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Rock & Mineral Bingo part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
Kate Pound, North Hennepin Community College
This is a rock and mineral 'Bingo' that is based on knowledge and skill (not luck). It was designed as an entertaining and interactive means of developing and improving student rock and mineral ...

Grade Level: Informal, College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Physical Properties
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary, Passed Peer Review
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Discovering Plate Boundaries part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
Dale Sawyer, Rice University
Students work collaboratively using data maps to discover plate tectonic boundary processes. Data sets used are earthquakes, volcanos, seafloor age, and topography. Show other versions of this activity Hide The ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8), Informal, General Public, Intermediate (3-5), College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Jigsaw
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Mapping a Local Dune Field and Estimating Paleowind Speed and Direction part of NAGT:Our Work:Past Projects:Teaching in the Field:Field Trip Collection
Donald T. Rodbell, Union College Intended Audience: Undergraduate geomorphology course. Location: Pinebush dune field, eastern New York State (approximately 20 minutes from Union College campus). Summary: We visit ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Ready, Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Virtual Field Trip, Field Activity:Field laboratories, Activities:Field Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:GIS/Mapping/Field Techniques
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Simulating Satellite Orbits and Atmospheric Drag part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
Delores Knipp
Physics students are intrigued by activities in space. To link this natural curiosity with solid problem-solving skills, we developed a spreadsheet simulation for satellites moving through an atmosphere of variable ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Physics:Classical Mechanics
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Field and Laboratory Project - Volcanology and Petrology of Interbedded Andesitic Lava Flows and Volcaniclastic Rocks from Washburn Volcano, Yellowstone National Park part of NAGT:Our Work:Past Projects:Teaching in the Field:Field Trip Collection
Todd Feeley, Montana State University
Todd Feeley, Montana State University Intended Audience: This field trip was part of the 2003 Teaching Petrology in the 21st Century workshop. It is designed for use by undergraduate or graduate courses in ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person, Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Virtual Field Trip, Field Activity, Field Activity:Field trip
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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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

Modeling Glacier Dynamics with Flubber part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
Leigh Stearns, University of Kansas Main Campus
We created a hands-on activity for middle and high school students that describes glacier mass balance in a changing climate. The students make a glacier using glue, water and detergent ("flubber") and ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), College Upper (15-16), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

VEPP: Volcanic activity and monitoring of Pu`u `O`o, Kilauea volcano, Hawaii part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Volcano Exploration Project: Pu`u `O`o:Examples
Lizzette Rodriguez, University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Campus
Brief three-line description of the activity or assignment and its strengths: This is a 10-week group project for a Volcanic Hazards elective course, for undergraduate geology students. Students will access and ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Volcanoes, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Volcanology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Volcanism
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Understanding the Carbon Cycle: A Jigsaw Approach part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
David Hastings, Eckerd College
In this "jigsaw" exercise, each student is assigned one of five geochemical processes in the carbon cycle to research, fully understand, and then explain to others in groups of five. At the end of class ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Writing Assignment, Classroom Activity:Jigsaw
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

A Case Study: Geology, Remediation, Investigation at a RR Repair Shop Brownfield Site, St. Paul, Minnesota part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
Kate Kleiter
A case-study approach can be used to introduce students to the work that geologists do as environmental consultants. Data used by environmental consultants for a Brownfield site that is currently undergoing ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water quality/chemistry , Contaminant hydrology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review