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Teaching Computation with MATLAB

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Remote Sensing Applications in Hydrology part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Teaching Materials:Activities
Emad Habib, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
The module offers background content on the fundamentals of remote sensing, but also integrates a set of existing online tools for visualization and analysis of satellite observations. Specifically, students are ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Problem Set
Subject: Engineering, Geoscience, Environmental Science
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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Signal processing and earthquake triggering part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Teaching with MATLAB 2015:Teaching Activities
Jackie Caplan-Auerbach, Western Washington University
In this exercise, written for an undergraduate seismology class, students use MATLAB to analyze waveforms from the 2004 Sumatra M9.0 earthquake, as they were recorded on three seismic stations in Alaska. Two of ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics
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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MATLAB Exemplary Collection This activity is part of the Teaching Computation in the Sciences Using MATLAB Exemplary Teaching Activities collection.
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Hurricane Time Series Analysis part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2024:Activities
Henry Potter, Texas A & M University
This activity uses Atlantic hurricane data from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Students will run the code provided to produce figures (scatter plots, time series, and histograms) that ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience, Environmental Science
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Exploring Fish Diversity in Australia's Marine Ecoregions part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2018:Activities
Andrew Fischer, university of tasmania
This activity accomplishes two tasks. First it teaches students about the concepts of species richness and biodiversity using a global data set of marine fish diversity. Second, it teaches them about application ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Environmental Science, Biology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Kinetics of Herbicide Photodegradation part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Activities
Kristi Closser, California State University-Fresno
This lab activity is designed to connect student's knowledge of reaction rates to actual data and an unfamiliar system (photodegradation of phenylurea herbicides in the presence of various catalysts). Students ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Physics, Chemistry, Environmental Science
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
MATLAB Exemplary Collection This activity is part of the Teaching Computation in the Sciences Using MATLAB Exemplary Teaching Activities collection.
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Calculating and using Unit Hydrograph using Matlab part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2018:Activities
Negin Hayatbini, University of California-Irvine; Alexandre Martinez, University of California-Irvine
We are using the concept of Unit Hydrograph to understand the behavior of a watershed following a rain event and to calculate the runoff following any rainfall event.

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14), General Public, College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Classroom Activity, Project, Lab Activity
Subject: Engineering, Environmental Science, Geoscience
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Synthesizing Marine Data Sets using MATLAB part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2018:Activities
Diane Fribance, Coastal Carolina University
Students use MATLAB to analyze an oceanographic data set collected in an estuary on a class boat trip, and put it into context using time-series data downloaded from online sources. Some basic oceanographic ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
Subject: Environmental Science
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
MATLAB Exemplary Collection This activity is part of the Teaching Computation in the Sciences Using MATLAB Exemplary Teaching Activities collection.
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Volume of oceans, and sea-level variations part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:Teaching with MATLAB 2015:Teaching Activities
Charly Bank, University of Toronto
The activity combines aspects of Earth science (volume of oceans and ice sheets) with calculus (area of a 1x1 degree tile) and Matlab programming. Students calculate the volume of oceans and of ice sheets given the ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Sea Level Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Geoscience:Geology, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change
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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MATLAB Exemplary Collection This activity is part of the Teaching Computation in the Sciences Using MATLAB Exemplary Teaching Activities collection.
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Sensitivity of Parameters in Chaotic Systems part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2019:Activities
Namyong Lee, Minnesota State University-Mankato
In this computer lab activity, students explore and discuss the nature of the sensitivity of parameters in a chaotic system. As a result, they understand the challenges of numerical simulation and/or parameters ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Environmental Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Health Sciences, Engineering, Geoscience, Mathematics
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Stream flow and concentration relationships part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2018:Activities
Lin Ma, University of Texas at El Paso
This exercise uses field monitoring (stream flow and electric conductivity) and laboratory analytical results (major solute concentrations) to explore the stream flow generation function and relationships between ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience, Environmental Science