Quantitative Activities for Earth Science Disciplines
Quantitative Skills
- Algebra 67 matches
- Arithmetic/Computation 141 matches
- Differential Equations and Integrals 18 matches
- Estimation 75 matches
- Fourier Series, Spectral Analysis 3 matches
- Fractions and Ratios 16 matches
- Gathering Data 21 matches
- Geometry and Trigonometry 55 matches
- Graphs 182 matches
- Logarithms/Exponential Functions 35 matches
- Models and Modeling 71 matches
- Probability and Statistics 151 matches
- Problem Solving 120 matches
- Scientific Notation 15 matches
- Units and Unit Conversions 65 matches
- Vectors and Matrices 27 matches
- Spreadsheets 71 matches
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Subject: Geoscience
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Sustainability Metrics
Natalie Hunt, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Sustainability is a complex term applied to many different contexts in a variety of ways. As a result, it can be challenging to determine how sustainable something really is. In this module, students will use an ...
Subject: Geoscience: Environmental Science, Geoscience
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
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Unit 2: Global Sea-Level Response to Temperature Changes: Temperature and Altimetry Data
Bruce Douglas, Indiana University-Bloomington; Susan Kaspari, Central Washington University
What is the contribution of seawater thermal expansion to recent sea-level rise? In this unit, students create time-series graphs of global averaged sea surface temperature anomaly (SSTA) data spanning 1880–2017 ...
Software: Microsoft Excel
Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Sea Level Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
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Climate Change Effects on Lake Temperatures
Cayelan Carey, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ; Kaitlin Farrell, University of Georgia
Climate change is modifying the thermal structure of lakes around the globe. Because it is difficult to predict how lakes will respond to the many different aspects of climate change (e.g., altered temperature, ...
Software: R
Subject: Geoscience: Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
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Unit 2: Earthquakes, GPS, and Plate Movement
Karen M. Kortz (Community College of Rhode Island)
Jessica J. Smay (San Jose City College)
GPS data can measure bedrock motion in response to deformation of the ground near plate boundaries because of plate tectonics. In this module, students will learn how to read GPS data to interpret how the bedrock ...
Software: Microsoft Excel
Subject: Geoscience: Geography:Geospatial, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
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Nutrient Monitoring in the Chesapeake Bay
Akinyele Oni, Morgan State University; Niangoran Koissi, Morgan State University
The Chesapeake Bay waters receive input from rivers and streams from areas of Washington D.C, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, and some parts of New York and Pennsylvania. Historically, humongous ...
Software: Microsoft Excel
Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Biogeosciences , Biology:Biogeochemistry:Nutrient Limitation and Cycling, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Surface Water , Biology:Biogeochemistry, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Quality/Chemistry , Environmental Science:Waste, Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Water Quality and Quantity:Point Source Pollution
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Introductory
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Teleconnections
Kaitlin Farrell, University of Georgia; Cayelan Carey, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ
Ecosystems can be influenced by teleconnections, in which meteorological, societal, and/or ecological phenomenon link remote regions via cause and effect relationships. Because it is difficult to predict how ...
Software: R
Subject: Geoscience: Biology:Ecology, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:El Nino, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :El Nino/La Nina, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Ecology
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
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Cross-Scale Interactions
Cayelan Carey, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ; Kaitlin Farrell, University of Georgia
Environmental phenomena are often driven by multiple factors that interact across different spatial and temporal scales. In freshwater lakes and reservoirs worldwide, phytoplankton blooms are increasing in ...
Software: R
Subject: Geoscience: Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Freshwater, Biology:Ecology:Food Webs, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Biology:Ecology, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Ecosystems
Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
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Converging Tectonic Plates Demonstration
Shelley E Olds, EarthScope Consortium
During this demo, participants use springs and a map of the Pacific Northwest with GPS vectors to investigate the stresses and surface expression of subduction zones, specifically the Juan de Fuca plate diving beneath the North American plate.
Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Geophysics:Geodesy, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards, Geography:Geospatial, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes
Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8), College Lower (13-14)
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Paleoclimate and Ocean Biogeochemistry
Allison Jacobel, Middlebury College
This module guides students through an examination of how surface ocean productivity relates to global climate on glacial-interglacial timescales and how the availability of ocean nutrients can be correlated with ...
Software: Microsoft Excel
Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Resources, Ocean-Climate Interactions, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Paleoclimate records, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Atmospheric and oceanic circulation, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Biology:Biogeochemistry:Carbon Cycling, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Biology:Biogeochemistry, Biogeochemistry:Nutrient Limitation and Cycling, Geography, Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
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Unit 1: Collecting GPS Data
Karen M. Kortz (Community College of Rhode Island)
Jessica J. Smay (San Jose City College)
GPS data can measure vertical and horizontal bedrock motion caused by a variety of geologic processes, such as plate movement and the changing amount of water and ice on Earth's surface. In this unit, students ...
Software: Microsoft Excel
Subject: Geoscience: Geography:Geospatial, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
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