Teaching Activities

Unit 2: Mashing it up: physical models of deformation and strain part of GPS, Strain, and Earthquakes
Vince Cronin, Baylor University (Vince_Cronin@baylor.edu) Phil Resor, Wesleyan University (presor@wesleyan.edu)
Students gain an intuitive understanding of strain and deformation through a series of physical model activities using everyday materials such as bungee cords, rubber bands, fabric, index cards, silly putty, sand, ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Course Module, Activities, Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Demonstration
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Structural Visualizations, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Stress/Strain/Strain Analysis, Microstructures, Deformation Mechanisms, Fabrics, Rheology/Behavior of Materials, Modeling Structural Processes, Physics:General Physics:Vector Algebra
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Unit 6: Applying GPS strain and earthquake hazard analyses to different regions part of GPS, Strain, and Earthquakes
Vince Cronin, Baylor University (Vince_Cronin@baylor.edu) Phil Resor, Wesleyan University (presor@wesleyan.edu)
Students select their own set of three stations in an area of interest to them, conduct a strain analysis of the area between the stations, and tie the findings to regional tectonics and societal impacts in a 5–7 ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Course Module
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Structural Visualizations, Stress/Strain/Strain Analysis, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology, Geodynamics, Geodesy, Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Geophysics and Structural Geology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Physics:General Physics:Vector Algebra, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Tectonics, Geomorphology:Landscape Evolution, Geography:Geospatial, Physical
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review