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Erosion in a River part of GET Spatial Learning:Teaching Activities
Nicole LaDue, Northern Illinois University
× Formative assessment questions using a classroom response system ("clickers") can be used to reveal students' spatial understanding. Students are shown these diagrams and instructed to ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Clicker Question
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sediment Transport and Deposition, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Fluvial, Geoscience
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Grand Canyon Cross Section Lab part of GET Spatial Learning:Teaching Activities
Doug Lombardi, University of Maryland-College Park
× Students examine a geologic map of the Grand Canyon and two imaginary vertical cores through canyon stratigraphy. They use these data to construct a cross-section across the canyon and to answer questions ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Fluvial, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Stratigraphy, Geoscience
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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Weathering and Sedimentary Processes in Google Streetview part of GET Spatial Learning:Teaching Activities
Nicole LaDue, Northern Illinois University
This exercise uses Google Streetview, in combination with 360 degree immersive photographs, to show students real-world examples of the sedimentary rocks, sedimentary structures, and weathering processes that they ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Introductory
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Activities, Problem Set, Virtual Field Trip, Real-world Examples, Assessments
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Weathering, Depositional environments, Sedimentary Structures, Sediment Transport and Deposition, Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Weathering/Soils, Landforms/Processes, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sedimentary Textures , Geoscience
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Resistance to Weathering part of GET Spatial Learning:Teaching Activities
Nicole LaDue, Northern Illinois University
Formative assessment questions using a classroom response system ("clickers") can be used to reveal students' spatial understanding. Students are shown this diagram and instructed to "Click on ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Clicker Question, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Weathering, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Weathering/Soils, Geoscience, Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Hillslopes
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Wakemup Pluton part of GET Spatial Learning:Teaching Activities
Basil Tikoff, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Students work through a set of questions about a geologic map of an igneous intrusion and surrounding rock units. These questions focus students' attention on the topography, geomorphology, lithology, and ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Folds/Faults/Ductile Shear Zones, Structural Visualizations, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Metamorphic Rocks, Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Modeling Structural Processes, Geoscience:Geology:Historical Geology:Relative dating, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Glacial/Periglacial, Geoscience, Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Igneous Rocks, Igneous Processes
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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River Profile Prediction part of GET Spatial Learning:Teaching Activities
Nicole LaDue, Northern Illinois University
× Formative assessment questions using a classroom response system ("clickers") can be used to reveal students' spatial understanding. Students are shown one of these diagrams and told to ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Clicker Question
Subject: Geoscience, Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Fluvial
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review