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    From Ocean Topography to Flexural Rigidity part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:MARGINS Mini-Lessons
    Andrew Newman, Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
    Students will use the available bathymetric datasets to test the utility of a flexural rigidity model of oceanic crust.

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Tectonics
    Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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    Profiling Earth's Surface using GeoMapApp part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:MARGINS Mini-Lessons
    Laura Wetzel, Eckerd College
    In this exercise, students relate large-scale features on Earth's surface to lithospheric plates, the underlying asthenosphere, earthquakes, and volcanoes. After creating a cross section showing elevation using GeoMapApp, students add additional features by hand.

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Teaching Activities, Activities
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Structural Geology, Geophysics
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    How Slab Dip Affects the Location of Volcanoes part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:MARGINS Mini-Lessons
    Erin Beutel, College of Charleston
    Students will plot the locations of earthquakes on the top of subducting slabs to determine slab dip and will then develop hypotheses regarding the relationship between slab dip, the depth of the slab, and volcanic activity on the surface.

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Volcanoes, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Volcanism
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    What does "spatial resolution" mean? Some answers using MARGINS data. part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom:MARGINS Mini-Lessons
    Juan Baztan, Marine Sciences for Society
    The main objective of this presentation is to understand the concept of spatial resolution by looking at the concepts of point, grid and pixel.

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Exploration Methods
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review