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Learning About Marine Sediments Using Real Data part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Kristen St. John, James Madison University
This exercise set explores marine sediments using real core photos and composition data from the scientific ocean drilling programs DSDP, ODP, and IODP in an inquiry-based approach.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Techniques of Sedimentary Geology, Depositional environments:Deep Marine Environment, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sediment Transport and Deposition, Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks, Geoscience:Oceanography:Physical , Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Geology and Geophysics
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CCD & Calcareous Ooze Assignment part of Oceanography:Activities
Cynthia Lampe, Ventura College
The assignment pre-tests student understanding of the CCD, lysocline, calcareous ooze, and the deposition of marine sediments near mid-ocean ridges and ocean basins.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Classroom Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks:Chemical, Biochemical , Biology:Biogeochemistry:Biomineralization, Chemistry:Biochemistry, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks:Carbonates , Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Depositional environments:Deep Marine Environment
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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
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The Desktop Delta part of Sedimentary Geology:Using Physical Models
Dr. Thomas Hickson (University of St. Thomas) and Karen Campbell (National Center for Earth Surface Dynamics) developed a small, two-dimensional deltaic sedimentation model for the Teaching Sedimentary Geology ...

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Virtual Field Trip
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Depositional environments:Marginal-Marine, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Stratigraphy, Sediment Transport and Deposition, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Coastal-zone, Fluvial, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Stratigraphy:Sequence Stratigraphy, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Modeling/Physical Experiments
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Global Change in Local Places part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:SHALDRIL
DATA: SHALDRIL Core Data; NOAA Pollen data TOOL: GeoMapApp SUMMARY: Import Antarctic sediment core data files into GeoMapApp to create maps and graphs. Use data to infer past climate conditions based on current vegetation distributions.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory, College Lower (13-14)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Datasets and Tools, Datasets, Tools, Activities:Classroom Activity, Lab Activity, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Depositional environments:Shelf-slope Environment, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Depositional environments, Geoscience, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change:Paleoclimate records, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate
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Quiz for Glacial Landforms part of Videos:Activities
David McConnell, North Carolina State University
This is a pdf of a quiz composed of five multiple choice questions and fill-in-the-blank questions about Glacial Landforms.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Activities:Video Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology, Geography, Geoscience:Hydrology, Environmental Science, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology

Quiz for What is an Aquifer? Video part of Videos:Activities
David McConnell, North Carolina State University
This is a pdf of a quiz composed of eight multiple choice questions.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Video Assignment, Audio/Visual:Animations/Video
Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology, Environmental Science, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology, Geomorphology

Virtual Field Trip to the Book Cliffs part of Sedimentary Geology:Activities
Ann Holmes, The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga
Problem-based learning techniques have been applied to geological datasets collected and published about the Cretaceous Book Cliffs exposures in Utah.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Project, Field Activity:Importation of field observations into the classroom, Activities:Virtual Field Trip
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Stratigraphy, Sedimentary Structures, Depositional environments, Diagenesis, Sediment Transport and Deposition, Facies and Facies Models, Sedimentary Textures , Techniques of Sedimentary Geology
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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

Quiz for Defining Geology Video part of Videos:Activities
David McConnell, North Carolina State University
This is a pdf of a quiz composed of multiple choice and matching questions related to the content of the Defining Geology video.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Activities:Video Assignment
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Structural Geology, Mineralogy, Geomorphology, Economic Geology, Environmental Science, Geoscience:Lunar and Planetary Science, Hydrology, Geology:Tectonics, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geography, Geoscience:Geology:Historical Geology