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Oceanography Virtual Field Trips part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching About Earth Online Workshop:Activities
Jennifer Nelson, Purdue University-Main Campus
Students explore online data, maps, webcams, and articles from specific US locations to understand and visualize the oceanographic phenomena of that location. Through the worksheet, students will learn to explore ...
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Activities, Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Geology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
Unit 2: Soil Characteristics and Their Relationship to Land Use Practices part of A Growing Concern
Hannah Scherer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ; Martha Murphy, Santa Rosa Junior College; Sarah Fortner, Carleton College
In a hands-on exploration, students will learn to describe and quantify the porosity and permeability of soil models representative of both agricultural and natural environments. Students will use this information ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Think-Pair-Share, Course Module, Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Demonstration, Activities:Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geoscience:Hydrology, Soils, Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Weathering/Soils:Soils, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary, Passed Peer Review
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Geology Around The World part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Pan-African Approaches to Teaching Geoscience:Activities
Christy Visaggi, Georgia State University
This is a short writing assignment given in the second semester of an introductory geology course. Students are encouraged to come up with ideas for places around the world that they wish to investigate with ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
Case Study: Erosion at Providence Canyon part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Pan-African Approaches to Teaching Geoscience:Activities
Colleen Stapleton, Mercer University
The assignment is to analyze the erosion at Providence Canyon, GA and interpret its cause(s). Students study information in the links provided and write a brief report describing the data that show that erosion ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Fluvial
Research Activities part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching About Earth Online Workshop:Activities
Mary Armour, York University
Towards the end of the course, I have students do 2 or 3 short writing pieces that look at topics that will require them to apply the concepts they have learned in class to a specific real world scenario. It is ...
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology