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Understanding Doppler radar radial velocity fields part of Pedagogy in Action:Library:Spatial Reasoning with GeoClick Questions:Examples
Aryeh Drager, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
This activity is designed to help students learn how to interpret Doppler radial velocity radar images with meteorological applications, as well as giving students a chance to practice their spatial skills.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Clicker Question
Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Predicting Regional Air Pressure Condition part of Pedagogy in Action:Library:Spatial Reasoning with GeoClick Questions:Examples
Susan Meabh Kelly, Connecticut State Department of Education

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Clicker Question
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Mapping Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise at Point Reyes National Seashore part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Geology of National Parks:Examples
, University of South Florida
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum/Geology of National Parks module. Students work with a color-coded conditional-formatted spreadsheet map to work through a USGS report applying a coastal vulnerability index.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience, Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Sea Level Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Lab Activity: Earth's Energy Budget and the Greenhouse Effect part of Process of Science:Examples
Dave Dempsey, San Francisco State University
"Earth's Energy Budget and the Greenhouse Effect" is a lab activity in which students use computers and scientific applications software to access, display, describe, analyze, and interpret global, climate-related data sets related to the earth's energy budget and the greenhouse effect.

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

What are the Winds Blowing into Mammoth Cave? part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Geology of National Parks:Examples
Module by: Dorien K. McGee, University of South Florida Bobby Carson and Jonathan Jernigan, Mammoth Cave National Park Cover Page by: Len Vacher and Amie O. West, University of South Florida
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum/Geology of National Parks module. Students estimate the net volume of pollutants flowing into the Houchin's Narrows entrance of Mammoth Cave using actual air-flow and air-quality data from the park.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Within Rock, Geoscience, Geology, Biology:Ecology:Habitats, Biology:Ecology, Environmental Science, Air Quality, Air Quality:Pollutants, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Air quality, Air quality:Pollutants, Mathematics
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Deciviews from Look Rock, Great Smoky Mountains National Park: How Hazy is it? part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Geology of National Parks:Examples
, University of South Florida
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum/Geology of National Parks module. Students calculate the haze index and standard visual range from concentrations of particulate matter.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Air quality, Geoscience, Environmental Science:Air Quality
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

The Effect of Acid Rain on Seed Growth part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Karen Sabatke Kellogg Middle School Rochester MN based on an activity from GEMS - Acid Rain
This activity is an in class lab where students will compare different acid solutions on seed germination and growth.

Grade Level: Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Air Quality:Acid Rain, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Air quality:Acid Rain, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Air quality

Scientific logic: An application to meteorological observations part of Process of Science:Examples
Dave Dempsey, San Francisco State University
A sample question/problem in which students are asked to apply the logic of scientific evidence to statements about weather patterns, based on observations on a typical surface weather map.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

The Incredible Journey- A Walk Through the Water Cycle part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Kristin Contons
This activity is a classroom investigation where students predict, explore and evaluate what happens to water as it travels through the water cycle.

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Hydrologic cycle

How Wind Affects Various Objects part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Tina Beeler Lincoln Center Elementary South Saint Paul, MN
This activity is a center investigation where students learn about wind force using a fan/wind tunnel and objects.

Grade Level: Primary (K-2)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology