The Benefit of Acknowledging and Addressing Students' Uncomfortable Emotions when Learning about Environmental Issues: Fostering Growth and Change in Action-Oriented Exercises part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
Ellen Moore
Research reveals that if students are presented with negative information about environmental issues and they are not also provided with a plan for action, they often manifest denial on many levels. This exercise is designed to get students to directly address the emotions they face when learning about environmental issues and to make an action plan to address them in their individual lives.

Environmental Advocacy Project part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
Anita Harker, Whatcom Community College
This assignment requires that students research the historical context of an environmental issue within their own communities and apply different types of organizing/advocacy tactics for instigating social change.

Bridging Computer Science and Sustainable Transportation for an Equitable Green Future part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
Fatma Serce, Bellevue Community College

Risky Business: Using Games to Understand Farmer Decision-making in Sri Lanka part of Teaching Activities
Thushara Gunda, Vanderbilt University
In coupled natural and human systems (such as farming), decision-making is rarely straightforward since it is influenced by myriad factors. This in-class role playing game allows students to step into the shoes of ...

Introduction to Air Photos in Geologic Remote Imaging part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
Brian Hausback, California State University-Sacramento
Brian Hausback, California State University, Sacramento Summary An introduction to a wide variety of aerial photos and interpretation of geomorphology and geologic relationships. Context Type and level of course ...

Venus, Earth's structural sister: Investigations using radar imagery part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Activities
Vicki Hansen, University of Minnesota-Duluth
Students conduct fieldwork on Venus without leaving the lab. Concepts include basic mapping principles, remote data set interpretation, structure morphology and interaction, rheology, temporal relations, and ...

Lidar conversion tool script for ArcGIS 9.3 part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
Chris Harding, Iowa State University
Chris Harding, Iowa State University Summary Python 2.5/2.6 script for converting .las Lidar data files inside a folder into one or more other data formats: ERDAS imagine raster file, TIN (full resolution and ...