Hazards Exploration
Megan F Plenge, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
In this assignment, students explore likely natural hazards in different areas of the United States. They will use interactive maps to make observations and develop inferences about where natural hazards occur, ...

Geonarrative Case Studies: Surface Hazards
Megan F Plenge, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The scope and impact of land surface hazards can easily be lost to students if no real world examples are used to contextualize concepts. This activity utilizes a series of geonarratives produced by the USGS to ...

Natural Hazards & Climate Change Risks
Sarah Fortner, Carleton College
Students characterize how climate change impacts natural hazards and pose research-based solutions to the county Emergency Management Agency. Presentations require the use of local data, created figures, and ...

Unit 1: Hazards, vulnerability and risk
Brittany Brand, Boise State University; Pamela McMullin-Messier, Central Washington University; Melissa Schlegel, College of Western Idaho
Students will identify and apply credible geologic and social science data sets to identify local hazards and vulnerable groups and structures, and assess risk for their community.

Plate Tectonics: GPS Data, Boundary Zones, and Earthquake Hazards
Christopher Berg, Orange Coast College; Julie Elliott, Michigan State University; Beth Pratt-Sitaula, EarthScope
Students work with high precision GPS data to explore how motion near a plate boundary is distributed over a larger region than the boundary line on the map. This allows them to investigate how earthquake hazard ...

Unit 4: Hazards from Flooding
Kyle Gray, University of Northern Iowa
In this unit, students examine detailed hydrologic data from one river to identify ways in which precipitation and stream discharge influence flooding which often impacts nearby human societies. They also research ...

Geologic Hazards and the Built Environment
Jennifer Pickering; Bonnie Magura, ShakeAlert; Shelley Olds, UNAVCO
Collaborative, research-based activity of varying lengths. Main outcome is to identify potential vulnerabilities in the built environment and possible solutions.

Earthquake Hazards: The next big one?
John Taber, EarthScope Consortium
In this activity, students explore of the concept of probability and the distribution of earthquake sizes, and then work to understand how earthquake hazards are described by probabilities. Students then work in ...

Earthquake Hazards Around You
Kelli Wakefield, Mesa Community College; Kelli Wakelin, Mesa Community College
Students chose a room where they spend a significant amount of time. Next, they assess the room for earthquake hazards, create a map depicting where these hazards are located, and finally, describe what would ...

Natural Hazards Term Project
Michael Phillips, Illinois Valley Community College
Students apply the concepts learned in the class by preparing two (2) term projects discussing two natural hazards and how they impact the area where the student lives (or an area the student might like to live in).