Unit 1.3: Understanding Perturbations to Hydrologic Systems part of An Ecosystem Services Approach to Water Resources
Ed Barbanell, University of Utah; Meghann Jarchow, University of South Dakota; John Ritter, Wittenberg University
In this activity, students examine the impact of land use on runoff. Using rainfall-runoff data for two small watersheds in Ohio, one dominated by agricultural land uses and the other dominated by urban land uses, ...

Unit 2.2: Mitigation Using Low Impact Development (LID) Controls part of An Ecosystem Services Approach to Water Resources
John Ritter, Wittenberg University; Ed Barbanell, University of Utah; Meghann Jarchow, University of South Dakota
In this activity, students model the impact of changes in land cover on stormwater runoff using the EPA's National Stormwater Calculator. Students mitigate increased stormwater runoff resulting from ...

Unit 1.2: Exploring the Hydrologic Cycle part of An Ecosystem Services Approach to Water Resources
Ed Barbanell, University of Utah; John Ritter, Wittenberg University; Meghann Jarchow, University of South Dakota
In this activity, students focus on ecosystem services specifically related to the hydrologic cycle. Using rainfall-runoff data for a small watershed in Ohio, students are introduced to the technical vocabulary ...

Unit 3.1: Land-Use Change and Stakeholders part of An Ecosystem Services Approach to Water Resources
Ed Barbanell, University of Utah; Meghann Jarchow, University of South Dakota; John Ritter, Wittenberg University
The example of a proposed land-use change that was used in Unit 2.3 is built upon here. The activities in this unit are meant to broaden the discussion beyond calculating quantitative run-off changes. Now we will ...

Unit 1.1: Mapping Ecosystem Services part of An Ecosystem Services Approach to Water Resources
Ed Barbanell, University of Utah; Meghann Jarchow, University of South Dakota; John Ritter, Wittenberg University
In this activity, students are introduced to the concept of ecosystem services, provided with a tool for exploring these services in particular landscapes, and led through a few examples so that they will be ...

Where Does Stream Water Come From? part of Project EDDIE:Teaching Materials:Modules
Christa Torrens, University of Colorado at Boulder
In this module, students explore various sources of stream water through reading, discussion, and data analysis in R. The module focuses on streams from four distinct LTER sites: an Antarctic desert stream, an Arizona desert stream, an Arctic tundra stream, and a temperate forest stream in New England.

Contour Mapping With Playdough part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Lynne Elkins, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
In this lab exercise, introductory geology/geography students create topographic maps for a playdough landscape of their own design. This lab was designed to teach students to learn how to work with topographic ...

Unit 3.2: Presentation and Reflection part of An Ecosystem Services Approach to Water Resources
Ed Barbanell, University of Utah; Meghann Jarchow, University of South Dakota; John Ritter, Wittenberg University
In this activity, the student groups organized at the end of Unit 3.1 will prepare presentations representing different stakeholder positions. This artifact—Part I of the Module Summative Assessment (Microsoft ...

An Assessment of Hillslope Stability Using the Factor of Safety part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
Laura Moore, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
In this homework assignment students are asked to consider the balance of forces on a hill slope using the Factor of Safety.

Northwest Passage part of Teaching Methods:Teaching with Google Earth:Examples
Glenn Richard, SUNY at Stony Brook
An investigation of changes in polar regions using Google Earth.