Teaching Activities

Using MATLAB to understand distributions: Pokémon GO part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Teaching Activities
Benjamin Bratton, Vanderbilt University
This problem set will help teach students how to describe real world distributions. Data science skills that will be covered include measures of central tendency and spread, transformations of distributions, ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set
Subject: Biology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review, Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

A Daily Dose of MATLAB for College Freshmen part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2020:Activities
Frederik J Simons, Princeton University
Teaching first-year college students, with my colleague Adam Maloof, as part of a research-oriented "Freshman Seminar" involves teaching students MATLAB -- from scratch to proficiency. Rather than sharing ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set
Subject: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Engineering, Geoscience, Mathematics
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Construction of a Simple Conceptual Model part of Hydrogeology:Hydrogeology, Soils, Geochemistry 2013:Activities
Scott Werts, Winthrop University
This homework assignment is designed to give the students practice in developing a simple conceptual model using reservoirs, fluxes, and simple calculations of sediment, carbon and nutrient accumulation in a ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water quality/chemistry , Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry, Geochemistry:Elements, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water and society, policy, and management, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water, Biology:Biogeochemistry, Biogeochemistry:Nutrient Limitation and Cycling, Carbon Cycling, Environmental Science
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

What is the fate of CO2 produced by fossil fuel combustion? part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
Paul Quay
A box model is used to simulate the build up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere during the industrial era and predict the future increase in atmospheric CO2 levels during the next century.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Tools, Activities:Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Global change modeling, Geoscience:Oceanography:Ocean-Climate Interactions, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Greenhouse effect, Climate feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Climate sensitivity and feedbacks, Geoscience:Oceanography, Biology, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Climate Change:Global change modeling, Greenhouse effect, Climate feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Atmospheric gases, Atmospheric and oceanic circulation
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review, Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Human Demographics part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Mathematical and Statistical Models:Mathematical and Statistical Models Examples
Scott Cooper, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
In this biology simulation students explore factors that change human population growth including age at which women begin to bear children, fertility rate and death rate. -

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set
Subject: Education, Biology, Environmental Science:Human Population:Developing/Developed Countries, Environmental Science, Sociology, Environmental Science:Human Population

Observing different scenarios of climate change using climate challenge web game part of SISL:Activities
Aaron Fekaris
Use the web game Climate Challenge by the British Broadcasting Corporation to observe how decision by government can contribute to climate change. By seeing the consequence of government inaction in an interactive web experience, students will be more engaged citizens and voters. To show students that we live in a world with finite resources.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Scientific Resources:Research Results, Activities:Writing Assignment, Problem Set, Discussion, Project, Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning, Global Change and Climate, Ecosystems, Forest Resources, Mineral Resources, Biology, Environmental Science:Air Quality, Energy, Policy:Global Policy, Environmental Science, Economics:Macro policy, Economics, English, Economics:Micro policy, Macro, Business, Economics:Micro, Biology:Ecology, Environmental Science:Policy, Biology:Ecology:Food Webs, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Air quality, Biology:Ecology:Principles