Communicate the Quake: An interactive earthquake role-play used to teach communication skills part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Role Playing:Examples
Jacqueline Dohaney, University of Edinburgh
Communicate the Quake is an interactive role-play used to teach upper-level undergraduate students about earthquake hazards, emergency management, and risk communication through the management of an authentic ...

The First Field Trip: An introduction to sedimentation and stratigraphy part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Field Labs:Field Lab Examples
Elizabeth Cassel, University of Idaho
An example set of tasks and questions for the first field trip of a 300-level Sedimentology and Stratigraphy course.

The Volcanic Hazards Simulation: A complex role-play used to teach communication, teamwork and decision-making skills part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Role Playing:Examples
Jacqueline Dohaney, University of Edinburgh
The Volcanic Hazards Simulation is a complex role-play used to teach upper-level undergraduate students about volcanic forecasting and emergency management through the management of an authentic volcanic scenario. ...

The Lifestyle Project at Vancouver Island University, British Columbia part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Experience-Based Environmental Projects
Steven Earle, Geology Department, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC, Canada
The project is used in two courses, both with the theme of understanding the environmental implications of our use of energy, exploring personal energy use, and learning about the types of energy available to Canadians. One is a face-to-face course for Education majors, the other is an on-line course available to all upper-level (3rd and 4th year) students.

Service-Learning in University of Connecticut Upper Division Geosciences Courses part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Service Learning:Examples
Compiled by Suzanne Savanick, Science Education Resource Center. Based on material from Lanbo Liu, Anthony Philpotts, and Norman Gray, "Service-Learning Practice in Upper Division Geosciences Courses: Bridging Undergraduate Learning, Teaching and Research" Journal of Geoscience Education v 52, n 2, March 2004 p. 172-177.
Upper-division earth science courses taught in the Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Connecticut used a service-learning approach. The emphasis was on providing sound and useful scientific expertise through a project for the local community. Two projects, Imaging the Interior of the Nathan Hale Monument and Hydrogeophysical Investigation of the University Well Field, are described.