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Mapping a Local Dune Field and Estimating Paleowind Speed and Direction part of NAGT:Our Work:Past Projects:Teaching in the Field:Field Trip Collection
Donald T. Rodbell, Union College Intended Audience: Undergraduate geomorphology course. Location: Pinebush dune field, eastern New York State (approximately 20 minutes from Union College campus). Summary: We visit ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Ready, Designed for In-Person
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Virtual Field Trip, Field Activity:Field laboratories, Activities:Field Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:GIS/Mapping/Field Techniques
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Marble Bar, Australia part of Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Teaching with Online Field Experiences:Activities
Wendy Taylor, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus
The Marble Bar Chert of Western Australia, is one of the earliest sedimentary deposits on Earth. The Marble Bar Chert, along with the presence of pillow basalts, could be an important part of Earth's early ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records

Acidification of the Oceans at the time of KPg event and Now part of IODP School of Rock 2020:Teaching Activities
Cathy Carpenter, Norwich City School District; Shaundra Davis, Richfield Springs Central School District
This activity will engage students in researching the sequence of events and effects of the KPg event. Students will compare using data the acidification of oceans today to the acidification of the oceans after the ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Writing Assignment, Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Carbon Capture & Storage, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:History and evolution of Earth's climate, Biology:Biogeochemistry:Carbon Cycling, Biology:Evolution, Geoscience:Oceanography:Chemical, Ocean-Climate Interactions, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Natural causes, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Chemistry:General Chemistry:Acids & Bases, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biodiversity, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Recent climate data, Greenhouse effect, Carbon capture & storage, Geoscience:Geology:Historical Geology, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Anthropogenic causes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:History and evolution of Earth's climate, Recent climate data, Natural causes, Paleoclimate records, Anthropogenic causes, Greenhouse effect, Carbon capture & storage

Using Dendrochronology to Determine the Age and Past Environments of the Black Forest Region, Colorado, USA part of Rates and Time:GSA Activity Posters
Paul Grogger, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
The use of dendrochronology in determining the geologic history of a location. The development of an understanding how tree growth can indicate the relationships between climate, geomorphology, ecology and archeology.

Grade Level: General Public
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity:Importation of field observations into the classroom
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Habitats, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Geoscience:Geology:Historical Geology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Paleo-Peterson Grabs of Ancient Sea Floors as a Tool to Understand Longer Term Sea Level Change part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2019:Program:Teaching Demonstrations:Friday
Michael Gibson, The University of Tennessee-Martin
The fossiliferous sediment record contains the necessary comparative information for us to evaluate modern sea level change consequences. How does one bring the modern ocean experience into a land-locked classroom ...

Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Field Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Paleoclimate records