Teaching Activities

Unit 1: Foundational Concepts part of Major Storms and Community Resilience
Lisa Doner, Plymouth State University; Lorraine Motola, Metropolitan College of New York; Patricia Stapleton, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Unit 1 introduces foundational concepts in geoscience, emergency management, and political science that are critical for developing a systems thinking approach and for achieving the learning objectives in the storm ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Course Module, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geography, Environmental Science:Policy, Natural Hazards, Health Sciences, Environmental Science
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Unit 1: Earthquake! part of GPS, Strain, and Earthquakes
Vince Cronin, Baylor University (Vince_Cronin@baylor.edu) Phil Resor, Wesleyan University (presor@wesleyan.edu)
In this opening unit, students develop the societal context for understanding earthquake hazards using as a case study the 2011 Tohoku, Japan, earthquake. It starts with a short homework "scavenger hunt" ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Course Module, Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Think-Pair-Share, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Stress/Strain/Strain Analysis, Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Geophysics and Structural Geology, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology, Geodynamics, Geography:Geospatial, Human/Cultural, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Environmental Geology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Coastal Hazards:Tsunami, Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Economics, Environmental Science:Energy:Energy Infrastructure, Nuclear Energy, Geoscience:Oceanography:Physical , Marine Geology and Geophysics, Geography:Physical, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Hazards
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Lake County Cascading Hazards Unit part of CLEAN Collection

https://cires.colorado.edu/ceee/resources/lake-county-ca...

The unit gives a brief introduction to several natural hazards that impact communities in California; drought, flooding, earthquakes, landslides, and wildfire, and connects the hazards by introducing ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate, Ecosystems, Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Economics, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Bridging Computer Science and Sustainable Transportation for an Equitable Green Future part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
Fatma Serce, Bellevue Community College

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), Graduate/Professional
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable, Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Sustainability, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Ethics/Values, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geography:Human/Cultural, Health Sciences

Climate Change Jigsaw part of CLEAN Collection

https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/for-educators/clim...

Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
This Jigsaw exercise has students discuss radio stories from the Yale Climate Connections (YCC) project as a team to deepen their thinking around climate change issues.

Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change, Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Policy:Environmental Economics, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Water Crisis part of BASICS:Teaching Materials:The Wicked Problem of an Equitable Zero-Waste Circular Economy:Course-Specific Exercises
Megan Brown, Northern Illinois University
Following the circular economy common exercise, the "Water Crisis" lecture and activity includes information on water resources, direct water use, and virtual water. The main activity has the students determine their water footprint and then try to decrease it to the rationing level used in Cape Town, South Africa during the countdown to "Day Zero" in 2018.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Policy, Water Quality and Quantity:Water Conservation