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Old Sticks in the Mud: Hazards of Lahars from Mount Rainier Volcano part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
Patrick Pringle, Centralia College
Volcanic debris flows (lahars) flow long distances, bury and aggrade river valleys, and cause long-term stream disturbances and dramatic landscape changes. Students will evaluate the nature, scale, and history of ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Writing Assignment, Project, Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Fluvial, Volcanoes, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landscape Evolution, GIS/Mapping/Field Techniques, Dating and Rates, Geography:Geospatial, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Volcanology, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Floods/Fluvial Processes, Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Decision-Making, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Volcanism, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Water Quality and Quantity:Surface Water , Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning:Urbanization, Geography:Physical, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Mass Wasting
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Understanding Why Our Present Consumption Way of Life is Unsustainable part of SISL:Activities
Walt White
This activity will show why our present ultra consumption way of life is not sustainable and must be changed if the human race is to survive long term. The Story of Stuff is shocking but very informative. Its purpose is to wake people up to the perilous situation we are in and take action individually or collective to make the necessary and difficult changes needed.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Assessments:Concept Test, Assessments, Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity, Activities:Lab Activity, Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Activities:Classroom Activity, Computer Applications, Activities:Writing Assignment, Activities, Discussion
Subject: Environmental Science:Sustainability, Geography:Human/Cultural
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Writing annotations of five research articles throughout the semester part of Early Career:Previous Workshops:Workshop 2011:Teaching Activities
Scott Clark, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Pre-service elementary school teachers have a critical need to be aware of the importance of scientific literacy and the variety of Earth-science related alternative conceptions (AKA misconceptions) that their ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment
Subject: Environmental Science, Geography, Geoscience
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

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 ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Writing Assignment, Project
Subject: Geography:Geospatial, Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Structural Visualizations, Stress/Strain/Strain Analysis, Rheology/Behavior of Materials, Geography:Physical, Geoscience:Lunar and Planetary Science
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Using ArcGIS to Investigate the Connection between Bedrock Geology and the Development of Ancient Egyptian Civilization part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Barb Tewksbury, Hamilton College
In this assignment, students use ArcGIS (DEMs plus georeferenced geologic maps) to analyze the influence of bedrock geology on the development and extent of Ancient Egypt.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Project, Writing Assignment
Subject: Geography:Geospatial, Geoscience
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Brownfields part of Public Policy:Activities
Tait Chirenje, Stockton University
I split the class into small groups and assign them a list of properties that are suspected of being brownfields. Their job is to do a phase 1 (dig up background information) assessment and do a site visit to take ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity:Field laboratories, Activities:Writing Assignment
Subject: Environmental Science:Policy:Local Policy, State Policy, US National Policy, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning, Geography:Geospatial, Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Decision-Making