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Estimating the spreading rate of Atlantic and Pacific ridges part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Activities
Audrey Huerta, Central Washington University
Given maps of bathymetry of Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, students estimate spreading rate of each ridge writing a matlab script that plots a line of bathymetry, and calculated bathymetry as a function of spreading ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology:Field Techniques , Systematics and Phylogenetic Reconstruction

Biostratigraphy of the Crystal Peak Dolomite, Ibex, UT part of Paleontology:Activities
Benjamin Dattilo, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis
Students participated in measuring a section and collecting samples for real research. It is part of a flexible field course Prior student experience varies widely in this course.

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Field Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology:Field Techniques , Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction , Taxon-Specific Items , Paleoecology , Biostratigraphy/Biogeography

Dinosaurs of Moab, UT part of Paleontology:Activities
Benjamin Dattilo, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis
This activity was delegated to an expert (Rod Scheetz, BYU) It is part of a flexible field course Student experience varies widely in this course.

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology:Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction , Field Techniques , Event-Specific Items , Paleoecology

Eocene Exposure Field Trip part of Paleontology:Activities
Ralph Willoughby, University of South Carolina-Columbia
This field trip visits an exposure near Aiken, South Carolina in Eocene, unconsolidated, clayey quartz sand with abundant trace fossils Ophiomorpha ichnosp. and Ophiomorpha nodosa. Early in the course, this trip ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Field Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology:Paleoecology , Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction , Field Techniques , Taxon-Specific Items , Biostratigraphy/Biogeography , Event-Specific Items

Woolly Mammoth Excavation and Lab Work part of Geoscience in the Field:Field Experiences:Posters
Janis Treworgy, Principia College
students participate in authentic research project w/ scientists students learn scientific process through experience students participate in all aspects of the project including problem solving

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Virtual Field Trip, Field Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Paleontology:Paleoecology , Extinction and Diversity , Development/Growth and Form/Morphometrics , Field Techniques