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Soil analysis for the community garden part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
Kevin Svitana, Otterbein College
Kevin Svitana, Otterbein University, Westerville, OH Summary Otterbein is in the process of developing a community garden on its newly opened Equestrian Science facility. This facility was a former industrial ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture, Geoscience:Soils:Chemistry and Mineralogy, Soil Maps
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Pollution control and hydrologic Modeling part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
Eugenio Arima, Hobart William Smith Colleges
Eugenio Y. Arima, Hobart and William Smith Colleges Summary This assignment will introduce students to surface hydrologic modeling in GIS and derived products such as stream power and wetness indices. Context Type ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Contaminant hydrology, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Point Source Pollution, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Quality/Chemistry
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Swimming in Oil: The Impact, Aftermath and Alternatives to Oil Spills part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
MICHELLE KINZEL, Southwestern College
Michelle Kinzel, San Diego Mesa College Summary This activity introduces students to basic functions and features of ArcGIS software and explores principles of a GIS and data set manipulations, using observational ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Problem Set, Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Faint Young Sun, Radiocarbon dating part of Early Career:Previous Workshops:Workshop 2010:Teaching Activities
Mea Cook, Williams College
This problem set follows lectures and readings on (1) the Stefan-Boltzmann equation and the greenhouse effect in an n-layer atmosphere and (2) radiometric dating. The goal is for the students to apply equations ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Historical Geology, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Greenhouse effect, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Greenhouse effect
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Using the EXCEL Woburn Flow and Transport Model to Teach Modeling Concepts part of Hydrogeology:Activities
Scott Bair, Ohio State University-Main Campus
Modeling ties together many subjects taught in an introductory hydrogeology course. The goals of this activity are for students to learn why scientists and engineers use models, what types of models are commonly ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Problem Set, Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Groundwater flow, Aquifer properties, Contaminant hydrology, Groundwater modeling, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Point Source Pollution, Groundwater , Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water cycle/groundwater-surface water interface, Water and society, policy, and management
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Atmospheric methyl chloroform: a leaky water tank example part of Complex Systems:Teaching Activities
Bob Mackay, Clark College
Atmospheric methyl chloroform concentration is modeled as an extension of the generic water tank structure. Simulated and observed concentrations are used to estimate the global atmospheric lifetime of methyl ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Problem Set, Lab Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Air Quality:Pollutants, Environmental Science, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Air quality:Pollutants, Environmental Science:Air Quality
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

What Lives Down There? part of IODP School of Rock 2020:Teaching Activities
laStelshia Speaks, Baltimore County Public Schools
Learners will travel through a process of learning involving reading a book together, comparing video presentations to information within the book, utilize vocabulary to demonstrate expansion of retained ...

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), Primary (K-2), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Problem Set, Writing Assignment, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Hazards, Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Resources, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards

Transform Boundary Investigation part of Teaching Activities
Jacqueline Reber, Iowa State University
Students will conduct experiments (or watch videos of the experiment in the online version) to measure interseismic intervals and offset during slip on simple block models. They will compare their findings with ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes

Stream flow and concentration relationships part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2018:Activities
Lin Ma, University of Texas at El Paso
This exercise uses field monitoring (stream flow and electric conductivity) and laboratory analytical results (major solute concentrations) to explore the stream flow generation function and relationships between ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience, Environmental Science

Ocean Carbon Storage and Acidification part of Teaching Activities
Allison Jacobel, Middlebury College
This module guides students through an examination of how Earth scientists use marine sediments to reconstruct changes in Earth's climate and the carbon cycle. In Part A, students learn about ocean ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Problem Set, Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Geoscience:Oceanography:Ocean-Climate Interactions, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change