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    How Do We Estimate Magma Viscosity? part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Physical Volcanology:Examples
    chuck connor, University of South Florida-St. Petersburg
    SSAC Physical Volcanology module. Students build a spreadsheet to examine how magma viscosity varies with temperature, fraction of crystals, and water content using the non-Arrhenian VFT model.

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: Physics, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Volcanology, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Chemistry:General Chemistry:Properties of Matter
    Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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    How Do We Estimate Melt Density? part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Physical Volcanology:Examples
    chuck connor, University of South Florida-St. Petersburg
    SSAC Physical Volcanology module. Students build spreadsheets to estimate melt density at high temperatures and pressures from the thermodynamic properties of silicates.

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Volcanology, Chemistry:General Chemistry:Mixtures, Solutions, & Compounds:Molarity, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Physics
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Something is Askew at Mammoth Cave National Park part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Geology of National Parks:Examples
    Module by: Amie O. West, University of South Florida Cover Page by: Amie O. West, University of South Florida
    Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum/Geology of National Parks module. Students use the geometric mean and multiplicative standard deviation to examine the right-skewed distribution of nutrient concentrations in water-quality data at Mammoth Cave National Park.

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Point Source Pollution, Non-Point Source Pollution, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Sustainability, Water Quality and Quantity:Surface Water , Biology:Ecology, Geoscience:Biogeosciences , Geoscience, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Freshwater, Biology:Ecology:Habitats, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Restoration/Reclamation, Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Mathematics:Statistics:Data Presentation:One Categorical Variable, Mathematics:Statistics:Data Presentation, Statistical Inference and Techniques, Mathematics:Statistics, Statistics:Data Presentation:One Categorical Variable:Graphical Displays, Mathematics:Statistics:Data Collection:Data Management and Organization, Environmental Science, Chemistry:Environmental Chemistry, Mathematics:Statistics:Data Collection:Data Management and Organization:Outliers, Geoscience:Hydrology, Mathematics, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Karst, Geoscience:Geology, Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Quality/Chemistry
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    How are Flow Conditions in Volcanic Conduits Estimated? part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Physical Volcanology:Examples
    chuck connor, University of South Florida-St. Petersburg
    SSAC Physical Volcanology module. Students build a spreadsheet to calculate velocity of rising magma in steady-state Plinian eruptions using conservation of mass and momentum.

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Volcanology, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Chemistry:General Chemistry:Properties of Matter, Physics:Classical Mechanics, General Properties of Matter
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Bubbles in Magmas part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Physical Volcanology:Examples
    Module by Chuck Connor, University of South Florida, Tampa. This cover page by Ali Furmall, USF, now at U. Oregon.
    SSAC Physical Volcanology module. Students build a spreadsheet and apply the ideal gas law to model the velocity of a bubble rising in a viscous magma.

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Volcanology, Chemistry:General Chemistry:Gas Laws, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Physics:Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics:Gas Law
    Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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    Resources for using PhET simulations in class – PhET Activities Database part of Pedagogy in Action:Library:PhET Interactive Science Simulations:Examples
    Sam McKagan, American Association of Physics Teachers
    The PhET Activities Database is a collection of resources for using PhET sims. It includes hundreds of lesson plans, homework assignments, labs, clicker questions, and more. Some activities have been created by the PhET team and some have been created by teachers.

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, High School (9-12)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: Physics, Biology, Chemistry