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Discover Clues from a Colder Climate with GeoMapApp part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Ice Stream
DATA: Global Digital Elevation Model (DEM) TOOLS: GeoMapApp, Spreadsheet SUMMARY: Use GeoMapApp to search for evidence of glacial expansion and retreat. Produce a research report of your findings modeled on peer-reviewed papers in the field of glaciology.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Teaching Activities, Datasets and Tools, Activities:Project, Project:Investigative Case Studies, Independent Research, Computer Applications, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:GIS/Mapping/Field Techniques, Landforms/Processes:Glacial/Periglacial, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Climate/Paleoclimate, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Sea Level Change, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Geology and Geophysics, Geoscience, Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Campus Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Campus Living Laboratory:Examples
Suzanne Savanick, Macalester College. Email: shansen2@macalester.edu Suzanne Savanick and Chris Wells co-taught a class like this for the Macalester College environmental studies senior seminar during spring 2008.
Students conduct a greenhouse gas emission inventory for their college or university. Students analyze findings and present information to the college or university community. -

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Project:Service Learning, Independent Research
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Biology:Biogeochemistry, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Greenhouse effect, Anthropogenic causes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Atmospheric gases, Environmental Science:Energy:Efficiency and Energy Conservation, Energy Policy , Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Climate Change:Greenhouse effect, Anthropogenic causes, Environmental Science:Energy, Policy:Environmental Decision-Making, Energy Policy, Local Policy
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Campus Nitrogen Budget part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Campus Living Laboratory:Examples
Suzanne Savanick, Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College, ssavanic@carleton.edu
Link the college or university operations with local ecology. In this study, students use a tool from urban ecology, the nitrogen budget, to research the inputs, outputs and subsytem transfers of nitrogen on the ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Pedagogic Resources:Overview/Summary, Activities:Project, Project:Independent Research, Service Learning
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology, Biology:Ecology:Principles, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science, Biology:Biogeochemistry, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Private Mineral Project - Part 1 part of Mineralogy:Activities
Dexter Perkins, University of North Dakota-Main Campus
Students begin to work on semester-long private mineral projects.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Computer Applications, Activities:Classroom Activity, Project:Independent Research, Activities:Lab Activity, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Activities:Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Mineral Analysis, Crystal Chemistry, X-ray Techniques, Optical Mineralogy, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy, Mineralogy:Phase Equilibria/Thermodynamics, Crystallography, Physical Properties
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review