Teaching Activities

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 ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Think-Pair-Share, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geography:Physical, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Surface Water , Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Quality/Chemistry , Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning, Water Quality and Quantity, Natural Hazards:Floods/Fluvial Processes, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning:Urbanization
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Exploring Air Quality in Aura NO2 Data part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Aura
DATA: NASA Aura nitrogen dioxide data. TOOL: Google Earth. SUMMARY: Learn about photochemical smog. Explore the relationships among human population density, nitrogen dioxide concentrations, and geography.

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Datasets and Tools:Datasets, Computer Applications, Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Air quality, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning:Urbanization, Geography:Geospatial, Environmental Science:Air Quality
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

How Cities Affect Their Local Climate part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Are Our Cities Warming the Earth?
DATA: GLOBE Program Surface Temperature. TOOL: My World GIS. SUMMARY: Explore the urban heat island effect using student collected surface temperature data. Subset large datasets, buffer others, examine spatial relationships, and gather statistics to investigate temperature differences in urban and rural school sites.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Datasets and Tools:Datasets, Audio/Visual:Maps, Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geography:Geospatial, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning:Urbanization
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Mapping Local Data in a GIS part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:MyMap
DATA: Student-collected GPS data and site characterizations TOOLS: MyWorld GIS, spreadsheet program SUMMARY: Follow a study of Urban Heat Islands as an example of map-based science research projects.

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Tools, Computer Applications
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning:Urbanization, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Geography:Geospatial
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review, Peer Reviewed as Exemplary