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Let's Look Inside the Earth part of Teaching Activities
David Zelenka
Students will analyze USGS seismology data in the classroom using spreadsheets and scatter plots to look for patterns and structure in the Earth's crust. Before analyzing data, students will learn about the ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Volcanoes, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Volcanism, Earthquakes
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Indiana River Meanders Mapping Exercise part of Teaching Activities
Emily Zawacki, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus
In Indiana, major rivers and their tributaries cross much of the state. These rivers can produce significant hazards related to flooding and erosion, which threaten nearby residents and infrastructure. Rivers are ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Fluvial, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Geography:Geospatial
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OGGM-Edu Glaciology Lab 1: What Makes a Glacier? part of Teaching Activities
Lizz Ultee, Middlebury College
This is a three-part class or lab activity that challenges students to define what a glacier is, how it differs from other parts of the cryosphere (such as sea ice), and what kinds of glaciers there are in the ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), Graduate/Professional
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Glacial/Periglacial, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Global change modeling, Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Sea Level Change, Climate Change:Global change modeling
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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
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Karst Hydrogeology and Geomorphology: A virtual field experience using Google Earth, GIS, and TAK part of Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Teaching with Online Field Experiences:Activities
Rachel Bosch, Northern Kentucky University
Students will have the opportunity to select and virtually explore the hydrogeology and geomorphology of a karst landscape using Google Earth (or perhaps Google Mars or Google Moon if they so choose), lidar ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Project, Lab Activity, Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Karst, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water
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Geology of Yosemite Valley part of Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Teaching with Online Field Experiences:Activities
Nicolas Barth, University of California-Riverside
This is a four-part module designed to be flexible in duration and student grade-level. (1) Geology of Yosemite Valley Virtual Field Trip. A 43-stop web-based Google Earth tour with embedded views, hyperlinked ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Writing Assignment, Lab Activity, Project
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:GIS/Mapping/Field Techniques, Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology
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Tracking Sea Level and Paleoenvironments with Fossils part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Pete Berquist, Virginia Peninsula Community College
Students use the Paleobiology Database Navigator to examine changes in sea level in southeastern North America throughout the Cretaceous, Paleogene, and Neogene Periods. They will plot the change in distribution of ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology:Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction , Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Dating and Rates, Climate/Paleoclimate, Geoscience:Paleontology:Biostratigraphy/Biogeography , Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Sea Level Change, Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Paleoclimate records, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Paleoclimate records
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Unit 1: Slip-sliding away: case study landslides in Italy and Peru part of Surface Process Hazards
Sarah Hall, College of the Atlantic; Becca Walker, Mt. San Antonio College
How have mass-wasting events affected communities, and what lessons have we learned from these natural disasters that might help us mitigate future hazards? In this unit, students answer these questions by being ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Course Module, Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Think-Pair-Share
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Tectonic Geomorphology, Landforms/Processes:Mass Movement, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Natural Hazards:Mass Wasting, Earthquakes, Geography, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards
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Unit 1.2 - Role of Soil part of Critical Zone Science
Tim White, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
The focus on soil in this unit is accomplished by browsing and reading or browsing (in some detail) information from nine websites as well as a book chapter. This effort will help students to understand issues ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Course Module, Activities, Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Think-Pair-Share
Subject: Geoscience:Soils, Biogeosciences , Geology:Geomorphology:Weathering/Soils:Soils, Environmental Science, Soils and Agriculture
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary, Passed Peer Review
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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