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Back-of-the-Envelope Calculations: Weight of Gold part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
Barb Tewksbury, Hamilton College
Question Let's suppose that you have a shoe box full of water (the box is waterproof, of course). The shoe box weighs about 9 kg (19.8 pounds). Suppose you emptied the box and filled it completely with rock ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity
Subject: Physics, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Physical Properties
Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary

Understanding a bedload-dominated stream through spreadsheet modeling part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
William Locke, Montana State University-Bozeman
The purpose of this exercise is to integrate modeling with field data. The activity includes links to a "virtual field trip" of maps and photographs. Data from a creek is included in the field trip and students use an Excel spreadsheet model to analyze the data.

Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Computer Applications, Activities:Virtual Field Trip
Subject: Geoscience:Geology, Hydrology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review