Indiana River Meanders Mapping Exercise part of Teaching Activities
Emily Zawacki, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus
In Indiana, major rivers and their tributaries cross much of the state. These rivers can produce significant hazards related to flooding and erosion, which threaten nearby residents and infrastructure. Rivers are ...

Erosion in a River part of GET Spatial Learning:Teaching Activities
Nicole LaDue, Northern Illinois University
× Formative assessment questions using a classroom response system ("clickers") can be used to reveal students' spatial understanding. Students are shown these diagrams and instructed to ...

Mt. St. Helens Topographic Profiles part of Geodesy:Activities
Eileen Herrstrom, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
This activity takes place in a laboratory setting and requires ~1-1.5 hours to complete. Students study topographic maps of Mt. St. Helens before and after the eruption of May 18, 1980, and draw two topographic ...

Surface Feature Identification part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching About Earth Online Workshop:Activities
Katherine Ocker Stone, Walters State Community College
Students are provided the latitude and longitude of various locations and asked to identify the river stage or surface water deposition/erosional feature.

Unit 3: How Streams Change part of Interactions between Water, Earth’s Surface, and Human Activity
Kyle Gray, University of Northern Iowa
Students use Google Earth to observe two river systems and characterize changes in gradient from the headwaters to the mouth, and relate changes in those gradients to different rock types. At one location, they ...

Unit 2: Fluvial Processes that Shape the Natural Landscape part of Interactions between Water, Earth’s Surface, and Human Activity
Julie Monet, California State University-Chico
In this unit, students examine the interaction between the hydrologic cycle and rock cycle through exploring the processes of weathering, erosion, transport and deposition of sediments both in real stream systems ...

FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY EXERCISE part of Teaching Activities
David Lumsden, University of Memphis
After an overview exercise comparing current fluvial settings students measure geomorphic features of the modern Mississippi river and use equations to estimate its discharge. Students then measure geomorphic ...

Old Sticks in the Mud: Hazards of Lahars from Mount Rainier Volcano part of Curriculum for the Bioregion:Activities
Patrick Pringle, Centralia College
Volcanic debris flows (lahars) flow long distances, bury and aggrade river valleys, and cause long-term stream disturbances and dramatic landscape changes. Students will evaluate the nature, scale, and history of ...

Erosion of the Grand Canyon part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Carol Ormand Ph.D., Carleton College
Students estimate the volume of the Grand Canyon to calculate the average rate of erosion of the canyon, assuming the canyon began to form approximately 6 million years ago. They then find out how much sediment the ...

Geology of the Grand Canyon part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Carol Ormand Ph.D., Carleton College
Students analyze topographic and geologic maps, through a set of guiding questions, to decipher the geologic history recorded in the rocks of the Grand Canyon.