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    What are the Winds Blowing into Mammoth Cave? part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Geology of National Parks:Examples
    Module by: Dorien K. McGee, University of South Florida Bobby Carson and Jonathan Jernigan, Mammoth Cave National Park Cover Page by: Len Vacher and Amie O. West, University of South Florida
    Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum/Geology of National Parks module. Students estimate the net volume of pollutants flowing into the Houchin's Narrows entrance of Mammoth Cave using actual air-flow and air-quality data from the park.

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Within Rock, Geoscience, Geology, Biology:Ecology:Habitats, Biology:Ecology, Environmental Science, Air Quality, Air Quality:Pollutants, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Air quality, Air quality:Pollutants, Mathematics
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Deciviews from Look Rock, Great Smoky Mountains National Park: How Hazy is it? part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Geology of National Parks:Examples
    , University of South Florida
    Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum/Geology of National Parks module. Students calculate the haze index and standard visual range from concentrations of particulate matter.

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Air quality, Geoscience, Environmental Science:Air Quality
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Scientific logic: An application to meteorological observations part of Process of Science:Examples
    Dave Dempsey, San Francisco State University
    A sample question/problem in which students are asked to apply the logic of scientific evidence to statements about weather patterns, based on observations on a typical surface weather map.

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review