Discovering Plate Boundaries part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
Students work collaboratively using data maps to discover plate tectonic boundary processes. Data sets used are earthquakes, volcanos, seafloor age, and topography. Show other versions of this activity Hide The ...

Impacts of El Nino and La Nina part of Oceanography:Activities
In this exercise, students explore NOAA and the Climate Data Center websites that provide information about El Niño. The students are then asked interpret a series of maps to describe the key changes in climate ...

A Bird's Eye View: Exploring Your Region part of EarthLabs for Educators:Earth System Science
Educational lab page guiding students in Earth system science to explore regional-scale environmental interactions using Google Earth, emphasizing systems thinking, regional boundaries, and matter/energy exchanges across ecosystems. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

It's All Connected: Global Circulation part of EarthLabs for Educators:Earth System Science
Educational lab page from the EarthLabs project detailing global atmospheric and oceanic circulation patterns, including student activities, teaching notes, assessments, and standards alignment, with a focus on modeling wind and water pathways and their climatic impacts. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Where's the volcanic threat? part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
Students investigate Costa Rican volcanic hazards using (a) the amount of silica in volcanic rocks, (b) a highly-simplified geologic map and (c) a satellite image of Costa Rican night time illumination (i.e., human ...

The Quaternary Glacio-Fluvial History of the Upper Midwest Using Anaglyph Stereo Maps part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
Students examine the anaglyph stereo map (with red/cyan glasses) and use textures to generate a surficial geology map of the Upper Midwest. They can then interpret the textures in terms of landforms, geomorphic ...

Fire and Ice: Identify and compare volcanic and glacial features on land and seafloor. part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:MARGINS Mini-Lessons
Bathymetry and topography are used to identify and compare glacial and volcanic features of the Sand Point area, Alaska.

Peat Bogs of Allegan County: A Field-Based Research Project Involving College and High School Students part of Undergraduate Research:Case Studies
Case study detailing a field-based undergraduate and high school research collaboration at Hope College, where students and educators investigate Allegan County peat bogs through coring, sediment analysis, and paleoenvironmental reconstruction to develop a regional climate history since deglaciation. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Sandbox modeling part of Urban Geology:Activities
Students deform layers of colored sand to simulate features they observe in city. They construct topo maps and cross-sections based on the results of the sandbox experiment. The model is then the basis for ...

Detecting El Niño in Sea Surface Temperature Data part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:PMEL
DATA: Sea Surface Temperature (SST). TOOL: My World GIS. SUMMARY: Examine 15 years of SST data from the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory. Create and analyze average SST maps to identify El Nino and La Nina events.

Is Greenland Melting? part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:GreenlandMelt
DATA: Thickness, velocity, and annual melt extents of the Greenland ice sheet TOOL: My World GIS SUMMARY: Explore map layers to examine annual melting and long-term changes of Greenland's ice sheet.

State Electricity on Google Earth: How many Solar Panels would it Take? part of CLEAN:CLEAN Network:Teaching Materials
Educational activity page guiding students through calculating U.S. state electricity consumption and estimating land area, costs, and trade-offs required to replace all electricity with solar power using Google Earth, including quantitative analysis, energy literacy, and peer-reviewed teaching resources. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Lab 1: Getting to Know the Cryosphere part of EarthLabs for Educators:Climate and the Cryosphere
This educational lab page introduces students to the cryosphere's components, spatial distribution, and climate interactions through structured activities on albedo, satellite imagery analysis, and human-environment connections, targeting high school and undergraduate learners within the EarthLabs curriculum. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Creating Custom Map Images of Earth and Other Worlds part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Jules
DATA: Planetary images and geodesy data. TOOL: UNAVCO's Jules Verne Voyager Map Server. SUMMARY: Generate maps of Earth or any of 19 other planets and moons. Save and import images into presentations or reports.

Water Availability part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Water Availability
DATA: North American Regional Reanalysis (NARR). TOOL: FieldScope GIS. SUMMARY: Use an online GIS from the National Geographic Society, to investigate the relationship between precipitation, evaporation, and surface runoff.

Modeling the Effects of Dam Removal on the Elwha River part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
Students are introduced to the social and scientific issues surrounding the removal of the Glines Canyon Dam on the Elwha River, and conduct a hands-on experiment with real-world application to observe the effects ...

Student-centered Experiments on Earthquake Occurrence Using the Seismic/Eruption Program part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
Students select their own region of interest and interrogate the earthquake catalog to obtain quantitative data on the rate of occurrence of earthquakes of various magnitudes within their chosen region.

The 2004 Sumatra Earthquake and Tsunami part of Visualization:Examples
In this multi-part activity, students study seismograms from different seismic stations recording the Sumatra earthquake of December 26th, 2004 and then determine the epicenter of the quake and track the tsunami it ...

Lab 4: Putting Hurricanes on the Map part of EarthLabs for Educators:Hurricanes
Educator-focused lab page guiding students to visualize Atlantic hurricane tracks using Google Earth and HURDAT2 data, covering storm lifecycle analysis, mapping techniques, and alignment with national science standards, including downloadable teaching resources and assessment tools. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.

Lab 1: Where's the Water? part of EarthLabs for Educators:Drought
Educator-focused lab page introducing water distribution and scarcity concepts through data analysis, calculations, and visualizations, covering hydrologic cycle dynamics, freshwater availability, and population-resource relationships within the EarthLabs Drought curriculum. auto-generated The author of this page didn't provide a brief description so this one sentence summary was created by an AI tool. It may not be completely accurate.