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Glacier (?) National Park part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
Judy McIlrath, University of South Florida
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum/Geology of National Parks module. Students examine data about the disappearing glaciers in the park; after calculating percentage change in the number of glaciers from 1850 to 2000, they interpolate to estimate when Grinnell glacier will be gone.
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic:Simple Formulas
Subject: Environmental Science, Earth & Space Science:Atmospheric & Climate Science:Climate Change, Earth & Space Science:Geology, Atmospheric & Climate Science, Environmental Science:Global Change & Climate, Earth & Space Science
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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
Module by: Dorien McGee, Meghan Lindsay, Len Vacher, University of South Florida
Cover Page by: Len Vacher and 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: Other Manipulations and Functions:Data/Sort, Graphs and Charts:XY Scatterplot, Pie Chart, Bar Graph, Line Graph
Subject: Earth & Space Science
Nitrate Levels in the Rock Creek Park Watershed, Washington DC, 1: Measures of Central Tendency part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
Module by: Mark C. Rains and Len Vacher, University of South Florida
Marian Norris, National Parks Service, Center for Urban Ecology
Cover Page by: Len Vacher and Denise Davis, University of South Florida
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module/Geology of National Parks course. Students examine the histogram of a positively skewed data set and calculate its mean, median and mode.
Excel Skills: Graphs and Charts, Statistical Functions:One array:MEDIAN, Graphs and Charts:XY Scatterplot:Multiple Plots, Graphs and Charts:XY Scatterplot, Statistical Functions, One array, One array:AVERAGE, MODE
Subject: Environmental Science:Ecosystem Monitoring, Earth & Space Science, Environmental Science:Resource Use & Consequences:Water Quality & Quantity, Earth & Space Science:Ground & Surface Water, Environmental Science, Human Populations, Resource Use & Consequences
Something is Askew at Mammoth Cave National Park part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
Module by: Amie O. West, University of South Florida
Cover Page by: Amie O. West, University of South Florida
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum/Geology of National Parks module. Students use the geometric mean and multiplicative standard deviation to examine the right-skewed distribution of nutrient concentrations in water-quality data at Mammoth Cave National Park.
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic, Statistical Functions:One array:AVERAGE, Other Elementary Math Functions:LOG, LOG10, Statistical Functions:One array:MEDIAN, GEOMEAN, HARMEAN, STDEV, STDEVP, etc, Statistical Functions, Logic Functions, IF
Subject: Earth & Space Science:Ground & Surface Water, Environmental Science:Resource Use & Consequences:Water Quality & Quantity, 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.
Just How Faithful is Old Faithful? Finding Order in Random Behavior part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
Module by: Tom Juster, University of South Florida
Cover Page by: Len Vacher and Denise Davis, University of South Florida
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum/Geology of National Parks Collection. Students create a histogram to examine the time between geyser eruptions of Old Faithful, Yellowstone National Park.
Excel Skills: Graphs and Charts, Statistical Functions:One array:COUNT, COUNTA, MAX, MIN, etc, Statistical Functions:One array, Statistical Functions
Subject: Environmental Science:Resource Use & Consequences:Land Use & Planning, Earth & Space Science:Geology:Earthquakes & Volcanoes, Earth & Space Science:Processes that Shape Earth's Surface, Earth & Space Science, Geology, Environmental Science:Resource Use & Consequences, Energy, Environmental Science, Natural Hazards
Deciviews from Look Rock, Great Smoky Mountains National Park: How Hazy is it? part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
, University of South Florida
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum/Geology of National Parks module. Students calculate the haze index and standard visual range from concentrations of particulate matter.
Excel Skills: Other Elementary Math Functions:LOG, LOG10, LN, EXP, Basic Arithmetic, Simple Formulas, Other Elementary Math Functions
Subject: Environmental Science:Resource Use & Consequences, Earth & Space Science, Atmospheric & Climate Science, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Resource Use & Consequences:Air Quality, Environmental Science
Comparing Stream Discharge in Two Watersheds in Glacier National Park part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
Module by: Mark Rains, University of South Florida
Cover Page by: Len Vacher and Denise Davis, University of South Florida
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module/Geology of National Parks course. Students study how discharge per unit area varies with elevation in the high country of Glacier National Park from USGS hydrograph data from Swiftcurrent Creek and its tributary Grinnell Creek..
Excel Skills: Basic Arithmetic:Percent (format), Statistical Functions, One array:AVERAGE, Statistical Functions:One array, Basic Arithmetic, Simple Formulas
Subject: Environmental Science, Earth & Space Science, Ground & Surface Water, Environmental Science:Resource Use & Consequences, Resource Use & Consequences:Water Quality & Quantity
A Percentage Stroll through Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
Module by: Tom Juster, University of South Florida
Cover Page by: Len Vacher and Denise Davis, 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:Simple Formulas, Percent (format), Basic Arithmetic
Subject: Environmental Science:Resource Use & Consequences, Earth & Space Science, Environmental Science, Sustainability, Earth & Space Science:Geology:Earthquakes & Volcanoes, Earth & Space Science:Geology
Shifting Sands: Quantifying Shoreline and Dune Migration at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners::Examples
Module by: Mark Horwitz, University of South Florida
Cover Page by: Len Vacher and Denise Davis, 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, Environmental Science, Resource Use & Consequences:Land Use & Planning, Environmental Science:Resource Use & Consequences, Resource Use & Consequences:Oceans & Coastal Resources