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Surface Feature Identification part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching About Earth Online Workshop:Activities
Katherine Ocker Stone, Walters State Community College
Students are provided the latitude and longitude of various locations and asked to identify the river stage or surface water deposition/erosional feature.
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Activities, Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Fluvial
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
Transport of heavy metals in the Clark Fork River part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching the Methods of Geoscience:Activities
Kathleen Harper, The University of Montana-Missoula
This is an activity about transport of sediment contaminated by copper, arsenic, and other heavy metals that was deposited into the Clark Fork River channel as the result of historical mining activity. The Clark Fork River between Butte and Milltown, Montana has been the focus of several large superfund projects designed to address the impacts of this legacy of mining in the watershed. This activity is used in an introductory physical geology lab (primarily non-majors) with students who may have limited experience working with quantitative analysis and analyzing graphs.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sediment Transport and Deposition, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Modeling/Physical Experiments, Environmental Science:Waste:Toxic and Hazardous Wastes, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Quality/Chemistry , Environmental Science:Mineral Resources:Mining
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
Accuracy, Precision, and Topographic Data part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching the Methods of Geoscience:Activities
Scott Linneman, Western Washington University
This jigsaw style exercise challenges new geomorphology students to collect topographic data and analyze its accuracy and precision.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Activities, Field Activity, Classroom Activity:Jigsaw
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:GIS/Mapping/Field Techniques
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
GigaPan-based Exploration of Glaciers, Glaciogenic Landforms, Sediments, and Sedimentary rocks part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching About Earth Online Workshop:Activities
Callan Bentley, Piedmont Virginia Community College
This is a web-based exploration of GigaPan imagery that examines photographic imagery of glacial geomorphology, glaciogenic sediments, glaciogenic sedimentary rocks, topographic maps of both continental and alpine ...
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Glacial/Periglacial
Lahar Risk Assessment part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching the Methods of Geoscience:Activities
Declan De Paor, Old Dominion University
Students act as first responders assessing Lahar risks associated with eruptions. Teacher sets an alert placemark on the Google Earth web browser plug-in and gives students X minutes to decide whether to evacuate a down-slope town. Students collaborate by text messages.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Lab Activity, Computer Applications
Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Volcanism, Mass Wasting, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Mass Movement, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Floods/Fluvial Processes
Measuring the Campus Green part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching the Methods of Geoscience:Activities
Paul Vincent, Valdosta State University
Students use basic tools to measure the size of one-quarter acre.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Activities, Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:GIS/Mapping/Field Techniques