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Rally Speeches for Coastal Optimism part of Teaching Activities
Laura Guertin, Penn State Brandywine
Storytelling is an effective way to communicate what is happening along our local-to-international coastal zones. However, most of the stories students hear are ones of "doom and gloom." Therefore, ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment, Project
Subject: Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources, Natural Hazards:Coastal Hazards, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Resources, Marine Hazards, Geoscience:Oceanography
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Earthquake Compare and Contrast Paper part of Oceanography:Activities
Sarah "Sally" Zellers, University of Central Missouri
Students will write a research paper comparing the Sumatran (2004) and Tohoku (2011) tsunami generating earthquakes.

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Writing Assignment
Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Coastal Hazards:Tsunami, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Hazards
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2004 Asian Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Project part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Cooperative Learning:Examples
Char Bezanson, Eastview High School, Apple Valley, Minnesota
Students are employees of a unit of the United Nations responsible for coordinating disaster relief after a major disaster (the 2004 Asian Earthquake and Tsunami) occurs. The agency needs to understand the ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Writing Assignment, Classroom Activity:Jigsaw
Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Geoscience:Oceanography, Oceanography:Marine Hazards, Geoscience:Geology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Coastal Hazards:Tsunami
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2004 Asian Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Project part of Visualization:Examples
Char Bezanson
Students are employees of a unit of the United Nations responsible for coordinating disaster relief after a major disaster (the 2004 Asian Earthquake and Tsunami) occurs. The agency needs to understand the ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Classroom Activity:Jigsaw, Activities:Project, Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Hazards, Geoscience:Oceanography, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Coastal Hazards:Tsunami, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes
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Student Lead Discussions: Articles from the Literature and Final Writing Assignment part of Hurricanes-Climate Change Connection:Activities
Dave Dempsey, San Francisco State University
This is a two-stage assignment. The first stage is a student-led discussion of a set of closely related articles selected by the instructors from the climate change literature. The second stage is an 8-12 page ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Activities, Writing Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Climate sensitivity and feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Atmospheric and oceanic circulation, Atmospheric gases, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Atmospheric circulation, Extreme weather, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather:Hurricanes, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Coastal Hazards, Environmental Science:Energy, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Hazards, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Energy, heat and temperature, Geoscience:Oceanography:Ocean-Climate Interactions
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Tsunami assignment part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Klaus Neumann, Ball State University
Students read reports about potential sources for tsunamis on the US east coast and compare them with previously discussed dangers for the west cost.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment
Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Coastal Hazards:Tsunami, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Geology and Geophysics, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Hazards, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Mass Wasting
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What Lives Down There? part of IODP School of Rock 2020:Teaching Activities
laStelshia Speaks, Baltimore County Public Schools
Learners will travel through a process of learning involving reading a book together, comparing video presentations to information within the book, utilize vocabulary to demonstrate expansion of retained ...

Grade Level: Intermediate (3-5), Primary (K-2), Middle (6-8)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Problem Set, Writing Assignment, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Hazards, Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Resources, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards