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Review for interdisiplinary science course (stream ecology, watersheds) part of Complex Systems:Teaching Activities
Cailin Huyck Orr, Carleton College
This is a large-scale participatory activity used to prompt students to review what they have learned and to think actively and cooperatively about the connections between the systems we have discussed prior to the ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Biology:Ecology:Habitats, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water, Ground Water, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Ecosystems
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Global Energy Flows part of CLEAN Collection

https://www.glbrc.org/outreach/educational-materials/glo...

Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
In this activity, students analyze data detailing global energy sources and sinks (uses) and construct a diagram to show the relative scale and the connections between them. Discussions of scale; ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Climatology :Global energy balance
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Seeing Sustainability part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
Kate Davies, Antioch University McGregor
This assignment requires students to reflective observations of a particular place and to identify signs of sustainability and unsustainability.

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Health Sciences, Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Environmental Science

Last Glacial Maximum part of CLEAN Collection

https://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/climatechange/ac...

Kristine DeLong, Louisiana State University
In this activity for undergraduates, students explore the CLIMAP (Climate: Long-Range Investigation, Mapping and Prediction) model results for differences between the modern and the Last Glacial ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Global change modeling, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Global change modeling, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Natural causes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Climatology :Orbital patterns, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Natural causes
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Encountering geoscience issues in the popular press part of GeoEthics:Activities
Marian Buzon, University of Idaho
Marian Buzon, University of Idaho Summary Geoscientists (as do all scientists) have a duty to present facts to their audience, whether that audience is composed of other scientists or of the general public. Many ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Activities, Discussion, Project:Investigative Case Studies
Subject: Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Ethics/Values
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Ethics, Culture and Community-based Research: Review of "Research partnerships with local communities: two case studies from Papua New Guinea and Australia," (Almany, et al 2008) part of GeoEthics:Activities
Dianne Quigley, Brown University
Dianne Quigley, Brown University Summary Partnerships between scientists and local communities can increase research capacity and data delivery while improving management effectiveness through enhanced community ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project:Investigative Case Studies, Activities
Subject: Environmental Science
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Geoethics and Professional Societies part of GeoEthics:Activities
Susan Kieffer, University of Illinois at Urbana
Susan Kieffer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Summary Codes of Ethics for scientists have been formulated primarily by professional organizations. Most of these codes enumerate principles that cover ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Discussion
Subject: Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Ethics/Values
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Abrupt climate change, greenhouse gases, and the bipolar see-saw part of Early Career:Previous Workshops:Workshop 2010:Teaching Activities
Kathleen Johnson, University of California-Irvine
In this activity, students work with paleoclimate proxy data (d18O, CH4, CO2)from the Byrd and GISP2 ice cores. Students prepare a graph of paleoclimate data and use the graph to answer several questions about the ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment, Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Natural Hazards on the Island of Hawaii part of Environmental Geology:Activities
Andrew Greene, Hawaii Pacific University
In this jigsaw activity, students discover four different aspects of natural hazards on the Island of Hawaii. The goal for students is to design a hazard zone map that combines these four topics and that could be ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Hazards, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Volcanism, Coastal Hazards:Tsunami, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Sage to Sea - Columbia Plateau, across the North Cascades and to Whidbey Island WA part of NAGT:Our Work:Past Projects:Teaching in the Field:Field Trip Collection
Jennifer Thomson, Eastern Washington University
Drs. Jenny Thomson and John Buchanan, Department of Geology, 130 Science Building, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA 99004 509 359-2286; Drs. Suzanne Schwab and Robin O'Quinn, Department of Biology, ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity, Virtual Field Trip, Field Activity:Field trip , Course Information
Subject: Geoscience, Biology:Ecology, Plant Biology, Environmental Science
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review