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    Using MATLAB to understand distributions: Pokémon GO part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Teaching Activities
    Benjamin Bratton, Vanderbilt University
    This problem set will help teach students how to describe real world distributions. Data science skills that will be covered include measures of central tendency and spread, transformations of distributions, ...

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set
    Subject: Biology
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review, Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
    MATLAB Exemplary Collection This activity is part of the Teaching Computation in the Sciences Using MATLAB Exemplary Teaching Activities collection.
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    Tracking your Plastic Footprint part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2020:Program:Share-a-Thon
    Ben Maas, Metropolitan State University; Katie Farnsworth, Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus
    In this homework assignment, students are asked to track their plastic usage over one week by using an Excel spreadsheet (provided) and by making a 'plastic diary. A Google Sheets version of the spreadsheet ...

    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Problem Set, Project, Lab Activity
    Subject: Biology

    A Daily Dose of MATLAB for College Freshmen part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2020:Activities
    Frederik J Simons, Princeton University
    Teaching first-year college students, with my colleague Adam Maloof, as part of a research-oriented "Freshman Seminar" involves teaching students MATLAB -- from scratch to proficiency. Rather than sharing ...

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set
    Subject: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Engineering, Geoscience, Mathematics
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Construction of a Simple Conceptual Model part of Hydrogeology:Hydrogeology, Soils, Geochemistry 2013:Activities
    Scott Werts, Winthrop University
    This homework assignment is designed to give the students practice in developing a simple conceptual model using reservoirs, fluxes, and simple calculations of sediment, carbon and nutrient accumulation in a ...

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set
    Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water quality/chemistry , Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry, Geochemistry:Elements, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water and society, policy, and management, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water, Biology:Biogeochemistry, Biogeochemistry:Nutrient Limitation and Cycling, Carbon Cycling, Environmental Science
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    What is the fate of CO2 produced by fossil fuel combustion? part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
    Paul Quay
    A box model is used to simulate the build up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere during the industrial era and predict the future increase in atmospheric CO2 levels during the next century.

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Tools, Activities:Problem Set
    Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Global change modeling, Geoscience:Oceanography:Ocean-Climate Interactions, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Greenhouse effect, Climate feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Climate sensitivity and feedbacks, Geoscience:Oceanography, Biology, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Climate Change:Global change modeling, Greenhouse effect, Climate feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Atmospheric gases, Atmospheric and oceanic circulation
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review, Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
    MATLAB Exemplary Collection This activity is part of the Teaching Computation in the Sciences Using MATLAB Exemplary Teaching Activities collection.
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    CLEAN Selected This activity has been selected for inclusion in the CLEAN collection.
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    Isotopes and Tracers part of Hydrogeology:Hydrogeology, Soils, Geochemistry 2013:Activities
    Thomas Meixner, The University of Arizona
    This assignment offers students several problems that help them understand the basic of mixing models and their use in understanding the controls on water quality in the environment. The purpose of the assignment ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Stable Isotopes, Biology:Biogeochemistry, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water quality/chemistry , Biology:Biogeochemistry:Nutrient Limitation and Cycling, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Radioisotopes
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Human Demographics part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Mathematical and Statistical Models:Mathematical and Statistical Models Examples
    Scott Cooper, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
    In this biology simulation students explore factors that change human population growth including age at which women begin to bear children, fertility rate and death rate. -

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set
    Subject: Education, Biology, Environmental Science:Human Population:Developing/Developed Countries, Environmental Science, Sociology, Environmental Science:Human Population

    Green Landscape and Environmental Policy part of Service Learning:Activities
    Stephanie Freeman, Alabama A & M University
    Develop lectures that discuss environmental policy and horticulture practices in communities. Create classroom activities that incorporate green landscape design practices in residential areas. These classroom ...

    Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Writing Assignment, Classroom Activity, Project:Service Learning, Activities:Lab Activity, Field Activity, Project
    Subject: Biology, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Land Use and Planning, Sustainability, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Observing different scenarios of climate change using climate challenge web game part of SISL:Activities
    Aaron Fekaris
    Use the web game Climate Challenge by the British Broadcasting Corporation to observe how decision by government can contribute to climate change. By seeing the consequence of government inaction in an interactive web experience, students will be more engaged citizens and voters. To show students that we live in a world with finite resources.

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Scientific Resources:Research Results, Activities:Writing Assignment, Problem Set, Discussion, Project, Activities
    Subject: Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning, Global Change and Climate, Ecosystems, Forest Resources, Mineral Resources, Biology, Environmental Science:Air Quality, Energy, Policy:Global Policy, Environmental Science, Economics:Macro policy, Economics, English, Economics:Micro policy, Macro, Business, Economics:Micro, Biology:Ecology, Environmental Science:Policy, Biology:Ecology:Food Webs, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Air quality, Biology:Ecology:Principles