Using ArcGIS to Investigate the Connection between Bedrock Geology and the Development of Ancient Egyptian Civilization
Barb Tewksbury, Hamilton College
In this assignment, students use ArcGIS (DEMs plus georeferenced geologic maps) to analyze the influence of bedrock geology on the development and extent of Ancient Egypt.

Using ArcGIS to Evaluate the Qattara Depression Solar-Hydroelectric Power Project
Barb Tewksbury, Hamilton College
Students use ArcGIS to evaluate a proposal to generate hydroelectric power by piping water from the Mediterranean and dropping it into the sub-sea level Qattara Depression.

Warm-up
Paul Price, University of Wisconsin Baraboo/Sauk County
These are questions of many types I assign on reading. They are due before class begins.

A Simple Approach to Improve Student Writing
Catherine Carlson, Eastern Connecticut State University
I demonstrate a simple approach to help students think and write scientifically/critically. The approach uses the journalistic questions of who, what, where, when, how, and why.

Pratical exercise in Marine Pollution
Marcia Bícego, Oceanographic Institute of University of São Paulo
Students collect and analyze sediment samples from a polluted estuary and report on their findings.

Venus, Earth's structural sister: Investigations using radar imagery
Vicki Hansen, University of Minnesota-Duluth
Students conduct fieldwork on Venus without leaving the lab. Concepts include basic mapping principles, remote data set interpretation, structure morphology and interaction, rheology, temporal relations, and ...

Using eJournal writing assignments to assess learning and classroom community
Ed Laine, Bowdoin College
About every two weeks I ask each student in my introductory course to write brief responses to questions I pose to them. They write these in an e-Journal, a part of the blog function of BlackBoard. My laboratory ...

Discussing Earth
Michael Kimberley, North Carolina State University
Students are invited to hour-long discussions of controversial geologic topics on Sunday afternoons. Those who attend (about half the class) submit page-long essays through Vista for comments and assessment. A ...

Article Review
Karen Bridges, Mt. San Antonio College
During the semester, students must complete two article reviews. They are required to summarize and critically evaluate a recent article pertaining to a topic in Earth Science. Articles may be chosen by the student ...