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Monitoring Lead in an Urban Community Garden part of Service Learning:Activities
Jennifer Latimer, Indiana State University
Each spring, students in a 300-level field course collect samples from urban community gardens to monitor soil lead concentrations.

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project:Service Learning
Subject: Environmental Science, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geochemistry, Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture, Geoscience:Soils
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Final Project for Introductory Soils Course part of Hydrogeology:Hydrogeology, Soils, Geochemistry 2013:Activities
Daniel Hirmas, Texas Tech University
These assignments represent scaffolding for a self-directed final project.

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), College Introductory, Graduate/Professional
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project
Subject: Geoscience:Soils:Classification, Critical Zone Processes, Soil Genesis, Geoscience:Soils, Soils:Chemistry and Mineralogy, Profile Description/Morphology
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Integrated Critical Zone project part of Hydrogeology:Hydrogeology, Soils, Geochemistry 2013:Activities
Nick Bader, Whitman College
This project is a way to assemble information about geology, hydrogeology, and soils into a coherent whole in a way that may otherwise not happen in any one class. The "critical zone" concept ties the ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Aquifer properties, Unsaturated zone/recharge, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water, Geoscience:Soils:Classification, Soil Maps, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water cycle/groundwater-surface water interface, Geoscience:Soils
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

An integrated view of the Glendale Landscape part of Hydrogeology:Hydrogeology, Soils, Geochemistry 2013:Activities
Kaye Savage, Wofford College
Students work in groups to develop posters that communicate their concept of landscape following several field labs (soils, sediment analysis, river discharge, vegetation survey, aquatic life) at one location. They ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Project, Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Soils:Profile Description/Morphology, Geoscience:Soils, Hydrology:Ground Water, Ground Water:Water and society, policy, and management, Water quality/chemistry , Field methods in hydrogeology, Biology:Biogeochemistry:Carbon Cycling, Biology:Biogeochemistry, Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Environmental Science, Human Population, Land Use and Planning, Water Quality and Quantity, Energy, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water cycle/groundwater-surface water interface, Geoscience:Soils:Soil Genesis
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Public Information Campaign: Soil Erosion, Conservation, and Watershed Health part of Hydrogeology:Hydrogeology, Soils, Geochemistry 2013:Activities
Kathryn Szramek, Drake University
Students in groups of two create a 4-minute educational video, brochure, and poster on an aspect of soil erosion, soil conservation, and/or watershed health for agricultural regions within the midwestern states. ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project
Subject: Geoscience:Soils:Soil Maps, Critical Zone Processes, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water, Geoscience:Soils, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning, Environmental Science, Ecosystems, Sustainability, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water and society, policy, and management, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Community Science Learning Module (K-12) part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2020:Program:Teaching Demonstrations
Kelly McCarthy, American Geophysical Union; Rajul Pandya, AGU; Melissa Goodwin, AGU
The learning module includes a series of activities that facilitate skill building in community and civic engagement through the lens of community science. The practice of community science is defined as a way of ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Writing Assignment, Project
Subject: Geoscience:Soils

A Sustainable Southwest Japanese Garden part of Service Learning:Activities
Rhonda Spidell, Albuquerque Academy
A Sustainable Southwest Japanese Garden Project combines Earth Systems geoscience curriculum with designing and developing a sustainable Japanese garden. The garden uses water harvested from the roof of the ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project:Service Learning
Subject: Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture, Sustainability, Ecosystems:Ecology, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Management and Policy, Geoscience:Soils, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Water Conservation, Biology:Ecology:Habitats
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Urban Farming, Soil Science and Me - Reflection 1 part of Service Learning:Activities
Federica Raia, The City College of New York
This reflection assignment is used within a service learning project to bridge three fundamental categories: community service, personal growth and course content. Reflections are designed to gauge students' ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment, Project:Service Learning
Subject: Geoscience:Soils, Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture, Sustainability
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review