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Indiana River Meanders Mapping Exercise part of Teaching Activities
Emily Zawacki, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus
In Indiana, major rivers and their tributaries cross much of the state. These rivers can produce significant hazards related to flooding and erosion, which threaten nearby residents and infrastructure. Rivers are ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Fluvial, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Geography:Geospatial
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Modeling Rare Plant Distributions Using ArcGIS part of Teaching Activities
Elizabeth Crook, University of California-Irvine
In this activity, students work with rare plant occurrence data from the Nature Reserve of Orange County, California to create species distribution maps in ArcGIS. Students are given shapefiles of species ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), Graduate/Professional
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Project
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Biology:Ecology:Habitats, Geography:Geospatial, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Habitats, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Measure surface reflectance and albedo with smartphone apps part of Teaching Activities
Jessie Turner, Old Dominion University
Using smartphones, students can measure the reflectance and albedo of water and other earth surfaces in the field. This is a great activity to reinforce the central concepts used in remote sensing. The smartphone ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity
Subject: Geography:Geospatial
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Journey Across the Pacific part of Teaching Activities
MICHELLE KINZEL, Southwestern College
This second introductory lesson in GeoMapApp exposes students to bathymetrical survey methods and allows them to explore different bathymetric features of the Pacific Ocean using GeoMapApp. Activity includes both ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Computer Applications, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Teaching Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography:Physical , Geography:Geospatial
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Maps as Scientific Tools part of Teaching Activities
MICHELLE KINZEL, Southwestern College
This lesson is designed to reinforce the basic skill sets and concepts introduced in Lessons 1‐3 of this module. Students will use the steps of the Geographic Approach to explore data sets and images in a ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Computer Applications
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Geoscience:Oceanography:Physical , Marine Geology and Geophysics, Geography:Geospatial
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Tracking the Gentle Giants part of Teaching Activities
MICHELLE KINZEL, Southwestern College
This third lesson in GeoMapApp uses data on whale habitats to familiarize students with using GeoMapApp to analyze scientific data sets.

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Computer Applications
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography:Biological, Geography:Geospatial, Geoscience:Oceanography:Chemical
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Mapping Habitable Range Shifts of Salt Marsh Bird's Beak Due to Sea Level Rise (ArcGIS) part of Teaching Activities
Elizabeth Crook, University of California-Irvine
Salt Marsh Bird's Beak is an endangered plant species that is endemic to the Upper Newport Bay of Newport Beach, California. Because this rare and important species occupies a narrow ecological niche, as sea ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Biology:Ecology:Habitats, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Habitats, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geography:Geospatial

Data Detectives part of Teaching Activities
MICHELLE KINZEL, Southwestern College
This final lesson in the GeoMapApp course teaches students to use geospatial technology as a key method in finding answers to environmental problems.

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Computer Applications, Activities:Project
Subject: Environmental Science, Geography:Geospatial, Environmental Science:Policy