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      Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience

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    2004 Asian Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Project part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Cooperative Learning:Examples
    Char Bezanson, Eastview High School, Apple Valley, Minnesota
    Students are employees of a unit of the United Nations responsible for coordinating disaster relief after a major disaster (the 2004 Asian Earthquake and Tsunami) occurs. The agency needs to understand the ...

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Writing Assignment, Classroom Activity:Jigsaw
    Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Geoscience:Oceanography, Oceanography:Marine Hazards, Geoscience:Geology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Coastal Hazards:Tsunami
    Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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    Subduction Zone Earthquakes part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Interactive Lecture Demonstrations:Examples
    David Steer, University of Akron Main Campus; , University of Akron Main Campus
    While working in groups to facilitate peer tutoring, students manipulate a hands-on, physical model to better comprehend several characteristics of subduction zone earthquakes. -

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, High School (9-12)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Demonstration
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    The Grand Canyon part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Role Playing:Examples
    Rebecca Teed, Wright State University-Main Campus
    This interdisciplinary lesson plan deals with the consequences of damming in the Grand Canyon area. The students, role-playing as scientists, write a proposal to try experimental flooding. -

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Activities
    Subject: Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Surface Water , Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Freshwater, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Floods/Fluvial Processes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sediment Transport and Deposition, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Management and Policy, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Fluvial, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Ecology, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning, Policy:US National Policy, State Policy, Environmental Decision-Making, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Habitats