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Discover Plate Tectonics part of Guided Inquiry Introductory Geology Labs:Activities
Angela Daneshmand, Santiago Canyon College
This is a student-centered activity for a synchronous online course where students access google slides to complete during a video conferencing session (eg. Zoom) in break out rooms. Students will be introduced to ...
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology
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Getting started with Structure from Motion (SfM) photogrammetry part of Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Teaching with Online Field Experiences:Activities
Beth Pratt-Sitaula, EarthScope
Structure from Motion (SfM) photogrammetry method uses overlapping images to create a 3D point cloud of an object or landscape. It can be applied to everything from fault scarps to landslides to topography. This ...
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Field Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy
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Paleoclimate and Ocean Biogeochemistry part of Project EDDIE:Teaching Materials:Modules
Allison Jacobel, Middlebury College
This module guides students through an examination of how surface ocean productivity relates to global climate on glacial-interglacial timescales and how the availability of ocean nutrients can be correlated with ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geography, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Atmospheric and oceanic circulation, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Resources, Ocean-Climate Interactions, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Marine, Biology:Biogeochemistry:Carbon Cycling, Nutrient Limitation and Cycling, Biology:Biogeochemistry, Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling
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Ocean currents and overflows part of Teaching Activities
Stefanie Semper, University of Bergen
We are researchers and teachers in physical oceanography. Here we provide a lesson plan including materials, to explore ocean currents and specifically "underwater waterfalls", i.e., overflows in the ...
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
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Bomb Cyclones - They're Explosive! part of Project EDDIE:Teaching Materials:Modules
Jacqui Degan, Cape Fear Community College
Storms can have devastating impacts on coastal communities. Typically, tropical storms like hurricanes get the most attention, but there are other types of storms that occur at more northern latitudes that can be ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science, Geology:Environmental Geology, Geoscience:Oceanography, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather:Hurricanes, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather
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Unit 1: Introduction to the hydrologic cycle and stakeholder analysis part of Measuring Water Resources
Bruce Douglas, Indiana University-Bloomington; Eric Small, University of Colorado at Boulder
This unit introduces the hydrological cycle to provide context for the module as a whole. It particularly focuses on those portions of the hydrological cycle that take place on land and that form the basis for ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Course Module
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geoscience:Hydrology:Snowpack and Snow Melt, Ground Water:Water cycle/groundwater-surface water interface, Unsaturated zone/recharge, Groundwater flow, Water supply/water resource evaluation, Groundwater modeling, Water and society, policy, and management, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Management and Policy, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Surface Water , Groundwater , Environmental Science:Sustainability
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Modeling Exsolution (and Perthite Formation) as an Example of Complex-System Behavior part of Complex Systems:Teaching Activities
Dave Mogk, Montana State University-Bozeman; Barb Dutrow, Louisiana State University
Students use a physical model, computer simulation, examples from the natural world, visualizations, and overarching thought experiments to explore this phenomenon. Exsolution embodies attributes of a complex ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Phase Equilibria/Thermodynamics, Reaction Kinetics/Rates, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Crystal Chemistry, Phase Equilibria/Thermodynamics, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Igneous Processes, Metamorphic Processes, Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria
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An Introduction to Seismic Interpretation Using Open Source Software (OpendTect) part of Sedimentary Geology:Sedimentology, Geomorphology, and Paleontology 2014:Activities
Jeannette Wolak Luna, Tennessee Technological University
This is a series of three lab exercises integrating seismic interpretation and sedimentary geology. Each lab uses freely available software from dGB Earth Sciences, OpendTect. The seismic volume is the F3 Block in ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Exploration Methods:Seismic refraction
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Expedition Sediments: Mud's journey through the watershed part of Teaching Activities
Jessie Turner, Old Dominion University
Expedition Sediments is a game-in-a-lesson that allows students to explore the movement of sediments through watersheds by moving around the classroom. Through a fun game, this lesson explores how grains of ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Depositional environments, Sediment Transport and Deposition, Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks
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Macro-Scale Feedbacks part of Project EDDIE:Teaching Materials:Modules
Cayelan Carey, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ; Kaitlin Farrell, University of Georgia
Environmental phenomena are often driven by multiple factors that interact across space and over time. In freshwater lakes and reservoirs worldwide, carbon cycling and subsequent carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane ...
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Freshwater, Biology:Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Ecology, Biogeochemical cycling
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