Nitrate Levels in the Rock Creek Park Watershed, Washington DC, 1: Measures of Central Tendency part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Geology of National Parks:Examples
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module/Geology of National Parks course. Students examine the histogram of a positively skewed data set and calculate its mean, median and mode.
Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water cycle/groundwater-surface water interface, Water supply/water resource evaluation, Water quality/chemistry , Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water, Surface Water:Water Quality/Chemistry , Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water, Geoscience:Hydrology, Geoscience
What is the Relationship between Lava Flow Length and Effusion Rate at Mt Etna? part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Physical Volcanology:Examples
SSAC Physical Volcanology module. Students use Excel to determine a log-log relationship for flow length vs effusion rate and compare it with a theoretical expression for the maximum flow length.
Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Volcanology, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
Porosity and Permeability of Magmas part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Physical Volcanology:Examples
SSAC Physical Volcanology module. Students build a spreadsheet for an iterative calculation to find volume of bubbles and hence porosity, permeability and gas escape as a function of depth.
Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Volcanology, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Physics
Carbon Sequestration in Campus Trees part of Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:General Collection:Examples
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module. Students use allometric relationships to calculate tree mass from trunk diameter in a stand of trees in the Pacific Northwest.
Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Biogeosciences , Geoscience, Biology, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling
Lithospheric Density part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Teaching with SSAC:Examples
Students learn about the weighted mean by building spreadsheets that apply this concept to the average density of the oceanic lithosphere.
Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodynamics, Tectonophysics, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Tectonics, Geoscience:Geology, Geoscience, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards, Physics:Classical Mechanics:Gravity, Physics:Classical Mechanics, Other Sciences:Environmental Science, Geoscience
Lithospheric Density part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Geology of National Parks:Examples
Students learn about the weighted mean by building spreadsheets that apply this concept to the average density of the oceanic lithosphere.
Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodynamics, Tectonophysics, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Tectonics, Geoscience:Geology, Geoscience, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards, Physics:Classical Mechanics:Gravity, Physics:Classical Mechanics, Other Sciences:Environmental Science, Geoscience
Something is Askew at Mammoth Cave National Park part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Geology of National Parks:Examples
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum/Geology of National Parks module. Students use the geometric mean and multiplicative standard deviation to examine the right-skewed distribution of nutrient concentrations in water-quality data at Mammoth Cave National Park.
Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Karst, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geoscience:Geology, Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Quality/Chemistry , Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water, Geoscience:Hydrology, Biogeosciences , Geoscience, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Freshwater, Biology:Ecology:Habitats, Biology:Ecology, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Surface Water , Point Source Pollution, Non-Point Source Pollution, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Sustainability, Ecosystems:Restoration/Reclamation, Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Environmental Science, Chemistry:Environmental Chemistry, Mathematics:Statistics:Data Collection:Data Management and Organization:Outliers, Mathematics:Statistics:Data Collection:Data Management and Organization, Mathematics:Statistics:Data Presentation:One Categorical Variable:Graphical Displays, Mathematics:Statistics:Data Presentation:One Categorical Variable, Mathematics:Statistics:Data Presentation, Statistical Inference and Techniques, Mathematics:Statistics, Mathematics
Lithospheric Density part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Teaching with SSAC:Examples
Students learn about the weighted mean by building spreadsheets that apply this concept to the average density of the oceanic lithosphere.
Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodynamics, Tectonophysics, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Tectonics, Geoscience:Geology, Geoscience, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards, Physics:Classical Mechanics:Gravity, Physics:Classical Mechanics, Other Sciences:Environmental Science, Geoscience
Lithospheric Density part of Pedagogy in Action:Library:Teaching with SSAC:Examples
Students learn about the weighted mean by building spreadsheets that apply this concept to the average density of the oceanic lithosphere.
Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodynamics, Tectonophysics, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Tectonics, Geoscience:Geology, Geoscience, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards, Physics:Classical Mechanics:Gravity, Physics:Classical Mechanics, Other Sciences:Environmental Science, Geoscience
Lithospheric Density part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Geology of National Parks:Examples
Students learn about the weighted mean by building spreadsheets that apply this concept to the average density of the oceanic lithosphere.
Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodynamics, Tectonophysics, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Tectonics, Geoscience:Geology, Geoscience, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards, Physics:Classical Mechanics:Gravity, Physics:Classical Mechanics, Other Sciences:Environmental Science, Geoscience
