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Earth's history in 4.56 meters: constructing a timeline with calculator tape part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
Eric Baer, Highline Community College
An activity where students make a geologic timeline from calculator tape.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Historical Geology, Mathematics
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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The Floating Lithosphere - Isostasy part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
Len Vacher, University of South Florida
Students are asked to numerically and then analytically determine the relations governing the depth of compensation.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Physics, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Mathematics
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Exploring Radiometric Dating with Dice part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
Carla Whittington derived from Baer (1999) Related Links Radioactive Decay ProbabilityExponential Growth and Decay
An activity in which students use dice to explore radioactive decay and dating and make simple calculations.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Demonstration, Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Mathematics, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Radioisotopes
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Back-of-the-Envelope Calculations: Percentage of Copper in Ore part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
Barb Tewksbury, Hamilton College
Question Suppose that you are building a new house. It will take about 90 kg (198 pounds) of copper to do the electrical wiring. In order to get the copper in the first place, someone needs to mine solid rock that ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity
Subject: Mathematics, Environmental Science:Mineral Resources, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Environmental Mineralogy, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Environmental Science:Waste:Toxic and Hazardous Wastes:Metals
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Reading Topographic Maps and Calculating Map Scale part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
Leslie Kanat, Johnson State College
Use a topographic map to deliniate a watershed, draw a map bar scale, and calculate a map ratio scale.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project
Subject: Geoscience:Geology, Geography:Physical, Mathematics
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Density of rocks - How large is a ton of rock? part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
Len Vacher, University of South Florida
This module addresses the problem of how to determine the size of a ton of rocks of a given composition and invites the student to figure out how to solve the problem.

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Lab Activity
Subject: Mathematics, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Physical Properties
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Using functions in an introductory geoscience course part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
Jennifer Wenner, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
A template and two exercises (CO2 and population growth) designed to increase the graphical literacy of students in introductory geoscience and mathematics courses.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity, Activities:Classroom Activity, Problem Set
Subject: Mathematics
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Back-of-the-Envelope Calculations: Scale of the Himalayas part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
Barb Tewksbury, Hamilton College
Question Let's imagine a scale model of the Earth, and let's imagine that the Earth is the size of a basketball. Suppose that you wanted to build the Himalayas to scale on the surface of the basketball. ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology, Geography:Physical, Mathematics

The Floating Lithosphere - Isostasy part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
Len Vacher, University of South Florida
Students are asked to numerically and then analytically determine the relations governing the depth of compensation.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Physics, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Mathematics
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

The Floating Lithosphere - Eureka! part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
Len Vacher, University of South Florida
In this module, students examine Archimede's Principle in general and as it applies to Isostacy.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Physics, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Mathematics
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review