Magnetic Reversals at Divergent Plate Boundaries part of Pedagogy in Action:Library:Spatial Reasoning with GeoClick Questions:Examples
Nicole LaDue, Northern Illinois University
× Formative assessment questions using a classroom response system ("clickers") can be used to reveal students' spatial understanding. Students are shown this diagram and given the prompt: ...

Data Uncertainty Module part of Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Teaching with Online Field Experiences:Activities
Basil Tikoff, University of Wisconsin-Madison
This is a (~35 slide) powerpoint with embedded video/audio that specifically addresses data uncertainty. It provides a "meter" that allows you to evaluate uncertainty. It provides geology field-based ...

AR Sandbox part of Teaching with Augmented and Virtual Reality:Teaching Activities:Activities
Natalie Bursztyn, University of Montana
This is a short introduction and some ideas for how to utilize an AR sandbox in your classroom/lab. This is not information about how to make your own AR sandbox! These activities aim to link topographic map ...

Making Community Connections to Co-learn about Earthquakes part of EarthScope ANGLE:Educational Materials:Activities
Jennifer Pickering
Many people live in regions prone to earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions, but the hazards and risks inherent in our communities may be very different. Making connections with learners from another location is a great way to share knowledge and practice science communication skills. Video conferencing applications like Zoom and Skype make it possible to connect with learners anywhere in the world. This activity provides a simple protocol, and a form for submitting a request to connect with a classroom teacher in Anchorage, Alaska.

Central American Arc Volcanoes, Petrology, and Geochemistry part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:Mini Lesson Collection 2014
Bob Stern, The University of Texas at Dallas; Ben Edwards, Dickinson College; Jim Walker, Northern Illinois University
This module teaches basic concepts in igneous petrology through relating hand specimen identification of lavas to major element geochemistry, using the Central American volcanic arc as an example.

Exploring Styles of Extension in the Gulf of California part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:Mini Lesson Collection 2014
Lisa Lamb, University of St. Thomas (MN); Rebecca Dorsey, University of Oregon; Scott Bennett, U.S. Geological Survey; Sue Cashman, Humboldt State University; Jack Loveless, Smith College; Andrew Goodliffe, The University of Alabama
An introduction to processes associated with continental rifting, and resulting fault geometries and distributions, and lithospheric responses, using seismic data examples from the Gulf of California.

Role of Plate Motion Obliquity in Rifting part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:Mini Lesson Collection 2014
Jack Loveless, Smith College; Scott Bennett, U.S. Geological Survey; Rebecca Dorsey, University of Oregon; Sue Cashman, Humboldt State University; Lisa Lamb, University of St. Thomas (MN); Andrew Goodliffe, The University of Alabama
A module that uses Euler poles to describe the relative motion between the Baja Microplate and North American Plate, highlighting how the obliquity of rifting changes along strike in the Gulf of California.

The spectrum of fault slip part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:Mini Lesson Collection 2014
Eliza Richardson, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus; Jeff Marshall, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; David Pearson, Idaho State University; (James) Casey Moore, University of California-Santa Cruz
Introduction to the different types of slip behaviors that can occur on subduction thrust, and comparative analysis of data sets derived from earthquakes and slow slip events to learn to discriminate among events.

The Plate Boundary Fault of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake: Oceanic Provenance and Earthquake Genesis part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:Mini Lesson Collection 2014
(James) Casey Moore, University of California-Santa Cruz
This is one component of the Seismogenic zone Experiment Mini Lessons This mini lesson provides an example of how stratigraphy influences tectonics, and vice versa. The magnitude 9 Tohoku earthquake slipped a ...

Sediments and carbon burial on the continental margins part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:Mini Lesson Collection 2014
Adam Hoffman, University of Dubuque; Lonnie Leithold, North Carolina State University; Kathy Surpless, Trinity University; Steve Kuehl, College of William and Mary
This lesson explores factors that control the character and fate of carbon delivered by rivers from the continents to the oceans, using mapped characteristics and data from 12 different rivers, including the MARGINS Waipaoa and Fly systems.