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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 Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum: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 Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:General Collection: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:Physical Volcanology: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

Lithospheric Density part of 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 Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Geologic Hazards Collection: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

What is the Volume of a Debris Flow? part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Physical Volcanology:Examples
SSAC Physical Volcanology module. Students build a spreadsheet to estimate the volume of volcanic deposits using map, thickness and high-water mark data from the 2005 Panabaj debris flow (Guatemala).

Subject: Geoscience: Geography, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Volcanology, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Volcanoes, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Volcanism, Physics, History, Economics

Bubbles in Magmas part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Physical Volcanology:Examples
SSAC Physical Volcanology module. Students build a spreadsheet and apply the ideal gas law to model the velocity of a bubble rising in a viscous magma.

Subject: Geoscience: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Volcanology, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Chemistry:General Chemistry:Gas Laws, Physics:Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics:Gas Law