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Understanding Doppler radar radial velocity fields part of Library:Spatial Reasoning with GeoClick Questions:Examples
This activity is designed to help students learn how to interpret Doppler radial velocity radar images with meteorological applications, as well as giving students a chance to practice their spatial skills.
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Correlation part of Library:Spatial Reasoning with GeoClick Questions:Examples
× Formative assessment questions using a classroom response system ("clickers") can be used to reveal students' spatial understanding. Students are shown this diagram and told, "Fossils ...
Predicting Regional Air Pressure Condition part of Library:Spatial Reasoning with GeoClick Questions:Examples
GeoClick: reading the Michel Levy Color chart part of Library:Spatial Reasoning with GeoClick Questions:Examples
Drawing Contour Lines part of Library:Spatial Reasoning with GeoClick Questions:Examples
A Quantitative Visualization of Mantle Melting part of Library:Spatial Reasoning with GeoClick Questions:Examples
Here is an exercise to acquaint students with pressure-temperature diagrams related to Earth's interior, teach why the mantle melts in the context of pressure and temperature, demonstrate the role water has on melting, and review the three ways to melt the mantle.
Magnetic Reversals at Divergent Plate Boundaries part of Library:Spatial Reasoning with GeoClick Questions:Examples
× Formative assessment questions using a classroom response system ("clickers") can be used to reveal students' spatial understanding. Students are shown this diagram and given the prompt: ...
Alpine Glaciers part of Library:Spatial Reasoning with GeoClick Questions:Examples
× Formative assessment questions using a classroom response system ("clickers") can be used to reveal students' spatial understanding. Students are shown this diagram and told to "If more ...
GeoClick: Sedimentary Environments part of Library:Spatial Reasoning with GeoClick Questions:Examples
Students apply their understanding of sedimentary rocks and sediment characteristics to identify where rocks may be forming using a simplified cross-section of a landscape from mountain to sea.
Subduction Zone part of Library:Spatial Reasoning with GeoClick Questions:Examples
× Formative assessment questions using a classroom response system ("clickers") can be used to reveal students' spatial understanding. Students are shown this diagram and instructed to ...
Confined Aquifer part of Library:Spatial Reasoning with GeoClick Questions:Examples
× Formative assessment questions using a classroom response system ("clickers") can be used to reveal students' spatial understanding. Students are shown these diagrams and instructed to ...
Faults part of Library:Spatial Reasoning with GeoClick Questions:Examples
× Formative assessment questions using a classroom response system ("clickers") can be used to reveal students' spatial understanding. Students are shown this diagram and prompted to "If ...
Spatial Reasoning with GeoClick Questions part of Library:Spatial Reasoning with GeoClick Questions
Nicole D. LaDue, Northern Illinois University Thomas F. Shipley, Temple University What are GeoClick Questions? GeoClick questions are conceptual, open-ended questions using geoscience images that engage students ...
Locating self on a map or aerial image part of Library:Spatial Reasoning with GeoClick Questions:Examples
Students are shown a map or aerial image of a familiar area and asked to click on their location or on a feature with which they would be familiar.
Where is that feature on a map? part of Library:Spatial Reasoning with GeoClick Questions:Examples
To help ensure students understand where the features mentioned in class are located, students are shown a map or aerial image of a location that will be discussed and asked to click on the location. The results are displayed with points or as a heat map at the front of the class and then discussed.