Orders of Magnitude in the Earth sciences part of Math You Need - Majors:Orders of Magnitude
This module is undergoing classroom implementation with the Math Your Earth Science Majors Need project. The module is available for public use, but it will likely be revised after classroom testing. An ...

Calculating Uncertainty in the Earth Sciences part of Math You Need - Majors:Calculating Uncertainty
This module is undergoing classroom implementation with the Math Your Earth Science Majors Need project. The module is available for public use, but it will likely be revised after classroom testing. Why Do We ...

How Do I Calculate a Linear Regression? Finding Relationships between Variables in the Earth Sciences part of Math You Need - Majors:Linear Regression
This module is available for public use, but it is undergoing revision after classroom implementation with the Math You Need project. We will use a data set with paired variables (where every value for one ...

Exponential Equations – Practice Problems part of Math You Need - Majors:Exponential Equations
Solving Earth Science Problems with Exponential Growth and Decay Exponential growth × Problem 1. Cyanobacteria, a group of photosynthetic bacteria, have a rapid growth rate that can lead to quickly ...

Introductory Statistics: Practice Problems part of Math You Need - Majors:Introductory Statistics
Solving Earth Science Problems with Mean, Median, Mode, and Standard Deviation This module is available for public use, but it is undergoing revision after classroom implementation with the Math You Need project. ...

How Do I Use Ternary Diagrams? Depicting Three-Component Systems in the Earth Sciences part of Math You Need - Majors:Ternary Diagrams
Ternary Diagrams are also known as: Points that plot at one apex of a triangle, like the blue point labeled "Pixie Sticks," indicate that the sample is made up of 100% of a single component (in the case ...

Ternary Diagrams: Practice Problems Solving Earth Science Problems with Ternary Diagrams part of Math You Need - Majors:Ternary Diagrams
Plotting Data on Ternary Diagrams Sedimentology: Sediment classification Sedimentologists have their own classification scheme for sediments that is based on grain size, called the Shepherd Classification (shown ...

Scientific Notation Managing Really Big and Really Small Numbers in the Earth Sciences part of Math You Need - Majors:Scientific Notation
An Introduction to Scientific Notation Key Terms In 4.54 x 109, the number 4.54 is the coefficient. The coefficient can be any real number, positive or negative, but generally we write coefficients only between 1 ...

Scientific Notation: Practice Problems part of Math You Need - Majors:Scientific Notation
Solving Earth Science Problems with Scientific Notation × Introductory problems These problems cover the fundamentals of writing scientific notation and using it to understand the relative size of values and ...

How do I create and interpret histograms? Binning data for analysis in the Earth sciences part of Math You Need - Majors:Histograms
This module is available for public use, but it is undergoing revision after classroom implementation with the Math Your Earth Science Majors Need project. Jump to: Using histograms/ Creating histograms / Bin size ...