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    Investigating Earthquakes: GIS Mapping and Analysis (College Level) part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Teaching with GIS:Examples
    Brian Welch, Saint Olaf College
    This is a college-level adaptation of a chapter from the Earth Exploration Toolbook. The students download global quake data over a time range and use GIS to interpret the tectonic context. -

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Datasets and Tools:Datasets, Activities, Computer Applications
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Structural Geology:Geophysics and Structural Geology, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Geography:Geospatial, Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity
    Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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    Seismicity and Relative Risk part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Teaching with Data:Examples
    Anne Egger, Central Washington University
    This activity introduces students to using real-time data about earthquakes to make decisions. -

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Teaching Activities, Activities
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics
    Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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    Buoyancy and Archimedes Principle part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Interactive Lecture Demonstrations:Examples
    Summary Buoyancy is based on Archimedes' Principle which states that the buoyant force acting upward on an object completely or partially immersed in a fluid equals the weight of the fluid displaced by the ...

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Demonstration, Activities:Lab Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Physics:General Physics:Properties of Matter

    Being P-Waves and S-Waves part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Role Playing:Examples
    Michelle Hall-Wallace (Science Education Solutions, Inc.) and Randall Richardson (University of Arizona, Tucson)
    Teach students about P-waves and S-waves by having them model them with their own bodies. -

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Activities, Classroom Activity, Project
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Physics
    Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary, Passed Peer Review
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    Virtual Oil Well Game part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Games:Examples
    Teaching Material by American Geological Institute - Starting Point page by R.E. Teed (SERC)
    This strategy game has players prospect for oil using seismic profiles on limited budgets. -

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Subduction Zone Earthquakes part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Interactive Lecture Demonstrations:Examples
    David Steer, University of Akron Main Campus; , University of Akron Main Campus
    While working in groups to facilitate peer tutoring, students manipulate a hands-on, physical model to better comprehend several characteristics of subduction zone earthquakes. -

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, High School (9-12)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Demonstration
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Waves Through Earth: Interactive Online Mac and PC part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Mathematical and Statistical Models:Mathematical and Statistical Models Examples
    JAVA Applet and activity provided by Visual Entities. Starting Point page organized by R.M. MacKay.
    Students vary the seismic P and S wave velocity through each of four concentric regions of Earth and match "data" for travel times vs. angular distance around Earth's surface from the source to ...

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
    Subject: Physics:Oscillations & Waves:Wave Motion, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Structural Geology:Geophysics and Structural Geology
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Ocean Stratigraphy Challenge part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Interactive Lectures:Examples
    Teaching materials by Kim Kastens (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (more info) ) - Starting Point page by R.E. Teed (SERC)
    A 15-20 minute think-pair-share activity interpreting a deep-sea sediment core combining concepts from oceanography, sedimentology, and plate tectonics. -

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Datasets and Tools:Datasets, Activities:Classroom Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology, Geophysics, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Geology and Geophysics
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Looking into Earth with GIS (College Level) part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Teaching with GIS:Examples
    Brian Welch, Saint Olaf College
    College-level adaptation of the Earth Exploration Toolbook chapter. Students work with a free GIS program, ArcVoyager SE, to explore earthquake data and plate tectonics. -

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Tools, Computer Applications
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Structural Geology:Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Geophysics and Structural Geology, Geography:Geospatial, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Oceans Socratic Questioning part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Socratic Questioning:Examples
    Dorothy Merritts, Franklin and Marshall College
    Oceans Socratic questions and answers. -

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Socratic Questioning
    Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography:Biological, Physical , Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Geology and Geophysics
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review