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A "Jigsaw" Activity for Teaching about Uranium Mining on the Navajo Nation part of Public Policy:Activities
Erin Klauk, University of Wyoming
This activity takes an Earth system approach to teach about uranium mining on the Navajo Nation, and can be modified to teach a variety of case studies.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Jigsaw, Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Policy:State Policy, Environmental Ethics/Values, Environmental Science:Mineral Resources:Mining, Environmental Science:Policy:US National Policy, Environmental Decision-Making
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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A "Role-play" Activity for Teaching about Uranium Mining on the Navajo Nation part of Public Policy:Activities
Erin Klauk, University of Wyoming
This activity uses an Earth system approach and role playing to teach students about uranium mining on the Navajo Nation. Students first use a website to find information for their assigned roles, and then they ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Policy:State Policy, Environmental Decision-Making, Environmental Ethics/Values, US National Policy, Environmental Science:Mineral Resources:Mining
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
Election Project part of Public Policy:Activities
Michael Phillips, Illinois Valley Community College
Students research and report on candidates positions on issues relevant to the course. Students get to apply what they have covered in class to real events relevant to their current and future lives.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Writing Assignment, Classroom Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Ethics/Values, US National Policy, State Policy, Environmental Decision-Making
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
Western water law project part of Hydrogeology:Activities
Todd Rayne, Hamilton College
This activity allows students to use role-playing to learn about the connection between surface water and ground water.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water cycle/groundwater-surface water interface, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Surface Water , Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Management and Policy, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Groundwater , Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water and society, policy, and management, Environmental Science:Policy:State Policy, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Geology of groundwater occurrence
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
Yellowstone Fires part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Role Playing:Examples
Rebecca Teed, Wright State University-Main Campus
This module enables students to take a problem-based learning approach to wildfires, in particular whether a "let-it-burn" policy makes sense in Yellowstone National Park. -
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Wildfires, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Clouds and precipitation, Biology, Environmental Science:Forest Resources, Ecosystems:Ecology, Environmental Science:Policy:US National Policy, State Policy
Superfund Case Study part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Tait Chirenje, Stockton University
This exercise is meant to reinforce concepts covered in the whole course. It helps students integrate concepts from risk and toxicology, air, water and soil pollution, regulation and remediation technology.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment
Subject: Environmental Science:Air Quality, Water Quality and Quantity, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Quality/Chemistry , Environmental Science:Waste:Waste Solid :Industrial Waste, Environmental Science:Waste:Toxic and Hazardous Wastes, Environmental Science:Policy:State Policy, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Contaminant hydrology, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Air quality
Brownfields part of Public Policy:Activities
Tait Chirenje, Stockton University
I split the class into small groups and assign them a list of properties that are suspected of being brownfields. Their job is to do a phase 1 (dig up background information) assessment and do a site visit to take ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity:Field laboratories, Activities:Writing Assignment
Subject: Environmental Science:Policy:Local Policy, State Policy, US National Policy, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning, Geography:Geospatial, Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Decision-Making
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. -
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