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    Glacier (?) National Park part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Geology of National Parks:Examples
    Judy McIlrath, University of South Florida
    Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum/Geology of National Parks module. Students examine data about the disappearing glaciers in the park; after calculating percentage change in the number of glaciers from 1850 to 2000, they interpolate to estimate when Grinnell glacier will be gone.

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Introductory, College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: Geoscience
    Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary, Passed Peer Review
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    Carbon Sequestration in Campus Trees part of Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:General Collection:Examples
    Robert Cole, The Evergreen State College
    Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module. Students use allometric relationships to calculate tree mass from trunk diameter in a stand of trees in the Pacific Northwest.

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: Biology, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Geoscience, Biogeosciences
    Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary, Passed Peer Review
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    Mapping Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise at Point Reyes National Seashore part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Geology of National Parks:Examples
    , University of South Florida
    Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum/Geology of National Parks module. Students work with a color-coded conditional-formatted spreadsheet map to work through a USGS report applying a coastal vulnerability index.

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: Geoscience, Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Sea Level Change, Climate Change:Impacts of climate change
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    From Isotopes to Temperature: Working With A Temperature Equation part of Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:General Collection:Examples
    Dorien McGee
    Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module. Students build a spreadsheet to examine from a dataset the relation between oxygen isotopes in corals and the temperature of surrounding seawater.

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: Geoscience, Biology, Chemistry, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review, Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
    CLEAN Selected This activity has been selected for inclusion in the CLEAN collection.
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    Wonder Lake, a Case Study part of MnSCU Partnership:PKAL-MnSCU Activities
    matt whitehill, Lake Superior College
    A town board based classroom scenario where students decide what to do with a parcel of land on the shoreline of a lake. Various interested parties try to purchase, but must answer town board questions in the process. Real issues of land-use, resource allocation, ethics, planning, and impacts.

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14):College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
    Subject: Environmental Science:Land Use and Planning
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Spreadsheet Warm Up for SSAC Geology of National Parks Modules, 2: Elementary Spreadsheet Manipulations and Graphing Tasks part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Geology of National Parks:Examples
    Module by: Dorien McGee, Meghan Lindsay, Len Vacher, University of South Florida Cover Page by: Len Vacher and Denise Davis, University of South Florida
    Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum/Geology of National Parks module. The second of two tutorials. Focuses on modifying spreadsheets (e.g., copy/paste, insert, sort) and creating and modifying graphs.

    Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: Geoscience
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    What is the Discharge of the Congaree River at Congaree National Park? part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Geology of National Parks:Examples
    Denise Davis, University of South Florida-St. Petersburg
    Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module/Geology of National Parks course. Students use a rating curve to determine discharge at various stage heights.

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: Geoscience
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Nitrate Levels in the Rock Creek Park Watershed, Washington DC, 1: Measures of Central Tendency part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Geology of National Parks:Examples
    Module by: Mark C. Rains and Len Vacher, University of South Florida Marian Norris, National Parks Service, Center for Urban Ecology Cover Page by: Len Vacher and Denise Davis, University of South Florida
    Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum module/Geology of National Parks course. Students examine the histogram of a positively skewed data set and calculate its mean, median and mode.

    Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water, Ground Water, Surface Water:Water Quality/Chemistry , Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water:Water cycle/groundwater-surface water interface, Water quality/chemistry , Water supply/water resource evaluation, Geoscience, Hydrology
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Scientific Observation Activity part of Process of Science:Examples
    Pete Stelling, Western Washington University
    This activity is an introduction to making scientific observations and exploring those observations. It is designed for students unfamiliar or uncomfortable with science.

    Grade Level: High School (9-12)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: Geoscience
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

    Something is Askew at Mammoth Cave National Park part of Pedagogy in Action:Partners:Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum:Geology of National Parks:Examples
    Module by: Amie O. West, University of South Florida Cover Page by: Amie O. West, University of South Florida
    Spreadsheets Across the Curriculum/Geology of National Parks module. Students use the geometric mean and multiplicative standard deviation to examine the right-skewed distribution of nutrient concentrations in water-quality data at Mammoth Cave National Park.

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities
    Subject: Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Point Source Pollution, Non-Point Source Pollution, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Sustainability, Water Quality and Quantity:Surface Water , Biology:Ecology, Geoscience:Biogeosciences , Geoscience, Biology:Ecology:Habitats:Freshwater, Biology:Ecology:Habitats, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Restoration/Reclamation, Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Mathematics:Statistics:Data Presentation:One Categorical Variable, Mathematics:Statistics:Data Presentation, Statistical Inference and Techniques, Mathematics:Statistics, Statistics:Data Presentation:One Categorical Variable:Graphical Displays, Mathematics:Statistics:Data Collection:Data Management and Organization, Environmental Science, Chemistry:Environmental Chemistry, Mathematics:Statistics:Data Collection:Data Management and Organization:Outliers, Geoscience:Hydrology, Mathematics, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes:Karst, Geoscience:Geology, Hydrology:Surface Water:Water Quality/Chemistry
    Activity Review: Passed Peer Review