Virtual Geological Mapping Field Trip - Glens of Tekoa, New Zealand part of Teaching Activities
Travis Horton, University of Canterbury; Katherine Pedley
Geological mapping involves the observation, recording, presentation and interpretation of field data, all fundamental skills required by practicing geologists. This virtual geological mapping exercise enables ...

Field saturated hydraulic conductivity part of Teaching Activities
James MacDonald, Florida Gulf Coast University
This is a field-based lab that allows students to measure field saturated hydraulic conductivity of the unsaturated soils. This is done by keeping a constant head in an augured hole and measuring the time required ...

Reconnaissance stratigraphy and mapping of the Frying Pan Gulch, MT part of Teaching Activities
Sinan Akciz, California State University-Fullerton
Students are required to create a reconnaissance geologic map and report for a small area (approximately 0.5 sq. mile) Frying Pan Gulch just NW of Dillon, Montana. This project is designed to make students familiar ...

Soils Mapping part of Teaching Activities
Jinny Sisson, University of Houston-University Park
Students collect a soil near their house or other location, analyze it using grain size, plot the locations and collectively create a soils map of campus or larger area. This exercise can be tailored for many ...

Streams, floods, and sediment transport part of Teaching Activities
Carol Wicks, Louisiana State University
The students will conduct a fluvial sediment transport study in Little Fountain Creek basin. The overall goal is to compare the size of clasts in the streambed material to the size of clasts that can be transported ...

Geological Mapping Field Trip and Ore Grade Calculation– Pituca Mine, Zamora Chinchipe, Ecuador part of Teaching Activities
Hernan Lara, Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja
Geological mapping involves the observation, recording, presentation and interpretation of field data, all fundamental skills required by practicing geologists. This geological mapping exercise enables ...

Timing of the uplift of the Cincinnati Arch: A hypothesis-driven field-based paleontology term project part of Teaching Activities
Thomas Muntean, Adrian College
This project evaluates the age, paleoecology, and paleoenvironmental setting of Ordovician strata, based upon lithology and fossil content, as a test for the uplift of the Cincinnati Arch. This project is completed ...

Field and Laboratory Analysis of Pyroclastic Deposits for Undergraduate Volcanology Courses part of Teaching Activities
Jeffrey Templeton, Western Oregon University
This activity consists of a series of linked field and laboratory exercises designed for undergraduate volcanology courses. The activity incorporates several interconnected exercises that employ field observations, ...

Structural Geology of East Gippsland, southeastern Australia part of Teaching Activities
Sandra McLaren, The University of Melbourne
This activity is a virtual field experience set in Palaeozoic rocks of the Lachlan Fold Belt in Southeastern Australia. Exercises include identifying and interpreting rocks showing evidence for two phases of ...

K-12 Teacher Lab and Field Externships, Hosted by University Researchers part of Teaching Activities
Katharine Huntington, University of Washington-Tacoma Campus
University researchers host K-12 teachers for field and/or lab "Externships" during the summer. Teachers earn continuing education clock hours and learn about research methods and findings through ...