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    High School (9-12)
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    Geoscience > Geology > Geomorphology > Landforms/Processes > Fluvial

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    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 ...

    Grade Level: High School (9-12)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Activities
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Fluvial, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Stratigraphy, Geoscience
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    Mudcracks - What's It Good For? part of Teaching Activities
    Scott Brande, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Many terrestrial sedimentary processes are not difficult to observe, describe, and interpret. Yet many of these dynamic processes are not limited to the Earth. One example is the formation of mudcracks that provide ...

    Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Fluvial
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Metacognition Training through Think-Aloud Pair Problem Solving [TAPPS]: Two Lessons about Rivers part of Metacognition:Activities
    Ronald Narode, Portland State University
    Attached is a description of how to use "Think-aloud Pair Problem Solving" in a classroom. It is followed with two lesson plans on the topic of rivers.

    Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity, Problem Set, Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Think-Pair-Share
    Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Fluvial
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    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 ...

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Introductory, High School (9-12), Primary (K-2), Intermediate (3-5), Middle (6-8)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Fluvial

    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. -

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Activities
    Subject: Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Surface Water , Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Freshwater, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Floods/Fluvial Processes, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sediment Transport and Deposition, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Management and Policy, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Fluvial, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Ecology, Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning, Policy:US National Policy, State Policy, Environmental Decision-Making, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Habitats