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River of the Dammed
Kallina Dunkle, Austin Peay State University
This activity is designed to engage students in an active debate about land use and planning, human populations, ecosystems, and sustainability by assigning every student to a "community" along a ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Human Population, Ecosystems, Environmental Science, Land Use and Planning, Sustainability
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A River Runs Through It: an exploration in land use and water resource management
Robin Humphreys, College of Charleston
This is an in-class activity where students learn about the interconnectedness of land use, water quality, and water resource management. Students are assigned a river front parcel of land to develop, unaware that ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Sustainability, Water Quality and Quantity, Land Use and Planning, Environmental Science
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Watershed area and discharge relationships
Steven Petsch, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Students use USGS WaterData website to find data on area, average annual discharge and response to high-precip events in small watersheds in southern New England. Data for the class are compiled to generate graphs ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water and society, policy, and management, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water cycle/groundwater-surface water interface, Environmental Science
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independent soil investigation project
Stephanie Ewing, Montana State University-Bozeman
Students demonstrate their skill in soils investigation and interpretation through independent projects undertaken in groups of one to three and presented in class using visual aids.

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment, Field Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Soils:Profile Description/Morphology, Soil Genesis, Critical Zone Processes, Classification, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Geochemical Analysis, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry, Geoscience:Soils, Biology:Biogeochemistry:Carbon Cycling, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Environmental Science, Sustainability, Land Use and Planning, Biology:Biogeochemistry, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Reaction Kinetics/Rates, Geoscience:Soils:Soil Maps

Soils as Construction Materials
Douglas Kowalewski, Worcester State University
This geotechnical project will introduce you with the concept of using soils as construction materials.This project involves characterizing soils using various laboratory analyses and applying the Unified Soil ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Soils:Soil Maps, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning, Geoscience:Soils, Soils:Classification, Environmental Science

Public Information Campaign: Soil Erosion, Conservation, and Watershed Health
Kathryn Szramek, Drake University
Students in groups of two create a 4-minute educational video, brochure, and poster on an aspect of soil erosion, soil conservation, and/or watershed health for agricultural regions within the midwestern states. ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project
Subject: Geoscience:Soils:Soil Maps, Critical Zone Processes, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water, Geoscience:Soils, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning, Environmental Science, Ecosystems, Sustainability, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water and society, policy, and management, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity

An integrated view of the Glendale Landscape
Kaye Savage, Wofford College
Students work in groups to develop posters that communicate their concept of landscape following several field labs (soils, sediment analysis, river discharge, vegetation survey, aquatic life) at one location. They ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Project, Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Soils:Profile Description/Morphology, Geoscience:Soils, Hydrology:Ground Water, Ground Water:Water and society, policy, and management, Water quality/chemistry , Field methods in hydrogeology, Biology:Biogeochemistry:Carbon Cycling, Biology:Biogeochemistry, Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Environmental Science, Human Population, Land Use and Planning, Water Quality and Quantity, Energy, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water cycle/groundwater-surface water interface, Geoscience:Soils:Soil Genesis
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Investigating contaminant transport and environmental justice issues in a local watershed through service learning projects with Sierra Club
Jennifer Houghton, Rhodes College
Students will be applying hydrogeology concepts and methods in the lab and the field and conducting interviews as part of a coherent characterization of water quality issues and potential risks in local low-income, ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project:Service Learning, Activities:Project
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water quality/chemistry , Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water: Field methods in hydrogeology, Water and society, policy, and management, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Quality/Chemistry , Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Ethics/Values, Local Policy

Selecting Sites for Renewable Energy Projects
Glenn Richard, SUNY at Stony Brook
Students use Google Earth to investigate appropriate locations for a variety of renewable energy projects in the United States. These include projects that use solar energy, bioenergy, hydroelectricity, tidal power, wind energy, wave energy, and geothermal energy.

Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Decision-Making, Geography:Geospatial, Human/Cultural, Environmental Science:Energy:Renewable & Alternative Energy, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning
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Floods on the Minnesota River
Ben Laabs, North Dakota State University-Main Campus
Students download and manipulate data from historical floods on the Minnesota River (could be done for any river) and use to establish a flood hazard zone for St. Peter, Minnesota. This lab was developed by ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Floods/Fluvial Processes, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Surface Water
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