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Melting ice cubes part of Oceanography:Activities
Mirjam Glessmer, University of Bergen
Explore how melting of ice cubes floating in water is influenced by the salinity of the water. Important oceanographic concepts like density and density driven currents are visualized and can be discussed on the ...

Grade Level: General Public, College Lower (13-14), Intermediate (3-5), Primary (K-2), Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Project, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography:Physical , Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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A River Runs Through It: an exploration in land use and water resource management part of Environmental Geology:Activities
Robin Humphreys, College of Charleston
This is an in-class activity where students learn about the interconnectedness of land use, water quality, and water resource management. Students are assigned a river front parcel of land to develop, unaware that ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Sustainability, Water Quality and Quantity, Land Use and Planning, Environmental Science
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Ocean Water: Density part of Oceanography:Activities
Judy Robinson, Nova Southeastern University
In regions throughout the world oceans, water moves vertically to or down away from the surface and is set in motion by atmospheric winds, salinity and temperature differences. Cold water is much denser than warm ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Density of Earth Materials part of Oceanography:Activities
Julie Martin, Hartnell College
This activity modifies a typical density laboratory exercise to fit within a lecture session. Students are asked to compare the densities of six different rocks/minerals collected from six different environments. ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Introductory, High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

To Drill or Not to Drill? A Case Study in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge part of Environmental Geology:Activities
Cassandra Runyon, College of Charleston; Cynthia Hall, College of Charleston
To Drill or Not to Drill is a multidisciplinary problem based learning exercise, which intends to increase students' knowledge of a variety of topics through a real world environmental topic. In addition, ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Policy:Energy Policy, Environmental Decision-Making, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Environmental Science, Energy:Fossil Fuels, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Energy:Energy Policy , Environmental Science:Ecosystems
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Living with Volcanoes: An Introduction to Geoarchaeology part of Environmental Geology:Activities
Alison Jolley (AJ), University of Waikato
This activity introduces students to the interdisciplinary field of geoarchaeology through a case study of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE. It combines short lectures with questions requiring analyses of a ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Volcanism, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Historical Geology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards, Sociology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Impacts of El Nino and La Nina part of Oceanography:Activities
Sue Clement, Kent State University-Main Campus
In this exercise, students explore NOAA and the Climate Data Center websites that provide information about El Niño. The students are then asked interpret a series of maps to describe the key changes in climate ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Writing Assignment, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :El Nino/La Nina, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:El Nino
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Virtual Rock Lab part of Introductory Courses:Activities
clark giboney, UNAVCO
Students use a website to identify rocks based on their properties.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Igneous Rocks
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Case Study: Zhouqu, China Landslide part of Environmental Geology:Activities
Robin Humphreys, College of Charleston
This is a 'citizen science' research project where students to apply their knowledge of landslide processes in an investigation of the natural and anthropogenic causes of a real-world landslide ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Project:Investigative Case Studies
Subject: Geography, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Mass Movement, Environmental Science, Natural Hazards:Mass Wasting
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Building Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) part of Oceanography:Activities
Debra Woodall, Daytona College
Educators with an interest in hands-on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines will receive introductory instructions on how to design, engineer and build a fully functional underwater ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Field Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography, Engineering
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review