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Weekly Reflections part of Introductory Courses:Activities
This is a weekly short writing assignment that forces students to summarize materials presented in class, to reflect on their own performance and understanding of the material, and to relate it to their individual ...

Subject: Geoscience
New Pedagogic Methods: Writing: Communication Skills, Assessment, Communication Skills:Writing
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Learning About Racial Demography Using the US Census part of QuIRK:Curricular Materials:Quantitative Writing:Examples
The purpose of this activity is to give students the opportunity to learn how the US Census categorizes race and analyze racialized descriptive statistics. They will get a chance to digest the material in the Census reports, and teach it to others.

New Pedagogic Methods: Writing: Quantitative Reasoning, Communication Skills:Writing:Quantitative Writing, Communication Skills:Writing

Water Wars: A look at Gallatin Valley Water Controversies part of Public Policy:Activities
This virtual field trip explores the science and policy of a ground water dispute in Gallatin Valley Montana. The virtual field trip uses a role-playing activity to explore the geology, hydrology and policy related ...

Subject: Environmental Science:Policy:Local Policy, Environmental Decision-Making, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water and society, policy, and management, Environmental Science:Sustainability
New Pedagogic Methods: Writing: Pedagogic Methods:Other:Role Playing, Teaching in Specific Environments:Virtual Field Trips, Teaching with Data, Models, Visuals, & Technology, Communication Skills:Writing, Pedagogic Methods:Problem Solving
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Student Lead Discussions: Articles from the Literature and Final Writing Assignment part of Hurricanes-Climate Change Connection:Activities
This is a two-stage assignment. The first stage is a student-led discussion of a set of closely related articles selected by the instructors from the climate change literature. The second stage is an 8-12 page ...

Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Climate sensitivity and feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Atmospheric and oceanic circulation, Atmospheric gases, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Atmospheric circulation, Extreme weather, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather:Hurricanes, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Coastal Hazards, Environmental Science:Energy, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Hazards, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Energy, heat and temperature, Geoscience:Oceanography:Ocean-Climate Interactions
New Pedagogic Methods: Writing: Communication Skills, Special Topics:Teaching with Literature, Communication Skills:Writing
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Investigating the Rock Cycle Through Writing and Illustrating part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a quantative writing activity where students will use writing and illustrations to show their knowledge of the basic rock cycle.

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Sedimentary Geology:Weathering
New Pedagogic Methods: Writing: Communication Skills:Writing:Quantitative Writing, Communication Skills:Writing, Communication Skills

Quantitative Writing part of Teaching Resources:Quantitative Writing
Original module compiled by John C. Bean at Seattle University Enhanced by Steven A. Greenlaw with assistance from John C. Bean, Nathan Grawe, and Dean Peterson. What is Quantitative Writing? Quantitative writing ...

New Pedagogic Methods: Writing: Communication Skills:Writing:Quantitative Writing, Communication Skills:Writing, Communication Skills

Intro to Environmental Geology Writing Assignment part of Student Learning: Observing and Assessing:Activities with Rubrics
Students in an introductory environmental geology class research the Dust Bowl, analyze information and data and develop a written argument.

Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Evolution of climate and atmosphere, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Air quality:Dust and Particulates, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Air quality, Environmental Science:Air Quality:Dust and Particulates, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records
New Pedagogic Methods: Writing: Communication Skills:Writing, Communication Skills

Well structured versus Ill structured problems part of Teaching Resources:Quantitative Writing
A 'well-structured problem' yields a right answer through the application of an appropriate algorithm. Most textbook problem sets in mathematics, science, engineering, or business feature well-structured ...

New Pedagogic Methods: Writing: Communication Skills:Writing:Quantitative Writing, Communication Skills, Writing

Elements of Good Writing part of Teaching Resources:Quantitative Writing
Regardless of the type of assignment, good writing has several common elements, shown below in order of importance. Common Elements of Good Writing (adapted from Greenlaw (2005) Chapter 5) Focus - The paper should ...

New Pedagogic Methods: Writing: Communication Skills:Writing:Quantitative Writing, Communication Skills, Writing

Exploring Economic Inequality with Data part of Teaching Resources:Quantitative Writing:Examples
This set of assignments exposes students to data which can be used to analyze economic inequality in international and historical context. Then students are asked to generate a thesis-driven argument drawing supporting evidence from one or more of the data sources.

Subject: Economics
New Pedagogic Methods: Writing: Communication Skills:Writing, Communication Skills, Quantitative Reasoning, Communication Skills:Writing:Quantitative Writing