Complete List of Google Earth Activities
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- Ecosystems 1 match
- Energy 4 matches sources, supply, reserves, uses
- Water Quality and Quantity 2 matches including water resource management, water quality and water treatment
- Global Change and Climate 2 matches
- Oceans and Coastal Resources 2 matches
- Land Use and Planning 2 matches planning, zoning, sprawl issues, urban heat island
- Sustainability 2 matches
- Natural Hazards 9 matches
- Policy 2 matches
Environmental Science
Resource Type: Activities
SubjectResults 11 - 17 of 17 matches
Earthquake Epicenter Location Exercise using Google Earth and OneNote part of Geophysics:Workshop 07:Geophysics Activities
Students are provided with data from 4 seismograms which are used to plot the epicenter of an earthquake using OneNote to pick the P-S wave arrival gap and Google Earth to plot the circles which intersect at the ...
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State Electricity on Google Earth: How many Solar Panels would it Take? part of CLEAN:CLEAN Network:Teaching Materials
This activity is part of the community collection of teaching materials on climate and energy topics. These materials were submitted by faculty as part of the CLEAN Energy Workshop, held in April, 2011 and are not ...
Environmental Reconnaissance of a Salt Marsh part of Examples
This is a field and computer laboratory exercise that introduces undergraduate students, advanced high school students, and members of the general public to using Google Earth, GPS, aerial imagery, and an online ...
Weathering and mass wasting part of Geomorphology:Activities
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), ...
Usefulness of Google Earth/Wikimapia as risk predictor and damage/ resilience assessment tools part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching about Risk and Resilience:Activities
Google Earth/Wikimapia tools for risk prediction, damage and resilience assessment.
Lahar Risk Assessment part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching the Methods of Geoscience:Activities
Students act as first responders assessing Lahar risks associated with eruptions. Teacher sets an alert placemark on the Google Earth web browser plug-in and gives students X minutes to decide whether to evacuate a down-slope town. Students collaborate by text messages.
Virtual Field Trip (VFT) to the USGS Earthquake Hazard Program - Connection between Plate Boundaries and Threats to Life part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching about Risk and Resilience:Activities