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Geology of Yosemite Valley part of Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Teaching with Online Field Experiences:Activities
Nicolas Barth, University of California-Riverside
This is a four-part module designed to be flexible in duration and student grade-level. (1) Geology of Yosemite Valley Virtual Field Trip. A 43-stop web-based Google Earth tour with embedded views, hyperlinked ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Writing Assignment, Lab Activity, Project
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:GIS/Mapping/Field Techniques, Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
Online Field Experience Exemplary Collection This activity is part of the Teaching with Online Field Experiences Exemplary collection
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Student-Generated Sustainability Short Stories Anchored in Science and Information Literacies and the SDGs part of Teaching Activities
Laura Guertin, Penn State Brandywine
To build and improve upon their science and information literacies, students create a collection of short non-fiction stories that connect to at least one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment
Subject: Environmental Science:Sustainability
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Collection This activity is part of the On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Teaching Activities collection.
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Adopt a Microbe! - Digital Adaptation part of IODP School of Rock 2020:Teaching Activities
Molly Ludwick, Kings Mountain Middle School; Beverly Owens, Cleveland Early College High School
This activity is a Google Slide playlist that will introduce students to microbes that can be found in deep sea sediments, and what roles they play in their environment. This playlist is suitable for use in remote ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment, Classroom Activity, Project
Subject: Biology:Microbiology, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Depositional environments:Deep Marine Environment, Geoscience:Oceanography:Biological, Marine Resources, Biology:Biogeochemistry:Microbial Properties and Metabolism, Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Water Optimism - focusing on solutions for the hydrosphere in a take-home final exam part of Teaching Activities
Laura Guertin, Penn State Brandywine
This take-home final exam asks students to demonstrate their improved skills in searching for sources (information literacy) and writing on freshwater science/society/policy intersections (science literacy), and ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Assessments:Exam, Activities:Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Collection This activity is part of the On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Teaching Activities collection.
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Rally Speeches for Coastal Optimism part of Teaching Activities
Laura Guertin, Penn State Brandywine
Storytelling is an effective way to communicate what is happening along our local-to-international coastal zones. However, most of the stories students hear are ones of "doom and gloom." Therefore, ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment, Project
Subject: Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources, Natural Hazards:Coastal Hazards, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Resources, Marine Hazards, Geoscience:Oceanography
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Collection This activity is part of the On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Teaching Activities collection.
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What's in the Water? Benchmarking Activity part of Teaching Activities
Kelsey Bitting, Elon University
This short (15-25 min) writing activity asks students to respond to a series of prompts related to the content knowledge and societal issues explored in the "What's in the Water?" PFAS Contamination ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment
Subject: Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Collection This activity is part of the On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Teaching Activities collection.
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The Quaternary Glacio-Fluvial History of the Upper Midwest Using Anaglyph Stereo Maps part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
Kate Pound, North Hennepin Community College
Students examine the anaglyph stereo map (with red/cyan glasses) and use textures to generate a surficial geology map of the Upper Midwest. They can then interpret the textures in terms of landforms, geomorphic ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Writing Assignment, Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landscape Evolution
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Deep Sea Microbes Playlist part of IODP School of Rock 2020:Teaching Activities
Molly Ludwick, Kings Mountain Middle School; Beverly Owens, Cleveland Early College High School
This activity is a Google Slide playlist that will introduce students to microbes that can be found in deep sea sediments, and what roles they play in their environment. This playlist is suitable for use in remote, ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Writing Assignment, Classroom Activity
Subject: Biology:Microbiology, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Resources, Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Benthic, Geoscience:Oceanography:Biological
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Geospatial Thinking and the Digital Revolution part of Teaching Activities
Katherine Milla, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
In this exercise students watch a video and then participate in a think-pair-share activity. The activity is designed to stimulate reflection and discussion on the nature of geospatial data. The activity emphasizes ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Reflection: Multiple Sources in Systems Diagrams part of Teaching Activities
Cameron Weiner, Middlebury College
In this activity, students reflect individually and as a class on the sources of information they used to create a systems diagram and why using multiple sources of information is important when creating systems ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review