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Martin Farley
Geology and Geography
University of North Carolina at Pembroke
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Activities (7)
Tsunami and the Depth of the Ocean part of Oceanography:Activities
An inquiry approach to using the celerity (=velocity) of a tsunami to measure the depth of the ocean along its path. Tsunami are shallow-water waves, because their wavelengths are so long relative to ocean depth. ...
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Courses (2)
Oceanography part of Oceanography:Courses
The course emphasizes the "container" of the ocean, the ocean contents, ocean processes, and what happens when these interact.
Paleontology part of Paleontology:Courses
Paleontology is the study of past life. This includes both the organisms themselves and a variety of problems that study of the organisms can solve. During this semester, we will consider the more common fossil ...
Conference Presentations (2)
Coriolis Acceleration part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2023:Program:Share-a-thon:Tuesday
This is an activity intended to get Oceanography students to look and understand components of an equation. I always do this when I see equations: Which terms are constants? Do you know the constant's value ...
Linking Earthquakes and Geologic Time by Paleoseismology for General Education Earth Science part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2023:Program:Poster Sessions:Friday Poster Session
In teaching general education Earth Science lecture, I want to make connections between separate topics. One way I have done so is to create a paleoseismology activity that requires students to apply principles of ...
Other Contribution (1)
Paleontology part of Sedimentary Geology:Sedimentology, Geomorphology, and Paleontology 2014:Courses
Survey of paleontology for upper-level departmental majors, earth science education majors, and others. Course combines lecture and lab across invertebrates, plants, and microfossils (vertebrates treated only ...
Communities
25 activities reviewed
July 2023 Earth Educators' Rendezvous Interest Group
Math you Need Community
NAGT All
Caltech Seismo Lab Tour 1
Teach the Earth
Workshop Participant (12 workshops)
June 2014 Oceanography Workshop 2013
June 2013 Teaching Paleontology Workshop 2009
July 2009