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    What is the Volume of a Debris Flow? 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 estimate the volume of volcanic deposits using map, thickness and high-water mark data from the 2005 Panabaj debris flow (Guatemala).

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Volcanoes, Physics, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Volcanism, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Volcanology, Economics, History
    Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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    What is the Volume of the 1992 Eruption of Cerro Negro Volcano, Nicaragua? 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 the volume a tephra deposit using an exponential-thinning model.

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Volcanology, Physics, History, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
    Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
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    Counting Grizzly Bears: An Exercise in Historical Reasoning part of Teaching Resources:Quantitative Writing:Examples
    George Vrtis, Carleton College
    This assignment engages students in an environmental history class in the use of quantitative data, and raises questions about the nature and meaning of that data, and how it might be utilized.

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: History, Environmental Science
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review