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The First Field Trip: An introduction to sedimentation and stratigraphy part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Field Labs:Field Lab Examples
Elizabeth Cassel, University of Idaho
An example set of tasks and questions for the first field trip of a 300-level Sedimentology and Stratigraphy course.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
Procedure for measuring flow rate (discharge) in a channel, river, creek or stream part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Field Labs:Field Lab Examples
Kirk Barrett, Manhattan College
Explains a detailed procedure for measuring flow rate (discharge) in a small (wadable) channel, river, creek or stream using a propeller-type current meter as wells as surface floats. It includes instructions for ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water
Making a Soil Monolith part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Field Labs:Field Lab Examples
Aleshia Mueller, Carleton College
This extended exercise engages soils students in both field and laboratory work through the collection and preservation of a soil monolith. -
Resource Type: Activities: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Activities:Field Activity:Importation of field observations into the classroom, Activities:Field Activity, Lab Activity, Project, Field Activity:Field laboratories
Subject: Geoscience:Geology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
Names in the Field: A Simple GPS Field Exercise part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Teaching with GIS:Examples
Brian Welch, Saint Olaf College
Simple field exercise to introduce the concepts of GPS position data acquisition. Students "write" words in a field and upload the data to map it in GIS or spreadsheet software. -
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Field Activity
Subject: Geography:Geospatial, Geoscience:Geology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
Building-Stone Geology part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Field Labs:Field Lab Examples
Rebecca Teed, Wright State University-Main Campus
Students in an area remote from igneous and metamorphic rocks wrote papers on the properties of locally used building stones and gave a walking tour in which they presented their results. -
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Field Activity:Field laboratories
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Physical Properties, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Developing a local stratigraphy part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Field Labs:Field Lab Examples
Mary Savina, Carleton College
Students use field lab periods to construct a composite stratigraphic section of the area surrounding their campus. -
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Field Activity:Field laboratories
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Stratigraphy
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Rock/Mineral Scavenger Hunt part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Games:Examples
Rebecca Teed, Wright State University-Main Campus
Take students into the field and give each team a list of rocks or mineral types you want found and brought back within the time limit. -
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Field Activity:Field laboratories
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Physical Properties
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
Petrology in the Field and Laboratory part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Undergraduate Research:Examples
Rachel Beane, Bowdoin College (rbeane@bowdoin.edu)
In this multi-week project, students collect samples in the field, analyze them using various tools and instruments, then present their results and interpretations.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Igneous Rocks, Metamorphic Rocks, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Mineralogy:Mineral Analysis, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
Floodplains in the field (with GIS) part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Teaching with GIS:Examples
Mary Savina, Carleton College; Brian Welch, Saint Olaf College
In this GIS-enhanced lab, students measure a topographic and geologic cross-section across a floodplain by simple surveying and auguring techniques. -
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology, Hydrology, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
GPS Treasure Hunt part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Games:Examples
Rebecca Teed, Wright State University-Main Campus
Students are divided into teams, each of which is given a list of instructions and a GPS unit, and sent to find certain locations. At each stop, they identify a particular building stone or a plant. -
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity
Subject: Geography:Geospatial, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Biology, Environmental Science, Geoscience:Geology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review