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Shoreline Vulnerability to Sea Level Rise part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
Shelley Whitmeyer, James Madison University
This assignment uses the Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI) developed by the USGS to evaluate multiple factors that affect shoreline stability.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Understanding the Carbon Cycle: A Jigsaw Approach part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
David Hastings, Eckerd College
In this "jigsaw" exercise, each student is assigned one of five geochemical processes in the carbon cycle to research, fully understand, and then explain to others in groups of five. At the end of class ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Writing Assignment, Classroom Activity:Jigsaw
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
The Carbon Cycle Game part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
Cheryl Manning, OrbWeaver Consulting, LLC
Students develop concept maps of the carbon cycle through a die-rolling game that simulates carbon reservoirs and fluxes.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change
Demonstrating Climate Change and the Water Cycle to Fifth Grade Students part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
Jennifer Murphy
Demonstration of the greenhouse effect and its role in climate change, discussion of the phases of water and the water cycle, and a hands-on experiment to investigate the role of temperature in phase changes of ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Hydrologic cycle
History of Climate Science part of NAGT:Our Resources:Teaching Resources:Teaching Materials Collection
Cheryl Manning, OrbWeaver Consulting, LLC
Students work in small groups to conduct online research on a random set of important historical events in climate science then categorize whether these events were "scientific", "cultural", ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Historical Geology, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change