Unit 5: Mitigating future disasters: developing a mass-wasting hazard map part of Surface Process Hazards
Becca Walker, Mt. San Antonio College
This unit serves as the summative assessment of the Surface Process Hazards module. In September 2013, the Boulder area of Colorado experienced an extreme rain event that led to mass wasting in many areas. This has ...

Unit 4: Anatomy of a tragic slide: Oso Landslide case study part of Surface Process Hazards
Becca Walker, Mt. San Antonio College
Landslides can have profound societal consequences, such as did the slide that occurred near Oso, Washington in 2014. Forty-three people were killed and entire rural neighborhood was destroyed. In this unit, ...

Unit 3: Understanding landslide factors part of Surface Process Hazards
Becca Walker, Mt. San Antonio College
How do slope characteristics and magnitude of forces dictate whether or not a slope will fail? Can environmental and built characteristics change the magnitude of these forces? In this unit, students qualitatively ...

Unit 1: Slip-sliding away: case study landslides in Italy and Peru part of Surface Process Hazards
Sarah Hall, College of the Atlantic; Becca Walker, Mt. San Antonio College
How have mass-wasting events affected communities, and what lessons have we learned from these natural disasters that might help us mitigate future hazards? In this unit, students answer these questions by being ...

Using WILSIM-GC to Model Rock Erodibility in the Grand Canyon part of WILSIM:Activities
Kyle Whalley, Northern Illinois University
Students use the computer simulation WILSIM-GC to explore how the "rock erodibility" of the walls of the Grand Canyon affects the shape and development of the canyon.

Module 1: How Stratigraphy and Fluvial Processes Affect the Development of the Grand Canyon part of WILSIM:Activities
Kyle Whalley, Northern Illinois University
Students examine the relationship between fluvial processes, stratigraphy, and landform evolution. Fundamental concepts of fluvial geomorphology are introduced in the context of the development of the Grand Canyon.

CO Earth Sciences Career Planning Exercise part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Colorado’s Changing Energy Portfolio:Activities
Dawn Cummings, Community College of Denver; Shannon Roybal, Community College of Denver; Maggie Richards, Front Range Community College; Jessica Foulis, Colorado Mountain College
career investigation in specific fields of study

Unit 5.3: Should we rebuild after a disaster? part of TIDeS:TIDeS Teaching Materials:Earth Science
Mark Abolins, Middle Tennessee State University.
Students consider whether or not an apartment building damaged by a landslide should be repaired and reoccupied at a specific site on Lake Granbury, Texas. To make a decision, they examine a landslide that happened ...

Case Study: Zhouqu, China Landslide part of Environmental Geology:Activities
Robin Humphreys, College of Charleston
This is a 'citizen science' research project where students to apply their knowledge of landslide processes in an investigation of the natural and anthropogenic causes of a real-world landslide ...

Using the "Visualization Interval" in WILSIM-GC to Model the Shape of the Grand Canyon Through Time part of WILSIM:Activities
Kyle Whalley, Northern Illinois University
Students use the computer simulation WILSIM-GC to explore what the Grand Canyon might have looked like at various times in its history.