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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Lab 2: What's a Watershed? part of EarthLabs for Educators:Drought
This educator-focused lesson page from the EarthLabs project guides students through a hands-on watershed modeling activity and Google Earth exploration to understand surface water movement, drainage features, and land-use impacts, aligned with multiple state and national science standards. 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.

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.

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.

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.

Mt. Pinatubo and the Atmosphere part of SERC Web Resource Collection

In this lesson, students explore several facets of the impact of volcanic eruptions on the atmosphere. Students analyze three types of visual information: a graph of aerosol optical depth v. global ...

Investigating Weather and Climate with Google Earth part of SERC Web Resource Collection

In this activity, students use Google Earth to explore global temperature changes during a recent 50 - 58 year period. They also explore, analyze, and interpret climate patterns of 13 different ...

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 3: Normal Climate Patterns part of EarthLabs for Educators:Drought
Educator-focused lab page guiding students through analyzing U.S. climate patterns using climatographs and maps, covering temperature, precipitation, and regional climate data interpretation for high school and undergraduate classrooms. 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.

Lab 5: Droughts of the Past part of EarthLabs for Educators:Drought
Educator-focused lab page guiding students through historical drought analysis using paleoclimatology data, tree ring studies, and drought maps to evaluate past events like the Dust Bowl and medieval megadroughts. 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 4: Finding Coral's Ideal Environment part of EarthLabs for Educators:Corals
Lab 4: Finding Coral's Ideal Environment is an educational activity page from the EarthLabs project that guides students in analyzing sea surface temperature, depth, salinity, and aragonite saturation data to determine the environmental conditions favoring coral reef survival, with printable materials, teaching notes, and alignment to science standards. 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.

Climographs: Temperature, Precipitation, and the Human Condition part of SERC Web Resource Collection

In this activity, students learn how to read, analyze, and construct climographs. These climographs are a graphic way of displaying monthly average temperature and precipitation. Students also ...

Mapping Local Data in a GIS part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:MyMap
DATA: Student-collected GPS data and site characterizations TOOLS: MyWorld GIS, spreadsheet program SUMMARY: Follow a study of Urban Heat Islands as an example of map-based science research projects.

Analyzing Plate Motion Using EarthScope GPS Data part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Analyzing Tectonic Plate Motion with GPS Data
DATA: EarthScope GPS Data. TOOLS: Spreadsheet, Google Maps. SUMMARY: Learn how GPS monuments make precise measurements of Earth's surface. Graph motion data and map velocity vectors to explore tectonic motion and surface deformation in the Pacific Northwest.

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 ...