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Earth education activities from across all of the sites within the Teach the Earth portal.
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SSBW - Python Tutorial 3: Pandas and an Earthquake Cross-Section part of Teaching Activities
Mike Brudzinski, Miami University-Oxford
In this interactive tutorial built for a learning management system, students 1) practice using the basic syntax of Python commands, 2) use the functionality of the Pandas module to create DataFrames to store data, ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology
SSBW - Network Tutorial 1: Local Seismogram Viewer and the Moho part of Teaching Activities
Mike Brudzinski, Miami University-Oxford
In this interactive tutorial built for a learning management system, students will 1) use the IRIS Local Seismogram Viewer to view a record section of local recordings from the 2011 M5 earthquake in Oklahoma, 2) ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology
SSBW - Python Tutorial 6: ObsPy and Cross Correlation part of Teaching Activities
Mike Brudzinski, Miami University-Oxford
In this interactive tutorial built for a learning management system, students 1) practice using basic Python syntax, 2) use the ObsPy library to load, plot, and analyze data or metadata 3) use ObsPy to create ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology
SSBW - Python Tutorial 1: Introduction and Aftershock Rates part of Teaching Activities
Mike Brudzinski, Miami University-Oxford
In this interactive tutorial built for a learning management system, students 1) are introduced to the basic syntax of Python command line and scripts, 2) perform calculations regarding earthquake energy and time ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology
SSBW - Linux Tutorial 1: Basics part of Teaching Activities
Mike Brudzinski, Miami University-Oxford
In this interactive tutorial built for a learning management system, students will 1) use a virtual machine to interact with a Linux command line environment, 2) navigate directories and pathnames in Linux, 3) ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes
Finite difference modeling of hillslope diffusion part of Teaching Computation with MATLAB:MATLAB Workshop 2016:Teaching Activities
Dylan Mikesell, Boise State University
This activity introduces students to the finite difference solution of the hill-slope diffusion PDE. The students derive partial derivatives from Taylor Series expansions of the 2D topography function z(x,t). After ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Geoscience, Geology:Geophysics:Computer Modeling, Geoscience:Geology
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary, Passed Peer Review
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Determining Mantle Temperature and Composition from Discontinuities part of Deep Earth:Activities
Anna Courtier, University of Wisconsin-Madison
This pair of activities uses observations of mantle discontinuity structure to examine mantle heterogeneity and differences in the depth extent of melt sources for ridges and "hotspots." The first ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Tectonophysics, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy, Geochemistry
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SSBW - Linux Tutorial 3: Text Editing and Shell Scripts part of Teaching Activities
Mike Brudzinski, Miami University-Oxford
In this interactive tutorial built for a learning management system, students will 1) use a virtual machine to interact with a Linux command line environment, 2) create and edit text files using a graphic user ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology
SSBW - Python Tutorial 5: ObsPy and the 2018 Kilauea Eruption part of Teaching Activities
Mike Brudzinski, Miami University-Oxford
In this interactive tutorial built for a learning management system, students 1) practice using the basic syntax of Python commands, 2) use the functionality of the ObsPy library to load, plot, and analyze data or ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology
SSBW - Jupyter Tutorial 3: Spectrograms part of Teaching Activities
Mike Brudzinski, Miami University-Oxford
In this interactive tutorial built for a learning management system, students 1) create a Jupyter notebook on a Linux system, 2) practice using basic Python syntax, 3) use the ObsPy library to retrieve seismograms ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology