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New Approaches to field-based analysis of stratigraphic sections part of Sedimentary Geology:Activities
Paul Myrow, Colorado College
This is a field-based project that is designed to teach students how to interpret processes of deposition and paleoenvironments from outcrop.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment, Project, Field Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Stratigraphy, Sedimentary Structures, Depositional environments, Facies and Facies Models, Sediment Transport and Deposition, Sedimentary Textures , Techniques of Sedimentary Geology
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The Mini-Sedimentologist part of Undergraduate Research:2014 Workshop:Activities
Tania Anders, Mt. San Antonio College
Keywords: scientific method, scientific writing, sediment cores, core description, smear slides, grain-size analysis During this multi-week or semester-long assignment, students collect sediment cores in the field, ...

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

Florida River Project: Semester-long group project part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Kim Hannula, Fort Lewis College
This is a semester-long group research project that uses a local river to integrate several lab and field activities. The project covers topographic maps, rock and mineral identification, measuring data in the ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Problem Set, Field Activity, Lab Activity, Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water, Surface Water:Water Quality/Chemistry , Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Fluvial, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Surface Water
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Formation and preservation of raindrop imprints part of Sedimentary Geology:Activities
Carol Mankiewicz, Beloit College
Students design an experiment to investigate the formation and/or preservation of raindrop imprints. Students experience working in groups, designing an experiment, collecting data, and presenting data both orally ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Project, Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sedimentary Structures, Depositional environments
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Where Did That Quartzite Clast Come From?: A Problem-Based Provenance Study part of Sedimentary Geology:Activities
Andrew Hanson, University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Students conducting geochemical provenance studies are forced to deal with obvious things such as manipulating/interpreting geochemical data, but also must deal less obvious factors such as considering earlier ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Writing Assignment, Project
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry, Sedimentary Geology:Provenance
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Identifying Facies in a Transgressive Sequence from the Mid-Atlantic Coast part of Sedimentary Geology:Activities
David Krantz, University of Toledo
The transgressive coastal sequence will be explored by students in an activity based on high-resolution seismic profiles collected off Assateague Island, Maryland and Virginia.

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Facies and Facies Models, Depositional environments, Stratigraphy
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Growing Salt: An Independent Course Research Project Investigating Chemical Sediments part of Sedimentary Geology:Activities
Kathy Benison, West Virginia University
In this assignment, students design, implement, and report on their own mini-research project involving the growth of salts. This gives students practical research experience, as well a better understanding of how ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Project, Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sedimentary Textures , Sedimentary Structures, Depositional environments, Diagenesis, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy, Sedimentary Geology:Techniques of Sedimentary Geology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Calibrate Peer ReviewTM: Petroleum Geology of the Persian Gulf Region part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Peer Review:Examples
Elizabeth Heise, The University of Texas at Brownsville
Students explore the origin and distribution of oil and gas in a region of global significance, the Middle East, including the geologic history and the socio-political and environmental issues associated with ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Assessments:Peer Assessment, Activities:Writing Assignment
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels, Geoscience:Geology:Economic Geology, Sedimentary Geology:Petroleum/Coal Geology

Stratigraphic Architecture of Table Rock, Boise, Idaho part of Undergraduate Research:2014 Workshop:Activities
Sam Matson, Boise State University
In the GEOS 315 – Sedimentology and Stratigraphy course at Boise State University, students conduct field research over a period of 4-5 weeks at Table Rock, a prominent sandstone plateau and popular hiking ...

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