Teaching Activities

How Much Energy is on my Plate? part of CLEAN:CLEAN Network:Teaching Materials
Lane Seely, Karin Kirk
This activity is part of the community collection of teaching materials on climate and energy topics. This activity was submitted by faculty as part of the CLEAN Energy Workshop, held in April, 2011. This activity ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Soils and Agriculture:Food Production and Distribution, Environmental Science:Energy, Energy:Fossil Fuels, Efficiency and Energy Conservation, Geoscience:Soils
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Evaluating the Effects of Local Energy Resource Development part of Energy:Energy Activities
Devin Castendyk, SUNY College at Oneonta
This is a semester-long, jigsaw project for a class of 20 to 25 students that has students work in teams to explore the effects of energy resource development on local water resources, economics and society.

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Virtual Field Trip, Project, Field Activity, Writing Assignment
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Renewable & Alternative Energy, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Management and Policy, Water Quality/Chemistry , Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels, Energy Policy , Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Decision-Making, Local Policy, Environmental Science:Energy, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water and society, policy, and management, Environmental Science:Policy:Energy Policy
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Energy and the Poor - Black Carbon in Low Income Nations part of CLEAN Collection

https://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/energy/activitie...

Anne Hall, Environmental Studies at Emory University
An activity focusing on black carbon. This activity explores the impacts of the use of black carbon generating wood, dung, and charcoal for fuel in developing countries. Updated in 2022.

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels, Environmental Science:Energy, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Climate feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Atmospheric structure and composition, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Climate sensitivity and feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology , Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Mitigation of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Evaluating the Effects of Local Energy Resource Development part of CLEAN Collection

https://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/energy/activitie...

Devin Castendyk
This is a semester-long jigsaw project in which students work in teams to explore the effects of energy resource development on local water resources, economics, and society. Students are presented ...

Consequences of Modern Energy Use: A Remote Sensing analysis of the gulf oil spill using ArcGIS software. part of Energy:Energy Activities
Jared Beeton, Adams State University
Students download satellite imagery and conduct a remote sensing analysis of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill using ArcGIS software.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources, Energy:Fossil Fuels, Environmental Science:Waste:Toxic and Hazardous Wastes:Organic Chemicals, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Resources, Geoscience:Oceanography, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Point Source Pollution
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Looking for Gas Layers in Anadarko Basin, Oklahoma part of Geophysics:Workshop 07:Geophysics Activities
Constantin Cranganu, CUNY Brooklyn College
The students perform a well log analysis in order to discover gas-bearing layers in a sedimentary basin (Anadarko)

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Exploration Methods:Borehole Geophysics, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Petroleum/Coal Geology, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Exploration Methods, Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Minnelusa Project: A Capstone Exercise for Junior-Level Sedimentary Rocks and Processes Lab part of Sedimentary Geology:Activities
Dennis Kerr, University of Tulsa
The Minnelusa Project integrates core description and interpretation, lithologic unit identification from well log response, subsurface well log correlation, and subsurface mapping. The final goal is to propose and ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Petroleum/Coal Geology, Stratigraphy, Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels