In William Smith's footsteps: a modern take on regional stratigraphy part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
This activity uses modern Google Earth to view 3D geological cross sections from the British Geological Survey, in order to trace the units that formed William Smith's 'Map That Changed The World". ...

Urban Wildlife Garden as a Pedagogical Tool for Environmental Studies part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
The Natural History Museum's Wildlife Garden showcasing its eight habitats is used as a primary source for baseline environmental data collection, analysis and discussion. Basic concepts of biodiversity, ...

Modeling Rare Plant Distributions Using ArcGIS part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
In this activity, students work with rare plant occurrence data from the Nature Reserve of Orange County, California to create species distribution maps in ArcGIS. Students are given shapefiles of species ...

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 ...

Reconnaissance stratigraphy and mapping of the Frying Pan Gulch, MT part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
Students are required to create a reconnaissance geologic map and report for a small area (approximately 0.5 sq. mile) Frying Pan Gulch just NW of Dillon, Montana. This project is designed to make students familiar ...

Modeling Mono Lake's Water Balance part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
In this activity students build a hydrologic model of Mono Lake in MATLAB and then use the model to evaluate the California State Water Board's 1994 decision regulating diversions from the watershed and ...

Find the Feedback Loop part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
This activity is designed build students' capacity to spot and analyze feedback loops that they encounter in real life, outside of school. Students read an instructor-provided article from the popular media ...

Structural Analysis of Rocks and Regions (SARR) part of Teach the Earth:Courses
SARR aims to reverse the theory-first/application-second approach of most common structural geology textbooks. It confronts students with lectures and practicals on deformed regions around the globe that, combined, ...

What’s in the Water? Lesson 2: Introduction to Emerging Contaminants part of Teach the Earth:Teaching Activities
This lesson begins with a reading of a letter sent by the City of Pittsboro, NC to their residents. It reveals the presence of unregulated contaminants in their drinking water, including the emerging contaminant ...

First Year Graduate Seminar part of Teach the Earth:Courses
This course is intended to be an introduction to the department, graduate school and a launch pad for students' professional careers. Graduate education gives students the opportunity to develop new skills, ...