Making Video Accessible to All Students part of Videos
What is ADA compliance for multimedia in teaching? What is required? Jump down to: Best Practices | Resources | Examples | References Multimedia accessibility means ensuring that people with any disability ...

Converging Tectonic Plates Demonstration part of Geodesy:Activities
During this demo, participants use springs and a map of the Pacific Northwest with GPS vectors to investigate the stresses and surface expression of subduction zones, specifically the Juan de Fuca plate diving beneath the North American plate.

Building Floats down I-24 in Nashville part of Videos:Video Gallery
Video shows a building floating down the flooded interstate

Debris flow event | 25 December 2003 | Devore, California part of Videos:Video Gallery
USGS Video

Geometric and Kinematic Analysis in a Sandbox part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Activities
Introduction to the concepts of geometric and kinematic analysis, using an easily assembled sandbox. Students repeat experiments to see variation. The lab also reviews structural map symbols, and involves some ...

Transform Plate Boundaries part of Videos:Video Gallery
This video discusses the characteristics of transform plate boundaries where plates slide past each other. We examine four examples of transform boundaries between plates and describe how and why short transform segments offset the oceanic ridge system throughout the world's oceans. We take a closer look at the major transform boundary in North America, the San Andreas fault system and examine what the plate boundary looks like in the Californian desert and what might happen if it were to slip like it has done in the historical past. Finally, we give you an opportunity to see if you can identify the location of a transform boundary where it cuts across part of New Zealand.

What are Volcanic Hazards? part of Videos:Video Gallery
In this video we will describe the most common types of volcanic hazards associated with a volcanic eruption. We begin by considering the threat of an eruption from a Cascade Range volcano for citizens of Portland and Seattle. These are examples of composite volcanoes. Eruptions of these types of volcanoes produce tephra, lahars, pyroclastic flows and lava. Tephra represents the debris blasted into the air and can range in size from tiny glass shards to large blocks blasted out of the volcanic cone. When tephra combines with water it forms lahars that can transport all sizes of debris. Fast moving, toxic pyroclastic flows are among the most dangerous volcanic hazards. Lava plays a relatively modest role in eruptions of composite volcanoes but is a common product of shield volcanoes such as those in Hawaii.

Video Collection part of Videos:Videos Workshop 2014
This video collection was put together as part of the 2014 virtual workshop on Designing and Using Videos in Undergraduate Geoscience Education. If you have a video you would like to add to our collection, please ...

Stats Webinar Recordings part of About this Project:National Geoscience Faculty Survey
Webinars presented by Nathan Grawe, Professor of Economics, Ada M. Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of the Social Sciences for the NAGT/Cutting Edge national baseline survey research team. Webinar 1: ...

Measuring Plate Motion with GPS: Iceland | Lessons on Plate Tectonics part of Geodesy:Activities
This lesson teaches middle and high school students to understand the architecture of GPS—from satellites to research quality stations on the ground. This is done with physical models and a presentation. Then students learn to interpret data for the station's position through time ("time series plots"). Students represent time series data as velocity vectors and add the vectors to create a total horizontal velocity vector. They apply their skills to discover that the Mid-Atlantic Ridge is rifting Iceland. They cement and expand their understanding of GPS data with an abstraction using cars and maps. Finally, they explore GPS vectors in the context of global plate tectonics.