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Unit 2: Water Footprints part of Water, Agriculture, Sustainability
Robert Turner, University of Washington-Bothell Campus
Unit 2 opens a window into water accounting and reveals intensive water use that few people think about. How much water goes into common commodities? Have you considered how much water it takes to support our ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Course Module, Activities:Virtual Field Trip
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water and society, policy, and management, Water supply/water resource evaluation, Geoscience:Soils, Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Management and Policy, Water Quality/Chemistry , Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Economics, Environmental Science:Sustainability, Soils and Agriculture, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology
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Unit 2: Identifying faulting styles, rates and histories through analysis of geomorphic characteristics (Lidar) part of Imaging Active Tectonics
Bruce Douglas, Indiana University-Bloomington; Gareth Funning, University of California-Riverside
Can active faults be identified remotely, based upon their appearance in the landscape? How can the geomorphic features associated with active faults be used to classify and quantify fault movement? In this unit, ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Virtual Field Trip, Course Module, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Folds/Faults/Ductile Shear Zones, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology, Geodesy, Geography:Geospatial, Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Geophysics and Structural Geology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Tectonics, Geomorphology:Tectonic Geomorphology, Geography:Physical, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodynamics
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Virtual Field Trip (VFT) to the USGS Earthquake Hazard Program - Connection between Plate Boundaries and Threats to Life part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching about Risk and Resilience:Activities
Carlos Nunez, Nova

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Virtual Field Trip, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geoscience:Geology, Geology:Tectonics, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes