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LEGO® Magma Crystallization Activity part of Magma Labs
Jessica Larsen, University of Alaska Fairbanks
This exercise uses LEGO® Magma Crystallization Activity building blocks to demonstrate in a simple way how zoned crystals can form in magmas. The exercise also shows how the surrounding melt changes in composition ...

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

Ocean currents and overflows part of Teaching Activities
Stefanie Semper, University of Bergen
We are researchers and teachers in physical oceanography. Here we provide a lesson plan including materials, to explore ocean currents and specifically "underwater waterfalls", i.e., overflows in the ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Visualizing Relationships with Data: Exploring plate boundaries with Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and GPS Data in the Western U.S. & Alaska | Lessons on Plate Tectonics part of Geodesy:Activities
Shelley E Olds, EarthScope Consortium
Learners use the GPS Velocity Viewer, or the included map packet to visualize relationships between earthquakes, volcanoes, and plate boundaries as a jigsaw activity.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience, Geology:Tectonics, Geophysics:Geodesy, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards, Natural Hazards:Earthquakes
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Sedimentation Provenance Problem Set part of Sedimentary Geology:Activities
Man-Yin Tsang, University of Toronto
Introduce students the concept of Sedimentation Provenance and how it can be studied from rock samples. Teach students to visualize mineral distributions in a basin and draw ternary QFR (quartz-feldspar-rock ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience:Geology, Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Provenance, Techniques of Sedimentary Geology, Sediment Transport and Deposition, Depositional environments
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

OGGM-Edu Glaciology Lab 1: What Makes a Glacier? part of Teaching Activities
Lizz Ultee, Middlebury College
This is a three-part class or lab activity that challenges students to define what a glacier is, how it differs from other parts of the cryosphere (such as sea ice), and what kinds of glaciers there are in the ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), Graduate/Professional
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Glacial/Periglacial, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Global change modeling, Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Sea Level Change, Climate Change:Global change modeling
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Activity 9: Feedback Loops Introduction part of Teaching Activities
Cameron Weiner, Middlebury College
Students are introduced to feedback loop vocabulary and experiment with different relationships between reservoirs in simple feedback loops using LOOPY, a free, online modeling program.

Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Activity 10: Feedback Loops Applied part of Teaching Activities
Cameron Weiner, Middlebury College
Students apply the vocabulary and concepts from the Activity 9: Feedback Loop Introduction to assess and create earth science feedback loops with the LOOPY online modeling program. (Optional) The students then ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Working with Point Clouds in CloudCompare and Classifying with CANUPO part of Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Teaching with Online Field Experiences:Activities
Sharon Bywater-Reyes, University of Northern Colorado
This exercise will walk you through 1) basic operations and use in CloudCompare, and 2) use of an Open-Source plugin in CloudCompare called CANUPO (http://nicolas.brodu.net/en/recherche/canupo/) that allows for ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity, Virtual Field Trip, Field Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Activity 8: Equilibrium Experiment part of Teaching Activities
Cameron Weiner, Middlebury College
Students explore the systems thinking concepts of equilibrium and nonequilibrium with a water pouring experiment. Students complete the activity at home or virtually with videos. Water is poured from a top ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Modeling Mono Lake's Water Balance part of Teaching Activities
Phil Resor, Wesleyan University; Gregory Hancock, College of William and Mary
In this activity students build a hydrologic model of Mono Lake in MATLAB and then use the model to evaluate the California State Water Board's 1994 decision regulating diversions from the watershed and ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary