Grand Canyon Cross Section Lab part of GET Spatial Learning:Teaching Activities
Doug Lombardi, University of Maryland-College Park
× Students examine a geologic map of the Grand Canyon and two imaginary vertical cores through canyon stratigraphy. They use these data to construct a cross-section across the canyon and to answer questions ...

Paleoclimate influence on landscape evolution part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching About Earth Online Workshop:Activities
Tim White, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
In this activity we work students through a series of simple activities that allow them to recognize modern landforms in Alaska as existing in a central PA landscape to conclude that at some time in the past PA ...

Landscape Regions part of GeoMapApp Learning Activities:Learning Activities
Relationships between landscape appearance, topography and underlying geology are explored in this activity, with a focus upon the Adirondack Mountains area. Landscape Regions: Annotated Teacher Edition (Microsoft ...

How do Volcanoes form? How do they impact our lives? part of Geodesy:Activities
Kiran Kumar Satyavarapu, Rough Rock Community School
Navajo Indian Reservation has many volcanoes and the aim of this class activity is to provide hands-on information to students on how these volcanoes form and how they effect the plant and animal life. We perform ...

The Grand Canyon part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Role Playing:Examples
Rebecca Teed, Wright State University-Main Campus
This interdisciplinary lesson plan deals with the consequences of damming in the Grand Canyon area. The students, role-playing as scientists, write a proposal to try experimental flooding. -