Teaching Activities

Unit 3: Getting started with GPS data part of GPS, Strain, and Earthquakes
Vince Cronin, Baylor University (Vince_Cronin@baylor.edu) Phil Resor, Wesleyan University (presor@wesleyan.edu)
This unit provides essential background information on GPS (global positioning system) and reference frames. Students learn how to access GPS location and velocity data from the Network of the Americas (NOTA). They ...

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Course Module, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Stress/Strain/Strain Analysis, Geography:Geospatial, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Physics:General Physics:Vector Algebra, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Geography:Physical
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

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
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary