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Identifying Geologic Structures in Outcrops CogSketch geoscience worksheet part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Bridget Garnier
Sketching activity that uses a sketch-understanding program, CogSketch. Students identify and annotate/sketch stratigraphic (e.g. bedding) and structural features (e.g. joints, faults, folds) on top of outcrop ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Joints/Fractures, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Stratigraphy, Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Structural Visualizations, Folds/Faults/Ductile Shear Zones
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Mars Landing Site Analysis Lab part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
Brian Hynek, University of Colorado at Boulder
Brian Hynek, University of Colorado Summary Students use recent data acquired from Mars orbiters to assess the safety and scientific value of various proposed landing sites for a future Mars lander. Context Type ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Lunar and Planetary Science, Geology:Structural Geology:Structural Visualizations
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Emergent Models in Google Earth part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Declan De Paor, Old Dominion University
This is one sample of a set of emergent models we are developing for use with Google Earth. Students use the Google Earth time-slider to lift 3D models of the subsurface into view. They can substitute their own ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Problem Set, Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Project
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Geophysics and Structural Geology, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Tectonics, Structural Geology:Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Structural Visualizations
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Mars Geologic Mapping part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
Devon Burr, Northern Arizona University
Devon Burr, Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, University of Tennessee Knoxville Summary This final laboratory exercise in an introductory planetary geology course requires the students to use Google Mars to ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Structural Visualizations
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

GEOLOGIC MAPPING IN GOOGLE EARTH: TOOLS AND CHALLENGES part of Undergraduate Research:2014 Workshop:Activities
Mladen Dordevic, IRIS Consortium
Activity 1: The Structural Geology Mapping Challenge is a web based Google Earth exercise, where students outline bedding traces and measure strike and dip orientations to determine fold geometry. Students start ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Structural Visualizations, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:GIS/Mapping/Field Techniques