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    Grade Level
    College Lower (13-14)
    Subject
    Geoscience > Geology > Sedimentary Geology > Sediment Transport and Deposition
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    Quantifying transport of sediment off of continental shelves part of Teaching Activities
    Lauren Sahl, Maine Maritime Academy
    This activity requires students to manipulate oceanographic data to derive new variables, make plots, interpret plots and make back-of-the-envelope calculations to weigh the importance of eddies in shelf edge ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Classroom Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sediment Transport and Deposition
    Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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    Transporting sediment off of the continental shelf part of Teaching Activities
    Lauren Sahl, Maine Maritime Academy
    In this activity students examine a map of geopotential anomaly to determine ocean current patterns. They then examine particle beam attenuation data to identify patterns in the locations of intermediate nepheloid ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sediment Transport and Deposition, Geoscience:Oceanography
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review