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Youth and Law part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Putting Sustainability into Action workshop:Activities
Carla Lippett, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Students, faculty, staff, and other community volunteers will collaborate in groups with the delivery of a Law-Related Education (LRE)program that goes beyond questions about who, what, when, and where. LRE helps ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), Primary (K-2), Intermediate (3-5)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Earthquake Investigation Workshop: Shake, Rattle, & Rock part of Geodesy:Activities
Daniel Murray, University of Rhode Island
This workshop is part of an NSF-funded effort to provide professional development to STEM teachers in Rhode Island. In this activity, students will make "earthquakes" using a simple model, the earthquake ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, General Public
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Lab Activity, Activities, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Florida River Project - individual and group research project part of Undergraduate Research:2014 Workshop:Activities
Kim Hannula, Fort Lewis College
The Florida River Project is a semester-long project involving (1) an individual project in which students pose a scientific question and use existing data to test their hypothesis, and (2) a group project in which ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment, Activities, Problem Set, Field Activity, Project, Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Building a Local Stratigraphic Column: A research-based assignment for an introductory course part of Undergraduate Research:2014 Workshop:Activities
Jennifer Hargrave, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Students build a stratigraphic column for a pre-selected area through the compilation of a series of individual research projects. Students are required to conduct introductory field research as well as a ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Project, Activities, Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Stratigraphy
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Using GIS to estimate the volume of snow and water in a drainage basin part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
Todd Rayne, Hamilton College
Todd Rayne, Hamilton College Summary This activity uses field measurements and GIS to estimate the volume of water in the form of snow in a field site. Context Type and level of course I use this in a ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Activities, Field Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water, Snowpack and Snow Melt
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Sustainable Urban Adventure part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Systems, Society, Sustainability and the Geosciences:Activities
Thomas Beery, University of Minnesota-Duluth
In this field based activity students explore their new home in an effort to get acquainted with the community beyond the campus and to experience accessible recreation on a nationally recognized hiking trail. During the nature-based outdoor recreation experience, students explore a variety of natural and cultural history topics.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity:Field trip , Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Policy:Local Policy, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Land Use and Planning
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Interpreting the Geologic History of Canyon de Chelly part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching the Methods of Geoscience:Activities
Holly Godsey, University of Utah
The is a two part lesson designed to given in-service teacher an experience in field geology. The lesson is designed by Canyon de Chelly, AZ but can be used anywhere there are outcrops of two or more rock types.

Grade Level: High School (9-12), Graduate/Professional
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Activities, Project
Subject: Education:Faculty Development, Geoscience:Geology, Geology:Sedimentary Geology, Geoscience
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.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
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

Riparian Plant Lab part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching the Methods of Geoscience:Activities
Julie Stoughton, University of Nevada-Reno
In this field exercise for an introductory environmental science course, students investigate plant cover and type in a riparian area using transects. The final assignment is a lab report that includes a summary data table, a graph of cover types along their transect and an analysis of riparian health.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Activities, Field Activity
Subject: Biology:Plant Biology, Diversity, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Ecology, Habitats, Environmental Science, Biology:Ecology:Habitats, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biodiversity
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Mass Wasting and Slope Stability part of Geomorphology:Activities
Jeff Clark, Lawrence University
An investigation of mass movements along the shores of Lake MI. Students will assess strength characteristics of unconsolidated sediment in the field, survey the morphology of the movement, and determine the ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Mass Movement
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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