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Major Storms and Community Resilience part of CLEAN Collection

https://serc.carleton.edu/integrate/teaching_materials/s...
Lisa Doner, Lorraine Motola, Patricia Stapleton
This is Unit 1 of a larger module and centers on the fundamental concepts of major storms and community resilience. In this unit, students acquire a vocabulary related to storm systems and risk, ...
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Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Extreme Event Game part of CLEAN Collection

https://labx.org/extreme-event/
LabX
The Extreme Events Game is an in-person role-playing game that allows participants the experience of building community resilience in the face of disaster. Players work together to make decisions and ...
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Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), Graduate/Professional, Informal, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Quantifying The Drivers and Impacts of Natural Disturbance Events – The 2013 Colorado Floods part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.neonscience.org/resources/learning-hub/tutor...
Megan A. Jones, Leah A. Wasser, Mariela Perignon
Several factors contributed to the extreme flooding that occurred in Boulder, Colorado in 2013. In this data activity, students explore and visualize the data for stream discharge data collected by ...
CLEAN Selected This activity has been selected for inclusion in the CLEAN collection.
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Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

VEPP: Monday Morning Meeting at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Volcano Exploration Project: Pu`u `O`o:Examples
Michael Poland
This jigsaw groups students as volcano monitoring data experts, and then regroups students into interdisciplinary teams. The teams will discuss volcano monitoring data collected within the past week from Pu'u ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Volcanoes, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Volcanology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Volcanism

Is the New Madrid Seismic Zone at risk for a large earthquake? part of Online Teaching:Activities for Teaching Online
Eliza Richardson, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
In this lesson we discuss the controversy regarding the extent of seismic risk in the central United States today. We learn how to estimate earthquake recurrence interval using a variety of methods. This lesson ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics
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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VEPP: Working with the VEPP website in an online M.Ed. course part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Volcano Exploration Project: Pu`u `O`o:Examples
Eliza Richardson, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
Students explore the VEPP website and complete a two-part problem set in which they work through the ideas presented in an EOS paper regarding eruptions at Kilauea and they try to find a deflation-inflation event ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Volcanism
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Seismic Evaluation of Buildings part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching about Risk and Resilience:Activities
Dr.G.P.Ganapathy, VIT University, Vellore 632014, India
Check list to retrofitting of buildings based on Rapid Seimic evaluation of the buildings

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Engineering, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes

VEPP: Is the Past the Key to the Future? part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Volcano Exploration Project: Pu`u `O`o:Examples
Dennis Geist, University of Idaho
This is an exercise that is in development and has not yet been fully tested in the classroom. Please check back regularly for updates and changes. Brief three-line description of the activity or assignment and ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Volcanoes, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Volcanology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Volcanism

Sea Level Rise and Adaptation part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching about Risk and Resilience:Activities
Daniel Spandau, DJS Consulting
Understanding the implications of Sea Level Rise (SER) on coastal communities and the coastal hazards associate with SER.

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Hazards, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Natural Hazards:Coastal Hazards, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards