Let's Look Inside the Earth part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Students will analyze USGS seismology data in the classroom using spreadsheets and scatter plots to look for patterns and structure in the Earth's crust. Before analyzing data, students will learn about the ...

Topographic differencing: Earthquake along the Wasatch fault part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
After a big earthquake happens people ask, 'Where did the earthquake occur? How big was it? What type of fault was activated?' We designed an undergraduate laboratory exercise in which students learn how ...

Modeling Asperities with Spaghetti part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
This activity uses a physical model to facilitate students' understanding of elastic deformation of rocks and the episodic nature of motion on a fault, which leads to earthquakes and aftershocks.

Monday Morning Meeting (II): Monitoring Mount St. Helens 2004 dome growth using authentic data part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
This jigsaw activity groups students first as volcano monitoring experts of either RSAM seismic data, earthquake locations, or GPS data, and then regroups students into interdisciplinary teams. The teams discuss ...

Mt. St. Helens Volcanic Ashfall Eruption part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
This activity takes place outside of the classroom and requires ~1 hour to complete. Students recreate the map of the Mt. St. Helens ash plume of 1980 and use their maps to answer a series of questions about this ...

The Thunderstorm and Wind Gods of Japan part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
This activity includes a PowerPoint slide show (or PDF version) of a special topic lecture and in-class handout for students. Students listen to a lecture, then answer questions on the handout, either individually ...

SSBW - IRIS DMC Tutorial 1: IRIS Earthquake Browser part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
In this interactive tutorial built for a learning management system, students will use the IRIS Earthquake Browser to 1) explore global geographic earthquake patterns, particularly in relation to plate boundaries, ...

SSBW - IRIS DMC Tutorial 2: GMAP, MDA, and MUSTANG Databrowser part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
In this interactive tutorial built for a learning management system, students will 1) use the IRIS GMAP Station Browser to identify what seismic stations have data available based on a geographic region, a time ...

Identifying Tsunami Sand in Salt Marsh Stratigraphy part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Through a hands-on activity using salt marsh sediment cores from Pacific Northwest estuaries, students will learn how these environments record the history of earthquakes and tsunami. Students will analyze the ...

Flooding, flood risks, and what populations are impacted part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
In this lab, students learn about four different types of flood: flash floods, regional floods, storm surges, and tsunami. They then explore the human experience of flooding and who is impacted the most by flooding ...