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"ZirChron" Virtual Zircon Analysis App part of Petrology:Teaching Examples
Mark Schmitz, Boise State University
This web-based app is designed to help students evaluate a radioisotopic age and its uncertainty based upon the collection of data, the application of statistics, and the interpretation of geological and analytical ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
Resource Type: Activities: Computer Applications, Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Geochemistry, Volcanology, Igneous Processes, Igneous Associations and Tectonic Settings, Metamorphic Processes, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Radioisotopes, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics
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An Introduction to Seismic Interpretation Using Open Source Software (OpendTect) part of Sedimentary Geology:Sedimentology, Geomorphology, and Paleontology 2014:Activities
Jeannette Wolak Luna, Tennessee Technological University
This is a series of three lab exercises integrating seismic interpretation and sedimentary geology. Each lab uses freely available software from dGB Earth Sciences, OpendTect. The seismic volume is the F3 Block in ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Exploration Methods:Seismic refraction
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Environmental Geochemistry Class Project part of Hydrogeology:Hydrogeology, Soils, Geochemistry 2013:Activities
Carey Gazis, Central Washington University
This is a inquiry-driven class research project on a local environmental geochemistry question that is accomplished during three-hour laboratory sessions each week. Students are divided into groups that will share ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Field Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water quality/chemistry , Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry, Geochemistry:Geochemical Analysis, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water, Geoscience:Soils:Chemistry and Mineralogy, Environmental Science, Water Quality and Quantity, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Aqueous Solutions, Geoscience:Soils
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Exploring topographic steady-state in Taiwan part of Sedimentary Geology:Sedimentology, Geomorphology, and Paleontology 2014:Activities
Karen Gran, University of Minnesota-Duluth
This activity is designed as both an introduction to GIS and an exploration of topographic steady-state. Students analyze DEMs from Taiwan to extract topographic profiles across the range. They reconstruct a series ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Fluvial
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Experiments with particle settling part of Sedimentary Geology:Sedimentology, Geomorphology, and Paleontology 2014:Activities
Lonnie Leithold, North Carolina State University
In this activity, students experiment with the effects of Reynolds numbers (viscosity), particle shape, and particle concentration (flocculation) on settling velocity.

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology
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Basic Chemistry Review part of Hydrogeology:Hydrogeology, Soils, Geochemistry 2013:Activities
Thomas Meixner, The University of Arizona
This assignment reviews basic of chemistry for students who should have had 2 introductory semesters of basic chemistry prior to enrolling in the Fundamental of Water Quality course for which the assignment is ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water quality/chemistry , Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water, Geoscience:Soils:Chemistry and Mineralogy, Environmental Science, Geoscience:Soils, Geology:Geochemistry:Elements, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity
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Learning pseudosections with Perplex part of Petrology:Teaching Examples
Dave Hirsch, Western Washington University
This is a set of five assignments that build upon each other to teach students how to use Perplex to make pseudosections.

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria, Geoscience:Geology
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Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of a Cemetery: Interpretation part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Activities
Andy Bobyarchick, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
This activity is an interpretation of a ground penetrating radar (GPR) data set collected from a 19th century slave cemetery in North Carolina.

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), Graduate/Professional
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology:Event-Specific Items , Paleoecology
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The News Hour part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Activities
George Davis, The University of Arizona
An activity that I successfully used twice in teaching Active Tectonics is one I call "The News Hour," patterned after the PBS New Hour. I generated the idea out of concern that active tectonics sets of ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Structural Geology:Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity
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Caminalcule Phylogenetic Exercise part of Paleontology:Activities
Bill Ausich, Ohio State University-Main Campus
Imaginary creatures (caminalcues) are used as an introduction to the methods, assumptions, and conclusions of phylogenetic analysis.

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology:Systematics and Phylogenetic Reconstruction
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