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College Upper (15-16)
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Geoscience > Geology > Tectonics

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Unit 1: Earthquake! part of GPS, Strain, and Earthquakes
Vince Cronin, Baylor University (Vince_Cronin@baylor.edu) Phil Resor, Wesleyan University (presor@wesleyan.edu)
In this opening unit, students develop the societal context for understanding earthquake hazards using as a case study the 2011 Tohoku, Japan, earthquake. It starts with a short homework "scavenger hunt" ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Course Module, Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Think-Pair-Share, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Stress/Strain/Strain Analysis, Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Geophysics and Structural Geology, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology, Geodynamics, Geography:Geospatial, Human/Cultural, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Environmental Geology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Coastal Hazards:Tsunami, Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Economics, Environmental Science:Energy:Energy Infrastructure, Nuclear Energy, Geoscience:Oceanography:Physical , Marine Geology and Geophysics, Geography:Physical, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Hazards
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Using THEMIS Images of Mars Graben in a Structural Geology Course part of Discoveries from Mars:Activities
Barb Tewksbury, Hamilton College
Students use Mars THEMIS images of normal faults to learn to recognize features of normal faults systems that are typically obscured on Earth by erosion and/or deposition and to calculate displacement and estimate ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Adaptable
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Geoscience:Lunar and Planetary Science:Mars:Structure/Tectonics, Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Structural Visualizations, Geoscience:Lunar and Planetary Science:Mars:Images/Maps/Visualizations
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