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Geoscience > Geology > Sedimentary Geology

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Sedimentary Rocks Identification part of Teaching Activities
Katryn Wiese, City College of San Francisco
Sedimentary Rock Identification online (developed for remote learning during COVID-19 pandemic); students will explore the various characteristics of sedimentary rocks and then apply them to identify unknowns.

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks, Sedimentary Textures
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Adopt a Microbe! - Digital Adaptation part of IODP School of Rock 2020:Teaching Activities
Molly Ludwick, Kings Mountain Middle School; Beverly Owens, Cleveland Early College High School
This activity is a Google Slide playlist that will introduce students to microbes that can be found in deep sea sediments, and what roles they play in their environment. This playlist is suitable for use in remote ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Writing Assignment, Classroom Activity, Project
Subject: Biology:Microbiology, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Depositional environments:Deep Marine Environment, Geoscience:Oceanography:Biological, Marine Resources, Biology:Biogeochemistry:Microbial Properties and Metabolism, Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

Exploring the Grand Canyon: Mystery of Blacktail Canyon part of Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Teaching with Online Field Experiences:Activities
Wendy Taylor, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus
Nearly two billion years of the Earth's geological history has been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut their channels through layers of rock while the Colorado Plateau was uplifted. ...

Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), Middle (6-8)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Virtual Field Trip, Field Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology

Secrets of the Sediments - Digital Adaptation part of IODP School of Rock 2020:Teaching Activities
Molly Ludwick, Kings Mountain Middle School; Beverly Owens, Cleveland Early College High School
This activity is a Google Slide playlist. Students will analyze data from sediments collected off the coast of Santa Barbara, California to determine whether this information can be used to study historical climate ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Oceanography:Ocean-Climate Interactions, Marine Resources, Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources, Global Change and Climate:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Geoscience:Oceanography:Biological, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

What is a Core? Playlist part of IODP School of Rock 2020:Teaching Activities
Molly Ludwick, Kings Mountain Middle School; Beverly Owens, Cleveland Early College High School
This activity is a Google Slides playlist that will introduce students to the basics of cores, how they are collected, and what kind of data they contain. This playlist is suitable for use in remote, hybrid, or ...

Grade Level: Middle (6-8), High School (9-12)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Geology and Geophysics, Marine Resources, Environmental Science:Oceans and Coastal Resources, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Depositional environments:Deep Marine Environment, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics

Exploring the Grand Caynon (unguided VFT) part of Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Teaching with Online Field Experiences:Activities
Wendy Taylor, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus
Nearly two billion years of the Earth's geological history has been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut their channels through layers of rock while the Colorado Plateau was uplifted. ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity, Field Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Stratigraphy

Glacial geology of Arlee Valley, Montana - trip for HS teachers part of NAGT:Our Work:Past Projects:Teaching in the Field:Field Trip Collection
Marc Hendrix, The University of Montana-Missoula
This field trip, which is designed for HS science teachers with little or no formal training in geosciences specifically, is designed to acquaint participants with the glacial geologic record of a small topographic basin in western Montana. The trip focuses on the landforms and sedimentologic character of various glacial and glacially-influenced deposits.

Grade Level: High School (9-12), Graduate/Professional
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Virtual Field Trip, Field Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology, Structural Geology, Sedimentary Geology