Teaching Activities

Understanding Geologic Maps part of Early Career:Previous Workshops:Workshop 2011:Teaching Activities
Cara Burberry, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Exercise in deconstructing a geologic map & writing a geologic history of the area.

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Historical Geology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Thermal Exhumation Model part of Complex Systems:Teaching Activities
Steve Hurst, University of Illinois at Chicago
Build a one-dimensional thermal model in STELLA of rock uplift. Determine how the speed of uplift affects the geotherm and why uplift rates determined from heat flow are often too high. The model demonstrates the ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional, College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Problem Set
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Geophysics:Tectonophysics, Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Modeling Structural Processes
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Looking into Earth with GIS (College Level) part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Teaching with GIS:Examples
Brian Welch, Saint Olaf College
College-level adaptation of the Earth Exploration Toolbook chapter. Students work with a free GIS program, ArcVoyager SE, to explore earthquake data and plate tectonics. -

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Tools, Computer Applications
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Structural Geology:Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Geophysics and Structural Geology, Geography:Geospatial, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Looking into Earth with GIS part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Seismic Wave Velocity
Carla McAuliffe, TERC; David Smith, GLOBE; Marianne Weingroff, NCAR/UCAR
DATA: Seismic Wave Model Output. TOOLS: My World GIS, Microsoft Excel. SUMMARY: Examine seismic wave data in a Geographic Information System (GIS). Analyze wave velocities to infer the depth of the crust-mantle boundary.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Datasets and Tools:Datasets, Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Teaching Activities, Tools, Computer Applications
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Geophysics and Structural Geology, Modeling Structural Processes, Structural Visualizations, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Geography:Geospatial, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Evidence for Plate Tectonics part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Evidence
David Smith, GLOBE; Franklin Kao, Northwestern University; Missy Holzer, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
DATA: Sea Floor Age, Volcano and Earthquake Distributions. TOOL: My World GIS. SUMMARY: Identify relationships among sea-floor age, earthquakes, and volcanoes to understand how they support the theory of plate tectonics.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Resource Type: Activities: Computer Applications, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Tools, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Teaching Activities, Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity, Jigsaw
Subject: Geography:Geospatial, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Structural Geology:Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review