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Unit 2: Application of Concepts to Case Studies part of Major Storms and Community Resilience
Patricia Stapleton, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Lisa Doner, Plymouth State University; Lorraine Motola, Metropolitan College of New York
In Unit 2, students apply and evaluate foundational concepts about storm hazards and risk in the context of two cases studies: Superstorm Sandy (2012) and the Storm of the Century (1993). Through different ...
Resource Type: Activities: Course Module, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Floods/Fluvial Processes, Coastal Hazards, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Coastal-zone, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Meteorology:Extreme weather, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather:Hurricanes, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather, Environmental Science, Health Sciences, Environmental Science:Policy, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards, Global Change and Climate:Sea Level Change, Geography, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Hazards
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary, Passed Peer Review
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Hypoxia in Coastal Marine Ecosystems part of Project EDDIE:Teaching Materials:Modules
Annette Brickley; Kathy Browne, Rider University; Gabriela Smalley, Rider University
Aquatic ecosystems are home to a complex intersection of physical and biological factors and an intersection of natural and anthropogenic factors. In the Chesapeake Bay, low oxygen events have occurred periodically ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geography, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Coastal Hazards, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Hazards, Geoscience:Oceanography, Geology:Environmental Geology, Environmental Science:Waste
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
Visualizing the impact of storm surge and sea level rise on coastal communities part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching about Risk and Resilience:Activities
Eileen Johnson, Bowdoin College
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Coastal Hazards, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Environmental Science, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Hazards
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
2011 Tsunami Propagation part of Oceanography:Activities
Julie Martin, Hartnell College
This activity uses data collected from DART (Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis) stations in the Pacific following the 2011 tsunami generated off the coast of Japan. Students are required to map the ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Hazards, Geoscience:Oceanography, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Coastal Hazards:Tsunami
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
Calculating sea level changes part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching about Risk and Resilience:Activities
SHIMON WDOWINSKI, Florida International University
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Hazards, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geoscience:Oceanography, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Coastal Hazards, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
Comparison of Two Hurricanes part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching about Risk and Resilience:Activities
David Kobilka, Central Lakes College-Brainerd
In this activity students synthesize ideas from lecture, reading, and viewing two PBS NOVA videos on hurricanes.
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Audio/Visual:Animations/Video
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography, Oceanography:Marine Hazards, Geoscience, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Coastal Hazards, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Environmental Science
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
Coastal Flooding Assessment part of GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
Eric Grosfils, Pomona College
Eric B. Grosfils, Pomona College Summary Students are introduced to Spatial Analyst and 3D Analyst, and use these tools to perform a flooding analysis for the Long Beach area of California. Context Type and level ...
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set, Activities, Classroom Activity
Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Coastal Hazards, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Hazards, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Floods/Fluvial Processes, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Coastal-zone
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review