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Karst Hydrogeology: A virtual field introduction using Google Earth and GIS part of Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Teaching with Online Field Experiences:Activities
Rachel Bosch, Northern Kentucky University
Students will have the opportunity to select and virtually explore the hydrogeology and geomorphology of a karst landscape using Google Earth, lidar data-sourced DEM(s) and geologic maps, and GIS software (QGIS) ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Writing Assignment, Project, Field Activity, Virtual Field Trip
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:GIS/Mapping/Field Techniques
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
Online Field Experience Exemplary Collection This activity is part of the Teaching with Online Field Experiences Exemplary collection
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Virtual Geologic Mapping Exercise at McCauley, WV part of Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Teaching with Online Field Experiences:Activities
Steve Whitmeyer, James Madison University
The Virtual Geologic Mapping Exercise at McCauley, WV is designed to simulate an introductory field mapping exercise. Students load a KML file in Google Earth that includes real outcrop data in the form of dots and ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Virtual Field Trip

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
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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Earthquake Investigation Workshop: Shake, Rattle, & Rock part of Geodesy:Activities
Daniel Murray, University of Rhode Island
This workshop is part of an NSF-funded effort to provide professional development to STEM teachers in Rhode Island. In this activity, students will make "earthquakes" using a simple model, the earthquake ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, General Public
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Lab Activity, Activities, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology
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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Osteology of Dinosaurs at The Field Museum part of Paleontology:Activities
Roy Plotnick, University of Illinois at Chicago
This activity explores vertebrate paleontology/paleobiology of the Mesozoic. It focuses on dinosaur osteology using skeletons and models at The Field Museum in Chicago. Students will compare the morphology of ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Field Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology:Paleoecology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Osteology of Mesozoic Life part of Paleontology:Activities
Allison Tumarkin-Deratzian, Temple University, altd@temple.edu
This activity explores vertebrate paleontology/paleobiology of the Mesozoic. It focuses on dinosaur osteology using skeletons and models at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia. ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Field Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology:Paleoecology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Active Tectonics Field Trip part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Activities
George Davis, University of Arizona
By far most field trips in structural geology and regional tectonics do NOT take place in large urban centers with a trip focus on mitigation of hazards. What is described here is an example of the instructional ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Folds/Faults/Ductile Shear Zones, Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Tectonics
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Dye Trace Experiment using "Aerial" Imagery part of Hydrogeology:Activities
Martin Helmke, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
This exercise allows students monitor a dye plume in a stream using digital images collected by "remote aerial tramway".

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Field Activity:Importation of field observations into the classroom, Field laboratories
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water: Field methods in hydrogeology, Contaminant hydrology
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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Sunday Field Trip Leader part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Activities
Bob Hatcher, The University of Tennessee
This field trip is one that I frequently take undergrad and grad students on, as well as other professionals and nongeologists. It is taylored to the audience. There are some superb teaching opportunities on the ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), General Public, College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Structural Visualizations, Folds/Faults/Ductile Shear Zones, Rheology/Behavior of Materials
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Tombstone Weathering Lab part of Geomorphology:Activities
Alison Anders, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
During a field trip to a cemetery students collect data on the weathering of tombstones. They graph the data and make hypotheses about factors other than age that contribute to the different degrees of weathering ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Activities, Field Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Dating and Rates, Weathering/Soils
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review