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A Kinesthetic Demonstration for Locating Earthquake Epicenters part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
John Keyantash, California State University-Dominguez Hills
A kinesthetic activity for students to understand the technique for locating the epicenter of an earthquake. It is performed indoors and outdoors in three lessons.

Grade Level: Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Field Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Student-centered Experiments on Earthquake Occurrence Using the Seismic/Eruption Program part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
Jeffrey Barker, SUNY at Binghamton
Students select their own region of interest and interrogate the earthquake catalog to obtain quantitative data on the rate of occurrence of earthquakes of various magnitudes within their chosen region.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Build Your Own Stream Table part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
Benjamin Frieen
Students will build a stream table and understand the importance of streams and rivers to the hydrologic cycle. A suite of labs can be done using the stream table, but each can also be a stand-alone exercise.

Grade Level: Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology, Education

Urban Planning 101: Map Appreciation part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
Jill Baumtrog
This is a synthesis activity, providing closure to river and/or map units. Students will begin by looking at a series of maps, including 3D maps. They will brainstorm ways the natural world may interact with humans ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Activities:Project, Classroom Activity, Audio/Visual:Maps
Subject: Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning, Geoscience:Geology, Geography:Physical

A River Through Time: Managing the Upper Mississippi River part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
Kent Kirkby, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Students explore river processes by following the Army Corps of Engineers' historic efforts to 'improve' the Mississippi River channel for navigation. Students design a river management scheme of ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Earth System Science Project part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
Sandra Rutherford, Eastern Michigan University
An Earth System Project shows the interaction between the Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, and Biosphere. The project is fully described with ready-to-copy materials, including student handouts in table form and ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology

VEPP: A guided inquiry - Three months in the life of a volcano part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Volcano Exploration Project: Pu`u `O`o:Examples
Jennifer Thomson, Eastern Washington University
This is an exercise that is in development and has not yet been fully tested in the classroom. Please check back regularly for updates and changes. This guided inquiry will investigate the three month phase of ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Volcanoes, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Volcanism
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

VEPP: Part 1: Volcanic Hazards and Risk; Part 2: Monitoring an Active Volcano part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Volcano Exploration Project: Pu`u `O`o:Examples
Brittany Brand, Boise State University
Please contact the author if you have questions, concerns or suggestions. This is an applied in-class exercise designed to have students evaluate monitoring data. The students, broken into groups of 4, will ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Volcanism, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Volcanoes, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Volcanology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

VEPP: Determining the relationship between the summit and Pu'u 'O'o on Kilauea part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Volcano Exploration Project: Pu`u `O`o:Examples
Karen Kortz, Community College of Rhode Island
This is an exercise that is in development and will not be fully tested until Fall 2010. Please check back regularly for updates and changes. Brief three-line description of the activity or assignment and its ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Volcanology, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Volcanoes
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Roadside and Engineering Geology of Auke Bay, Juneau, Alaska : part of NAGT:Our Work:Past Projects:Teaching in the Field:Field Trip Collection
Cathy Connor, University of Alaska Southeast Intended Audience: Introductory Physical Geology for majors and non-majors. Location: Auke Bay, Juneau, Alaska. Show Daily Itinerary HideThis trip has 6 stops (more ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person, Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Virtual Field Trip, Field Activity, Field Activity:Field laboratories
Subject: Geoscience:Geology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Collection This activity is part of the On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Teaching Activities collection.
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