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    Observing the Rio Grande Ecosystem to Promote Systems Thinking part of Teaching Activities
    Diane Doser, University of Texas at El Paso
    This series of activities uses the Rio Grande ecosystem to promote systems thinking. The concepts for the activities were developed during the Earth Educators' Rendezvous in 2015. Activities E1-E3 were ...

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Classroom Activity
    Subject: Environmental Science:Sustainability, Ecosystems
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Sustainable Urban Adventure part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Systems, Society, Sustainability and the Geosciences:Activities
    Thomas Beery, University of Minnesota-Duluth
    In this field based activity students explore their new home in an effort to get acquainted with the community beyond the campus and to experience accessible recreation on a nationally recognized hiking trail. During the nature-based outdoor recreation experience, students explore a variety of natural and cultural history topics.

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity:Field trip , Activities
    Subject: Environmental Science:Policy:Local Policy, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Land Use and Planning
    Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
    On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Collection This activity is part of the On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Teaching Activities collection.
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    independent soil investigation project part of Hydrogeology:Hydrogeology, Soils, Geochemistry 2013:Activities
    Stephanie Ewing, Montana State University-Bozeman
    Students demonstrate their skill in soils investigation and interpretation through independent projects undertaken in groups of one to three and presented in class using visual aids.

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment, Field Activity, Classroom Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Soils:Profile Description/Morphology, Soil Genesis, Critical Zone Processes, Classification, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Geochemical Analysis, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry, Geoscience:Soils, Biology:Biogeochemistry:Carbon Cycling, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Environmental Science, Sustainability, Land Use and Planning, Biology:Biogeochemistry, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Reaction Kinetics/Rates, Geoscience:Soils:Soil Maps
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Green Landscape and Environmental Policy part of Service Learning:Activities
    Stephanie Freeman, Alabama A & M University
    Develop lectures that discuss environmental policy and horticulture practices in communities. Create classroom activities that incorporate green landscape design practices in residential areas. These classroom ...

    Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Writing Assignment, Classroom Activity, Project:Service Learning, Activities:Lab Activity, Field Activity, Project
    Subject: Biology, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Land Use and Planning, Sustainability, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Phenology Plot Project part of ACM Pedagogic Resources:ACM/FaCE:Projects:Integrating Sustainability into the Undergraduate Curriculum:Activities
    Suzanne Savanick Hansen, Macalester College
    Students pick one place in the Carleton Arboretum to spend at least 20 minutes observing the biodiversity in that one place at least six times during the term. Students must record observations visually and with the written word and share their final projects with the class.

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity
    Subject: Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Sustainability