural Disasters students at BYU-Idaho (1200 - 1800 students per year) go on a field trip to develop field observation skills. We visit the Teton Dam, Henry's Fork caldera (part of the Yellowstone hot spot track), and 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake area.
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geoscience, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning, Natural Hazards, Geography, Environmental Science
Special Interest: Hazards, Field-Based Teaching and Learning, Local Issue
Virtual Field Trip (VFT) to the USGS Earthquake Hazard Program - Connection between Plate Boundaries and Threats to Life
Carlos Nunez, Nova
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geoscience:Geology, Geology:Tectonics, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes
Special Interest: Google Earth, Field-Based Teaching and Learning, Online Course or Activity, Hazards, Data, models, or simulations:Data, Computer-Based