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    Teaching the nitrogen cycle and human health interactions part of Geology and Human Health:Workshop 04:Activities
    Margaret Townsend, University of Kansas Main Campus
    This activity uses objects, pictures, and text in a matching game to define the nitrogen cycle and the environmental and human health impacts of nitrogen. The game can be used to associate useful and detrimental ...

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
    Subject: Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Non-Point Source Pollution, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Quality/Chemistry , Biology:Ecology, Geoscience:Soils, Hydrology:Ground Water:Water quality/chemistry , Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Organic and Biochemistry, Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture, Waste:Toxic and Hazardous Wastes:Bio/Medical Wastes, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Ecology, Biogeochemical cycling
    Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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    Co-evolution of Life and Minerals part of Hydrogeology:Hydrogeology, Soils, Geochemistry 2013:Activities
    Penelope Boston, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
    Based on the 2010 Scientific American paper by Hazen, and the more technical 2008 paper of Hazen et al, both of which explore the effect of the biosphere on the tremendous number of mineral species that occur on ...

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Oxidation/Reduction Reactions, Surface Chemistry, Acid/Base Reactions, Aqueous Solutions, Phase Equilibria/Thermodynamics, Reaction Kinetics/Rates, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry, Biology:Biogeochemistry:Microbial Weathering, Biology:Biogeochemistry, Biogeochemistry:Microbial Properties and Metabolism, Cell Surfaces and Metal Mobility, Biomineralization, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Elements, Organic and Biochemistry
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Soil Biogeochemical Cycles part of Hydrogeology:Hydrogeology, Soils, Geochemistry 2013:Activities
    Colin Robins, Claremont McKenna College
    This group activity charges students with teaching their colleagues about the biogeochemical cycle of one key soil element (e.g., either C, N, S, P, Ca, or Fe). Students are given a single class period to summarize ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Soils:Chemistry and Mineralogy, Critical Zone Processes, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry, Geochemistry:Organic and Biochemistry, Oxidation/Reduction Reactions, Geoscience:Soils, Biology:Biogeochemistry:Carbon Cycling, Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Environmental Science, Mineral Resources, Biology:Biogeochemistry, Biogeochemistry:Nutrient Limitation and Cycling, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Elements, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review