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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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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

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

Introduction to urban watershed geochemistry part of Hydrogeology:Hydrogeology, Soils, Geochemistry 2013:Activities
Vijay Vulava, College of Charleston
The main goal of this multi-part field and lab exercise is to introduce students to practical aspects of soil and water geochemistry. Some of the analyses for this lab are conducted in the field using field ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water supply/water resource evaluation, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Geochemical Analysis, Surface Chemistry, Organic and Biochemistry, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water quality/chemistry , Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Environmental Science, Geoscience:Soils, Soils:Classification, Chemistry and Mineralogy, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Aqueous Solutions, Geoscience:Soils:Critical Zone Processes
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Living Learning Community: Spaceship Earth Research Course part of Hydrogeology:Hydrogeology, Soils, Geochemistry 2013:Activities
Penelope Boston, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Freshmen enrolled in the Spaceship Earth Living Learning Community conduct research on a real project that is formulated and conducted during a 2-semester academic year.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water, Ground Water:Water quality/chemistry , Geoscience:Soils:Chemistry and Mineralogy, Classification, Microscopy/Micromorphology, Critical Zone Processes, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water cycle/groundwater-surface water interface, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry, Geochemistry:Acid/Base Reactions, Aqueous Solutions, Oxidation/Reduction Reactions, Organic and Biochemistry, Geochemical Analysis, Geoscience:Soils, Biology:Biogeochemistry:Biomineralization, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards, Forest Resources, Global Change and Climate, Ecosystems, Environmental Science, Biology:Biogeochemistry, Biogeochemistry:Redox Zonation and Layered Microbial Communities, Cell Surfaces and Metal Mobility, Carbon Cycling, Microbial Properties and Metabolism, Microbial Weathering, Nutrient Limitation and Cycling, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Elements, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water: Unsaturated zone/recharge
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Sedimentation Rates from Pb-210 data part of Hydrogeology:Hydrogeology, Soils, Geochemistry 2013:Activities
Steven Petsch, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
In this exercise, students use a data table of depth, porosity, Pb-210 activity, CaCO3 concentration, 14C age and d13C values to calculate mass accumulation rates, linear sedimentation rates, CaCO3 dissolution and ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Acid/Base Reactions, Organic and Biochemistry, Geochemical Analysis, Radioisotopes, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Nitrous Oxide Transport and Transformation part of Geochemistry:Activities
Pierre-Andre Jacinthe, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis
In this laboratory exercise, students gain experience manipulating gas concentration data, determining soil properties related to transport of gases through porous medium like soils. This exercise is appropriate ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry:Organic and Biochemistry, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry