Tools and Methods in Environmental Science: Ice Cores
Penny Rowe, NorthWest Research Associates
Students gain experience with tools and methods of Environmental science through exploring the paleoclimate record using ice cores as climate proxies. They learn what causes natural climate change and how it is ...

Climate Change: Past & Present, Local & Global
Cheryl Manning, OrbWeaver Consulting, LLC; Rondi Davies, CUNY Queensborough Community College
Average inquiry level: Guided inquiry In this laboratory exercise for introductory geology or environmental science courses, students use data to examine climate change in their local environment. They compare ...

Unit 1: The Food-Energy-Water Connection
Richard D. Schulterbrandt Gragg III, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University; John Warford, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University; Cynthia Hewitt, Morehouse College; Akin Akinyemi, Florida State University; Cheryl Young, Heritage University
This unit is designed to function as three days of instruction in an introductory urban planning, environmental science/studies or public health course.

Offshore wind or offshore oil?
Noah Snyder, Boston College
An introductory environmental science project tasking students with comparing offshore oil and wind power development.

Nutrient Loading Module
This module was initially developed by Castendyk, D.N., T. Meixner, and C.A. Gibson. 6 June 2015. Project EDDIE: Nutrient Loading. Project EDDIE Module 7, Version 1. Module development was supported by NSF DEB 1245707.
Estimating nutrient loads is a critical concept for students studying water quality in a variety of environmental settings. Many STEM/Environmental science students will be asked to assess the impacts of a proposed anthropogenic activities on human water resources and/or ecosystems as part of their future careers. This module engages students in exploring factors contributing to the actual loads of nitrogen that are transmitted down streams. Nitrogen is a key water quality contaminant contributing to surface water quality issues in fresh, salt, and estuarine environments. Students will utilize real-time nitrate data from the US Geological Survey to calculate nitrate loads for several locations and investigate the interplay of concentration and discharge that contributes to calculated loads.

Integration of Service Learning in Online Geoscience Courses
Jennifer Nelson, Purdue University-Main Campus
Students in our online, introductory geoscience courses are given the opportunity to participate in an environmental service learning project, led by the Center for Earth and Environmental Science (cees.iupui.edu), ...

Structure Field Trip to Whaleback Anticline in Eastern PA
David Steer, Department of Geology and Environmental Science at The University of Akron This field trip was designed for an undergraduate structural geology class and additional geology & environmental science ...

Hydrogeology Field Investigation at the Confluence of the Snake River and Deer Creek
Annabelle Foos, The University of Akron
Annabelle Foos Geology and Environmental Science Department The University of Akron Akron Ohio 44325-4101 Intended Audience: Undergraduate students with majors in geoscience, environmental science, biology, or ...

James Madison University Ireland Field Course
Steven J. Whitmeyer and L. Scott Eaton James Madison University, Dept. of Geology and Environmental Science Course URL: https://www.jmu.edu/global/abroad/programs/jmu-ireland-geology.shtml Course Type: Field ...

The Sustainability Triangle: How Do We Apply Science to Decision Making?
Brian Naasz, Pacific Lutheran University
This writing assignment uses the "Sustainable Development Triangle" as a framework to critically evaluate an environmental issue of the student's choice. This learning activity provides an opportunity for an introductory chemistry student to use the sustainability's "Triple Bottom Line" as a tool to use material learned in the classroom to look at how environmental science helps inform economic and social/cultural factors in the development of sustainable solutions to our environmental challenges.