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Spreadsheet Warm Up for SSAC Geology of National Parks Modules, 2: Elementary Spreadsheet Manipulations and Graphing Tasks part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
Denise Davis, University of South Florida
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum/Geology of National Parks module. The second of two tutorials. Focuses on modifying spreadsheets (e.g., copy/paste, insert, sort) and creating and modifying graphs.
Excel Skills: Graphs and Charts:XY Scatterplot, Pie Chart, Bar Graph, Line Graph, Other Manipulations and Functions:Data/Sort
Subject: Earth & Space Science
What are the Winds Blowing into Mammoth Cave? part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
Module by: Dorien K. McGee, University of South Florida
Bobby Carson and Jonathan Jernigan, Mammoth Cave National Park
Cover Page by: Len Vacher and Amie O. West, University of South Florida
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum/Geology of National Parks module. Students estimate the net volume of pollutants flowing into the Houchin's Narrows entrance of Mammoth Cave using actual air-flow and air-quality data from the park.
A Percentage Stroll through Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
Denise Davis, University of South Florida; Len Vacher, University of South Florida
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module/Geology of National Parks course. Students calculate percentages and percent differences to compare various measures of fumaroles, mud pots, hot springs and geysers in this introduction to hydrothermal features at Yellowstone NP.
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic:Percent (format), Simple Formulas, Basic Arithmetic
Subject: Earth & Space Science:Geology:Earthquakes & Volcanoes, Earth & Space Science:Geology, Earth & Space Science, Environmental Science:Resource Use & Consequences, Sustainability, Environmental Science
Shifting Sands: Quantifying Shoreline and Dune Migration at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
Denise Davis, University of South Florida; Len Vacher, University of South Florida
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module/Geology of National Parks course. Students use weighted averages and data from air photos from 1939 to 2005 to calculate the rate of retreat of the shoreline and the advance of the front of dunes along the shoreline.
Excel Skills: Statistical Functions:One array:AVERAGE
Subject: Earth & Space Science:Geology, Earth & Space Science, Environmental Science:Resource Use & Consequences:Land Use & Planning, Oceans & Coastal Resources, Environmental Science:Resource Use & Consequences, Environmental Science
Dunes, Boxcars, and Ball Jars: Mining the Great Lakes Shores part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
Denise Davis, University of South Florida; Len Vacher, University of South Florida
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module/Geology of National Parks course. Students estimate the volume of sand in Hoosier Slide, a large dome-shaped dune quarried away in the 1920s from what is now Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. They also estimate the number of boxcars to carry the sand, and the number of Ball jars produced from it.
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic:Simple Formulas, Nested Formulas, Basic Arithmetic, Angles and Trig Functions:PI, Angles and Trig Functions
Subject: Earth & Space Science:Geology:Rocks & Minerals, Earth & Space Science:Geology, Earth & Space Science, Environmental Science:Resource Use & Consequences:Mineral Resources, Oceans & Coastal Resources, Environmental Science:Resource Use & Consequences, Environmental Science
Yellowstone! A National Park on a Hot Spot part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
Judy McIlrath, University of South Florida; Denise Davis, University of South Florida; Len Vacher, University of South Florida
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module/Geology of National Parks course. Students use foundational math to study the velocity of the North American Plate over the hot spot, the volume of eruptive materials from it, and the recurrence interval of the cataclysmic eruptions.
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic:Simple Formulas
Subject: Earth & Space Science:Geology:Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes & Volcanoes, Earth & Space Science:Geology, Earth & Space Science, Environmental Science:Ecosystem Monitoring, Natural Hazards, Environmental Science
Mined-Over Matter: Remembering Copper Mining at Keweenaw National Historic Park, Upper Peninsula Michigan part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
Judy McIlrath, University of South Florida; Len Vacher, University of South Florida; Denise Davis, University of South Florida
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum/Geology of National Parks module. Students calculate the amount of rock removed and the value of copper produced at the great Keweenaw District up to 1925.
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic:Percent (format), Simple Formulas, Basic Arithmetic
Subject: Earth & Space Science:Geology:Rocks & Minerals, Earth & Space Science:Geology, Earth & Space Science, Environmental Science:Resource Use & Consequences, Environmental Science
Flood Days and Good Canoeing Days at Congaree National Park part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
; Len Vacher, University of South Florida
SSAC Geology of National Parks module/Geology of National Parks course. Students calculate probabilities using USGS hydrograph data, a spreadsheet of daily stage heights, and the COUNTIF function.
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic:Simple Formulas, Basic Arithmetic, Logic Functions:COUNTIF, Logic Functions
Subject: Earth & Space Science:Ground & Surface Water, Earth & Space Science, Environmental Science:Resource Use & Consequences:Water Quality & Quantity, Environmental Science:Resource Use & Consequences, Environmental Science
How Much Water Is In Crater Lake? part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
Heather Lehto, Department of Geology, University of South Florida
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module/Geology of National Parks course. Students calculate an answer from a bathymetric map by summing volumes of vertical prisms.
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic:Arithmetic Functions:SUM, Basic Arithmetic:Arithmetic Functions, Simple Formulas, Basic Arithmetic, Other Elementary Math Functions:ABS, Other Elementary Math Functions
Subject: Earth & Space Science:Processes that Shape Earth's Surface, Ground & Surface Water, Geology:Earthquakes & Volcanoes, Earth & Space Science:Geology, Earth & Space Science, Environmental Science:Resource Use & Consequences:Water Quality & Quantity, Environmental Science
What is the Discharge of the Congaree River at Congaree National Park? part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
Denise Davis, University of South Florida
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module/Geology of National Parks course. Students use a rating curve to determine discharge at various stage heights.
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic, Other Elementary Math Functions:LOG, LOG10, Graphs and Charts:XY Scatterplot:Trendlines, Log Scale, Graphs and Charts:XY Scatterplot
Subject: Earth & Space Science:Ground & Surface Water, Geology, Environmental Science:Ecosystem Monitoring, Natural Hazards, Resource Use & Consequences:Land Use & Planning, Environmental Science

