Something is Askew at Mammoth Cave National Park part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Geology of National Parks:Examples
Module by: Amie O. West, University of South Florida Cover Page by: Amie O. West, University of South Florida
Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum/Geology of National Parks module. Students use the geometric mean and multiplicative standard deviation to examine the right-skewed distribution of nutrient concentrations in water-quality data at Mammoth Cave National Park.

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).

Ice Cream Model -- How Glaciers Formed the Minnesota Landscape part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Ginger Baldwin Bert Raney Elementary Granite Falls, MN Based on an activity from: Harries, Kia, Rager, Amy. 1997. Minnesota Living Rivers, Unpublished curriculum, University of Minnesota Extension Service. www.riverwatchonline.org www.dnr.state.mn.us/snas/naturalhistory.html (provides good background information)
This activity is a teacher demonstration of an ice cream model representing glacier movement across Minnesota. Teacher/student questions and discussion should be encouraged during the demonstration.

Investigating topography caused by Glacial Lake Agassiz and glacial river Warren in the Big Stone Lake area. part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Tracey Raguse
This activity is a field investigation where students will observe the topography of Big Stone Lake and generate questions about the history of this area.

Geology of the Credit River at Hidden Valley Park part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Debra Olson
Short Description: This is an inquiry based field investigation where students gather data on the Credit River from the rocks in the river bed, water speed, and maps. Students interpret their findings and develop new questions.

Investigating Stream Characteristics and Discharge: An Interdisciplinary Approach part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Eric Scheidel
This activity is a interdisciplinary field investigation where students will form observations and make calculations about stream characteristics and stream flow.

Investigating the Minnesota River's Glacial History Near Henderson, MN. part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Brian Allison Delano Middle School Delano, MN Based on a field investigation conducted from TIMES XIII
This activity is a field investigation where students make observations in the Minnesota River valley, discuss their findings amongst other student groups, and describe how those observations fit with the general geology of Minnesota.

Investigation erosion in our world part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Amy Anderson, Virginia Peninsula Community College
This activity is a field investigation where students go out to a water source and observe erosion that has taken place.

Geologic History Field Investigation - Minnehaha Falls part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Kevin Swanson and Justin Larson, Chippewa Middle School, North Oaks, MN
This activity is an inquiry-based field investigation of the geologic history of the Minnehaha Falls and St. Anthony Falls areas of Minneapolis. Students will be introduced to rocks and the stories rocks tell in a genuine geologic context, rather than as samples in the classroom.

Mapping the Glaciers part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
Cathy Oates-Bockenstedt Central Middle School Eden Prairie, Minnesota Based on TIMES XIII experiences and sharing
This earth systems field lab begins with an in-class guided inquiry experience which uses Minnesota Geological Survey 3-D maps of the upper Midwest to determine where they believe glaciers may have had an influence. They will determine this by looking at landscapes and compiling their own evidence from the maps. They will also offer evidence for a hypothesis they generate which involves the direction that the glacier was traveling. The two-day lesson ends (after student presentations on their findings about glaciers) with a field investigation of one of our parking lot snow banks. Students will compare and contrast what they know about glaciers, with one of our parking lot snow banks, determining any similarities with how the landscape may have appeared during the Pleistocene.