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    Urban Planning 101: Map Appreciation part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
    Jill Baumtrog
    This is a synthesis activity, providing closure to river and/or map units. Students will begin by looking at a series of maps, including 3D maps. They will brainstorm ways the natural world may interact with humans ...

    Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
    Resource Type: Activities: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Activities:Project, Classroom Activity, Audio/Visual:Maps
    Subject: Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning, Geoscience:Geology, Geography:Physical

    The Lifestyle Project part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Experience-Based Environmental Projects
    Karin Kirk, Montana State University/SERC and John J. Thomas, Skidmore College
    This three-week project challenges students to learn about environmental alternatives by modifying their own lifestyles. Throughout the project, students reduce their impacts on the environment by changing the way in which they live from day to day.

    Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project
    Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Climate Change:Public policy, Geography:Human/Cultural, Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Decision-Making, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Ethics/Values, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Greenhouse gas emissions, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Public policy , Environmental Science:Waste:Waste Solid :Waste Reduction/Recycling, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water and society, policy, and management, Environmental Science:Energy:Efficiency and Energy Conservation, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Water Conservation, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Management and Policy
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    Using Data to Teach Earth ProcessesAn Illustrated Community Discussion at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America part of Data, Simulations and Models:Workshop 03:Activities
    Christine Massey, University of Vermont and State Agricultural College
    Christine A. Massey Perkins Geology Museum--University of Vermont - The Landscape Change Project works with middle and high school students to archive physical landscape change in Vermont. Students work with ...

    Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Teaching Activities, Activities:Project, Classroom Activity
    Subject: Geography:Human/Cultural, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology, Geography:Physical, Geospatial