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This page allows searching across the SERC catalogs: the set of resources from the web and in print that have been selected as relevant by SERC-supported projects. The catalog draws from collections created directly by our partners as well as those harvested from other digital library collections.
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The (Young) People's Climate Conference part of CLEAN Collection
This resource is based on the 2015 Climate Change Summit, and it shares both environmental and social concerns related to climate change. This is an activity for students to role-play people affected ...Resource Type: Activities
Topography & our national heritage part of Web Resource Collection
This short activity uses GIS to demonstrate how to interpret the landscape using topographic maps of a well-known national park - Yosemite. This site includes all materials needed for an instructor ...Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
Geoethics, Ethical Challenges and Case Studies in Earth Sciences part of Print Resource Collection
This 450-page book explores ethics in geoscience. It focuses on professional ethics and includes a discussion on improving communication between scientists and the public. The book was written by a ...
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Climate Change is About... Water part of Web Resource Collection
Climate Change Is About...Water tells the story of climate change and impacts on water in Bolivia through a range of voices and multimedia materials. Case studies bring the explanatory analysis of ...Resource Type: Activities
Expanding boundaries of exploration part of Web Resource Collection
The appetite for mining beyond the confines of the land does not end with the deep ocean: celestial bodies, too, have stirred commercial interest. The prospect of mining the ocean floors and bodies ...Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
USGS Crustal Deformation Data part of Web Resource Collection
The US Geological Survey maintains a variety of fault and volcano monitoring sites around the western United States. Instruments at these sites include strainmeters, creepmeters, tiltmeters, ...Resource Type: Datasets and Tools:Datasets, Scientific Resources:Collection
The geoid and receiver measurements tutorial part of Web Resource Collection
This web page explains how differences in the gravity at different places on Earth requires GPS receivers use additional corrections to find the true elevation of places on Earth's surface. The ...Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Elevation correction and the geoid tutorial part of Web Resource Collection
The Earth is not a perfect sphere, but is instead more like a slightly squashed sphere called an ellipsoid. Because of this, GPS receivers must use a correction model (called a geoid) to calculate ...Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
GPS data for educators part of Web Resource Collection
Looking for interesting data to use in your course? UNAVCO has worked with educators and scientists to identify GPS stations that illustrate various Earth science processes. The data are the same ...Resource Type: Datasets and Tools, Scientific Resources:Collection
Environmental Health Perspectives Science Education Program part of Web Resource Collection
The Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) Science Education Program promotes environmental health literacy, using the scientific literature to teach students the principles of environmental health ...Resource Type: Scientific Resources, Research Results, Pedagogic Resources, Course Information