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Weathering and mass wasting
Jordan Clayton, Georgia State University
This class exercise is an opportunity for students to apply textbook information about weathering and mass wasting to local and nationally-recognized surface features, such as Stone Mountain (GA), Half Dome (CA), ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes, Landforms/Processes:Mass Movement, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Weathering/Soils, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Mass Wasting, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Hillslopes

Atmospheric methyl chloroform: a leaky water tank example
Bob Mackay, Clark College
Atmospheric methyl chloroform concentration is modeled as an extension of the generic water tank structure. Simulated and observed concentrations are used to estimate the global atmospheric lifetime of methyl ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Problem Set, Lab Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Air Quality:Pollutants, Environmental Science, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Air quality:Pollutants, Environmental Science:Air Quality

Faint Young Sun, Radiocarbon dating
Mea Cook, Williams College
This problem set follows lectures and readings on (1) the Stefan-Boltzmann equation and the greenhouse effect in an n-layer atmosphere and (2) radiometric dating. The goal is for the students to apply equations ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Historical Geology, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Greenhouse effect, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Greenhouse effect

Petroleum Use Jigsaw Activity/Homework
Wendy Calvin, University of Nevada-Reno
Students get one of 3 homework assignments. They then gather in groups, one that has completed each homework to answer questions as a group. The exercises estimate current oil usage, reserves, and amounts available ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Jigsaw, Activities:Problem Set
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels, Environmental Science:Energy, Policy:Energy Policy, Environmental Science:Energy:Energy Policy

Pollution control and hydrologic Modeling
Eugenio Arima, Hobart William Smith Colleges
Eugenio Y. Arima, Hobart and William Smith Colleges Summary This assignment will introduce students to surface hydrologic modeling in GIS and derived products such as stream power and wetness indices. Context Type ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Contaminant hydrology, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Point Source Pollution, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Quality/Chemistry

Green Landscape and Environmental Policy
Stephanie Freeman, Alabama A & M University
Develop lectures that discuss environmental policy and horticulture practices in communities. Create classroom activities that incorporate green landscape design practices in residential areas. These classroom ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Writing Assignment, Classroom Activity, Project:Service Learning, Activities:Lab Activity, Field Activity, Project
Subject: Biology, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Land Use and Planning, Sustainability, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water

Incorporating Information Literacy into Climate Change Teaching
Lura Joseph, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
This module contains 10 topics related to finding and evaluating scientific information related to climate change. The skills learned are transferable to any subject area. Each topic includes exercises.

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Problem Set, Lab Activity, Writing Assignment, Project
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Environmental Science:Policy
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Soil analysis for the community garden
Kevin Svitana, Otterbein College
Kevin Svitana, Otterbein University, Westerville, OH Summary Otterbein is in the process of developing a community garden on its newly opened Equestrian Science facility. This facility was a former industrial ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture, Geoscience:Soils:Chemistry and Mineralogy, Soil Maps

Transform Boundary Investigation
Jacqueline Reber, Iowa State University
Students will conduct experiments (or watch videos of the experiment in the online version) to measure interseismic intervals and offset during slip on simple block models. They will compare their findings with ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes

Changes along Fountain Creek, Colorado (1989-2006)
William Ouimet, University of Connecticut
This assignment examines a rapidly changing alluvial river in Colorado. Students produce a map depicting these changes through the use of repeat air photos and then quantify the rates of change through time. Along ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Lab Activity, Project
Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Floods/Fluvial Processes, Geoscience:Hydrology