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    Unit 6: Hydrologic Balance and Climate Change part of Modeling Earth Systems
    Kirsten Menking, Vassar College
    In this unit, students create a STELLA model of the Owens River chain of lakes in eastern California and then experiment with different climate change scenarios to simulate the Pleistocene history of lake filling ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Course Module
    Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Global change modeling, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Glacial/Periglacial, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Global change modeling, Climate feedbacks, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change
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    Unit 5: Growth and Decay of Ice Sheets part of Modeling Earth Systems
    David Bice, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
    Large continental ice sheets, such as the Laurentide Ice Sheet from the last glaciation, as well as Antarctica and Greenland of today, are some of the most important features of the global climate system — they ...

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Course Module
    Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Global change modeling, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Paleoclimate records, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Glacial/Periglacial, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Climate Change:Global change modeling, Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records
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    Unit 2: Application of Concepts to Case Studies part of Major Storms and Community Resilience
    Patricia Stapleton, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Lisa Doner, Plymouth State University; Lorraine Motola, Metropolitan College of New York
    In Unit 2, students apply and evaluate foundational concepts about storm hazards and risk in the context of two cases studies: Superstorm Sandy (2012) and the Storm of the Century (1993). Through different ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Course Module, Activities
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Floods/Fluvial Processes, Coastal Hazards, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Coastal-zone, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Meteorology:Extreme weather, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather:Hurricanes, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather, Environmental Science, Health Sciences, Environmental Science:Policy, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards, Global Change and Climate:Sea Level Change, Geography, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Hazards
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    Unit 3.2 - Landforms and Remote Sensing part of Critical Zone Science
    Tim White, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
    In this unit, geomorphic environments and the processes that can move and shape them are explored to learn about the links between landforms, soils, and the Critical Zone. The fundamentals of geomorphology are ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Course Module, Activities
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Weathering/Soils, Landforms/Processes
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